sinceriter

sincēriter, Adv. (sincerus) = sincere, Gell. 13, 16 (17), 1. Cod. Iust. 8, 28, 10. Augustin. quaest. 66, 1.

per-cupio, ere, sehr wünschen, sehr gern wollen, et id ego percupio obsequi gnato meo, Plaut. asin. 76: Th. Vin interea, dum venit, domi opperiamur potius quam hic ante ostium? Ch. Immo percupio (verst. domi opperiri), Ter. eun. 894 sqq.: quas (bonas artes) qui sinceriter percupiunt appetuntque, hi sunt vel maxime humanissimi, Gell. 13, 17 (16), 1: quamquam ego percupiam omnino te nosse, Augustin. epist. 28, 1.

sincērus, a, um, adj. [sin- = sim-, v. simplex; root in Sanscr. sama, whole, together; and root skir-, Sanscr. kir-, pour out], clean, pure, sound, not spoiled, uninjured, whole, entire, real, natural, genuine, sincere (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense; cf.: simplex, verus, incorruptus).

Lit.:

omnia fucata et simulata a sinceris atque veris (internoscere),

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

aliquem ab omni incommodo, detrimento, molestiā sincerum integrumque conservare,

unharmed, unhurt, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2:

corpus (with sine vulnere),

Ov. M. 12, 100; cf.

pars,

id. ib. 1, 191:

membra,

Lucr. 3, 717:

porci sacres,

sound, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; cf. in comp.: cum jam me sinceriore corpusculo factum diceret (medicus), Gell. 18, 10, 4: sincerum tergum... corium sincerissimum, clear (of weals), Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 51 sq.; cf.

so, corium,

id. Most. 4, 1, 13:

vas,

clean, Hor. S. 1, 3, 56; id. Ep. 1, 2, 54:

ex amphorā primum quod est sincerissimum effluit,

Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

lac,

Col. 7, 8, 1; so,

Amineum,

id. 12, 47, 6:

crocus,

Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 32:

axungia,

id. 28, 9, 37, § 135:

gemma (opp. sordium plena),

id. 37, 8, 33, § 110:

propria et sincera et tantum sui similis gens,

unmixed, pure, Tac. G. 4; so,

populus,

id. H. 4, 64 fin.; Suet. Aug. 40:

nobilitas,

Liv. 4, 4, 7:

nitor,

Sen. Ep. 66, 46.— Comp.: lux sincerior, App. de Mundo, p. 58, 29.—

Sincerum, adverb.:

non sincerum sonĕre,

that it does not ring clearly, is not genuine, Lucr. 3, 873.—

Trop.:

Atheniensium semper fuit prudens sincerumque judicium,

sound, uncorrupted, Cic. Or. 8, 25:

nihil erat in ejus (Cottae) oratione nisi sincerum,

id. Brut. 55, 202; cf.:

esse videtur Homeri (versus) simplicior et sincerior,

Gell. 13, 26, 3; so,

sincera gratia sermonis Attici,

Quint. 10, 1, 65:

sincera et integra natura,

Tac. Or. 28 fin.:

animus,

Sen. Cons. Helv. 11, 6:

vir,

id. Ep. 73, 4:

opiniones,

id. ib. 94, 68:

Minerva,

pure, chaste, Ov. M. 8, 664:

sincerum equestre proelium,

unmixed, pure, Liv. 30, 11:

non sincerum gaudium praebere,

not unmixed, not undisturbed, id. 34, 41; so,

gaudium,

id. 44, 44:

gaudium sincerius,

Just. 10, 1, 3:

voluptas,

Ov. M. 7, 453:

fama,

unblemished, Gell. 6, 8, 5:

Thucydides rerum gestarum pronunciator sincerus,

honest, candid, upright, Cic. Brut. 83, 287; cf.:

Fabii Annales, bonae atque sincerae vetustatis libri,

Gell. 5, 4, 1.— Sup.:

Q. Claudius optimus et sincerissimus scriptor,

Gell. 15, 1, 4:

verus atque sincerus Stoicus,

id. 1, 2, 7 et saep.:

mirabilia multa, nihil simplex, nihil sincerum,

natural, genuine, Cic. Att. 10, 6, 2:

nihil est jam sanctum neque sincerum in civitate,

id. Quint. 1, 5:

aliquid non sinceri,

id. Div. 2, 57, 118:

fides,

Liv. 39, 2, 1:

concordia,

Tac. A. 3, 64:

caritas,

id. ib. 2, 42.—Hence, advv.

sincērē, uprightly, honestly, well, frankly, sincerely: sincere dicere, * Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 97:

satin' ego oculis utilitatem obtineo sincere, an parum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 28:

sincere et ex animo dicere,

Cat. 109, 4: pronunciare, * Caes. B. G. 7, 20: agere, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 9:

administrare provincias,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.— Comp., Gell. 6 (7), 3, 55.— Sup., Aug. Ep. ad Volus. 3 fin. —

sincērĭter, sincerely:

aliquid cupere,

Gell. 13, 16, 1; Cod. Just. 8, 28, 10.