speciōsus

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spĕcĭōsus, a, um, adj. [species] (acc. to species, II. B. 3.), good-looking, showy, handsome, beautiful, splendid, brilliant (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: venustus, pulcher, formosus, spectabilis).

Lit. (not so in Cic.):

hunc speciosum pelle decorā,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45:

femina,

Quint. 5, 10, 47:

puer,

Petr. 41, 6:

corpora,

Quint. 11, 3, 26:

nec id speciosum fieri putabo,

id. 5, 12, 19:

in certaminibus speciosa atque robusta,

id. 11, 3, 26:

ministerium,

Vell. 2, 111, 3:

familia,

id. 2, 59, 2.— Comp.:

familiam nemo speciosiorem producit,

Sen. Ep. 87, 6:

si plenior aliquis et speciosior et coloratior factus est,

Cels. 2, 2.— Sup.:

homo (Alcibiades),

Quint. 8, 4, 23:

corpus,

id. 2, 15, 9:

filia,

Petr. 140, 2.—

Trop.:

reversionis has speciosas causas habes,

well-sounding, plausible, specious, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf.:

specioso titulo uti vos, Romani, Graecarum civitatium liberandarum video,

Liv. 35, 16:

dictu speciosa,

id. 1, 23:

gerentis bellum Romanos speciosum Graeciae liberandae tulisse titulum,

id. 42, 52, 15; 36, 17, 13; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 8:

magis necessarium quam speciosum, ministerium,

Liv. 4, 8, 6:

dicere aliquod speciosum,

Quint. 1, 5, 3:

speciosum dicendi genus,

id. 10, 1, 127:

vocabula rerum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 116:

miracula,

id. A. P. 144:

speciosa locis morataque recte Fabula,

id. ib. 319:

speciosa nomina culpae Imponis,

Ov. M. 7, 69:

specioso eripe damno,

from this splendid misery, id. ib. 11, 133.— Comp.:

cum speciosius quid dicendum est,

Quint. 11, 3, 84:

speciosior rhetorice quam dialectice,

id. 2, 20, 7:

speciosiore stili genere,

id. 7, 1, 54:

gestarum rerum ordinem sequi speciosius fuit,

id. 3, 7, 15.— Sup.:

longe speciosissimum genus orationis,

Quint. 8, 6, 49. — Adv.: spĕcĭōsē, showily, handsomely, splendidly.

Lit.: vehi, i. e. in a painted or ornamented vessel, Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49. — Comp.:

speciosius instratus equus quam uxor vestita,

Liv. 34, 7:

tractet arma,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 52:

quo speciosius ingrediantur sublimes,

Col. 2, 2, 22.— Sup.:

contorta hasta (with optime emissa),

Quint. 9, 4, 8.—

Trop.:

dictum,

Quint. 9, 4, 14:

translatum,

id. 2, 5, 9.— Sup.:

usus est,

Quint. 8, 6, 18.

beautiful, handsome, imposing / specious plausible.

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formōsus (FORMONSVS, Inscr. Grut. 669, 10; comp.:

FORMONSIOR,

Inscr. Fabr. p. 374, no. 169:

formonsam,

Verg. E. 1, 5 Rib.), a, um, adj. [forma, I. B. 1.], finely formed, beautiful, handsome (freq. and class; syn.: pulcher, speciosus, venustus, bellus).

Of visible subjects:

deum rotundum esse volunt, quod ea forma ullam negat esse pulchriorem Plato: at mihi vel cylindri vel quadrati vel coni vel pyramidis videtur esse formosior,

Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

consideratur in homine, formosus an deformis,

id. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

virgines formosissimae,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2:

mulier,

Hor. A. P. 4:

vis formosa videri,

id. C. 4, 13, 3:

formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin,

Verg. E. 2, 1; cf.:

formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse,

id. ib. 5, 44:

Galatea hedera formosior alba,

id. ib. 7, 38:

boves,

Ov. A. A. 1, 296:

mater haedorum duorum,

id. F. 5, 117:

arma Sabina,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 32; so,

formosius telum jaculabile,

Ov. M. 7, 679:

arbutus,

Prop. 1, 2, 11 (dub.;

Müll. felicius): Alcibiades, omnium aetatis suae multo formosissimus,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 2:

nunc frondent sylvae, nunc formosissimus annus,

Verg. E. 3, 57:

tempus (i. e. ver),

Ov. F. 4, 129:

aestas messibus,

id. R. Am. 187:

lux formosior omnibus Calendis,

Mart. 10, 24, 2:

habitus formosior,

Quint. 9, 4, 8.—Prov.:

Formonsa facies muta commendatio est,

Pub. Syr. 169 (Rib.).—

Rarely of abstr. subjects:

nihil est virtute formosius, nihil pulchrius,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4.— Adv.: formōse, beautifully (very rare):

Cupidinem formosum deum formose cubantem,

App. M. 5, p. 168:

saltare,

id. ib. 6, p. 183:

formosius,

Quint. 8, 3, 10:

formosissime,

Aug. Conf. 1, 7.

pellis, is ( abl. sing. pelle;

but pelli,

Lucr. 6, 1270; App. Mag. 22), f. [Gr. pella, pelas, skin; cf. erusipelas, epipolê, surface; also, platus, and Lat. palam], a skin, hide (of a beast), whether on the body or taken off; a felt, pelt, etc.

Lit., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6: inaurata arietis, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 285 Vahl.):

rana rugosam inflavit pellem,

Phaedr. 1, 23, 4; Col. 6, 13, 2:

nationes caprarum pellibus vestitae,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; cf.:

quam tu numquam vides nisi cum pelle caprinā,

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82:

pelles pro velis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 13:

fulvique insternor pelle leonis,

Verg. A. 2, 722:

pelles perficere,

Plin. 24, 11, 56, § 94:

pelles candidas conficere,

id. 13, 6, 13, § 55:

pecudes aureas habuisse pelles tradiderunt,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6.— Poet., of the human skin:

frigida pellis Duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

ossa atque pellis tota est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; id. Capt. 1, 2, 32:

pellis nostra,

Vulg. Thren. 5, 10; id. Job, 10, 11; 19, 20: pellem habere Hercules fingitur, ut homines cultus antiqui admoneantur. Lugentes quoque diebus luctus in pellibus sunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; cf.:

deformem pro cute pellem aspice,

Juv. 10, 192.—Prov.: detrahere pellem, i. e. to pull off the mask which conceals a person's faults, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64:

introrsum turpis, speciosus pelle decorā,

with a showy outside, id. Ep. 1, 16, 45: cf. Pers. 4, 14: in propriā pelle quiescere, to be content with one's own state or condition, Hor. S. 1, 6, 22 (v. pellicula):

caninam pellem rodere, said of lampooning a slanderer,

Mart. 5, 60, 10:

pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro animā suā,

Vulg. Job, 2, 4:

si mutare potest Aethiops pellem suam,

id. Jer. 13, 23.—

Transf.

Leather:

ruptā calceus alter Pelle patet,

Juv. 3, 150.—

A garment, article of clothing made of skin, Col. 1, 8; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 19:

pes in pelle natet,

in the shoe, id. A. A. 1, 516; Pers. 5, 140.—

A tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins); usually in the phrase sub pellibus, in the camp:

ut non multum imperatori sub ipsis pellibus otii relinquatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

sub pellibus milites contineri non possent,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29 fin.:

(Caesar) sub pellibus hiemare constituit,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.; cf. Liv. 37, 39:

durare sub pellibus,

id. 5, 2; Tac. A. 13, 35; 14, 38:

pellium nomine,

for covering shields, Cic. Pis. 36, 87.—

Parchment:

pellibus exiguis artatur Livius ingens,

on little parchments, Mart. 14, 190, 1.—

A drum:

pelles caedere,

Min. Fel. 24, 4.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

pulcher, chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. [for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence], beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).

Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.):

o puerum pulchrum,

Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74:

pulcher ac decens,

Suet. Dom. 18:

virgo pulchra!

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54:

pulchra juvenis,

Phaedr. 2, 2, 5:

quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm,

Verg. A. 9, 179:

formā pulcherrima,

id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.):

O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 1;

as an epithet of Apollo,

Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.:

satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus,

id. ib. 7, 656:

pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus,

Fest. p. 238 Müll.:

pulchro corpore creti,

Lucr. 5, 1116:

o faciem pulchram!

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto,

Suet. Ner. 51:

color,

Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094:

mulier pulchra nimis,

Vulg. Gen. 12, 14:

tunicae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33:

testudo,

Verg. G. 2, 463:

recessus,

Ov. M. 14, 261:

horti,

id. P. 1, 8, 37:

fluvius,

Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486:

quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius?

Cic. Sen. 15, 53:

urbs pulcherrima,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16:

pulcherrimorum agrorum judex,

Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43:

acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum,

Cato, R. R. 104:

panis longe pulcherrimus,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 89:

pulcherrima opera,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.— Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty:

quid habet pulchri constructus acervus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—

Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.:

praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret,

that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26:

res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118:

pulcherrimum exemplum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

maximum et pulcherrimum facinus,

Sall. C. 20, 3:

fasces,

Lucr. 5, 1234:

pulcherrima consilia,

Verg. A. 5, 728:

nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar,

id. ib. 1, 286:

poëmata,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 6:

divitiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 95:

dies,

favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10:

o Sol pulcher, o laudande,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47;

4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus,

Flor. 2, 2, 14:

viae ejus viae pulchrae,

Vulg. Prov. 3, 17:

pulchrum sub pectore vulnus,

honorable, Sil. 5, 594:

quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.— Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.:

cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies,

to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30:

pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis,

Verg. A. 2, 317:

pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi,

Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful:

pati pulchrum Romanumque putant,

Luc. 9, 391:

turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores,

Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ho kalos (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Kritiai tôi kalôi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē ( - crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.:

subigere aliquid,

Cato, R. R. 74:

aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61:

oppidum pulchre munitum,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 6:

vendere,

i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31;

38: conciliare,

at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36:

victitare,

id. Most. 1, 1, 51:

admonere,

id. Mil. 2, 6, 56:

pulchre dictum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26:

pulchre et oratorie dicere,

Cic. Or. 68, 227:

pulchre asseverat,

bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73:

proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime,

very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6:

intellegere,

Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3:

Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse,

Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2:

peristi pulchre,

you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so,

occidi,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21:

neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius,

in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5:

pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.),

excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Pulcher ( - cer), chri, m., and Pul-chra ( - cra), ae, f., a Roman surname of the Claudii (Clodii), Liv. 38, 35; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3; Tac. A. 4, 52.—Pulchri promontorium, a promontory in Northern Africa, north-east of Carthage, now Cap Bono, Liv. 29, 27, 12.

splendĭdus, a, um, adj. [splendeo], bright, shining, glittering, brilliant, etc. (class.; syn.: nitidus, lucidus, coruscus).

Lit.

In gen.: o magna templa caelitum, commixta stellis splendidis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.); so,

signa caeli,

Lucr. 4, 444:

lumina solis,

id. 2, 108:

caelum cum aequaliter totum erit splendidum,

Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 351; cf. comp.:

quanto splendidior quam cetera sidera fulget Lucifer,

Ov. M. 2, 722:

sol splendidior,

Tib. 4, 1, 123.— Sup.:

splendidissimus candor,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

color (with flam neus),

Lucr. 6, 208:

ostro crinis,

Ov. M. 8, 8: venabula. id. ib. 8, 419:

fons splendidio vitro,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 1; cf.: Galatea Splendidior vitro, Ov. M. 13, 791:

umor sudoris,

Lucr. 6, 1187: bilis, bright yellow, cholê xanthê, Hor. S. 2, 3, 141 (cf.:

vitrea bilis,

Pers. 3, 8). —

In partic., of style of living, dress, etc., brilliant, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous (syn. magnificus):

quorum in villā ac domo nihil splendidum fuit praeter ipsos,

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

splendida domus gaudet regali gaza,

Cat. 64, 46; Verg. A. 1, 637:

vestis,

Petr. 12; cf.:

splendidus et virilis cultus,

Quint. 11, 3, 137:

homo (opp. luxuriosus),

Vell. 2, 105, 2:

secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia,

Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—

Trop.

In gen., brilliant, illustrious, distinguished, noble (cf.:

egregius, amplus): C. Plotius, eques Romanus splendidus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 58; cf.:

vir splendidissimus atque ornatissimus civitatis suae,

id. Fl. 20, 48:

homo propter virtutem splendidus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38; Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2:

splendidissima ingenia,

Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26; 1, 18, 61:

causa splendidior,

id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf.:

splendida facta,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237:

ratio dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; so,

splendida et grandis oratio,

id. ib. 79, 273; cf.:

splendidius et magnificentius (genus dicendi),

id. ib. 55, 201; cf.: figurarum commentis splendida loca attentare, brilliant passages of a speech, Amm. 29, 2, 8:

splendidis nominibus illuminatus est versus,

Cic. Or. 49, 163:

splendidioribus verbis uti,

id. Brut. 58:

vox suavis et splendida,

clear, id. ib. 55, 203:

cum de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 21.—

In partic. (with the accessory idea of mere appearance, opp. to what is real or actual), showy, fine, specious, = speciosus:

non tam solido quam splendido nomine,

Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,

Ov. R. Am. 240.—

Clear, distinct:

vox,

Cic. Brut. 55, 203.—Hence, adv.: splendĭdē, brightly, brilliantly.

Lit.:

ornare magnifice splendideque convivium,

Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf.:

apparatus splendidissime expositus,

Petr. 21.—

Trop., brilliantly, splendidly, nobly:

acta aetas honeste ac splendide,

honorably, with distinction, Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61; cf. id. Sen. 18, 64:

splendidius contra regem quam, etc., bellum gerere, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 2: ornate splendideque facere,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4:

dicta,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 6:

in parentem Splendide mendax,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 35:

splendidissime natus,

of very high birth, Sen. Ep. 47, 8; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2.—

Clearly, intelligibly:

loqui,

Cic. de Or. 2, 16, 68.—

Ostentatiously:

invitare,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; cf.:

parum se splendide gerere,

with too little show, meanly, Nep. Att. 14, 2.

tĭtŭlus, i (collat. form, n.:

HOC TITVLVM,

Inscr. Fabr. 8, 47; Inscr. Cardin. Dipl. 22), m. [root ti- of tinô, timaô], a superscription, inscription, label, litle; a ticket, bill, placard, notice that a thing is to be sold or let (syn. index).

Lit. (esp. freq. after the Aug. per.):

aram condidit dedicavitque cum ingenti rerum ab se gestarum titulo,

Liv. 28, 46, 16:

virtutes in aevum Per titulos memoresque fastos Aeternet,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 4: dant munera templis;

Addunt et titulum: titulus breve carmen habebat,

Ov. M. 9, 793:

cumque ducum titulis oppida capta legat,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 20: titulus nomenque libelli. Ov. R. Am. 1:

librorum,

Quint. 2, 14, 4:

titulum scribere,

Col. 9, praef. §

2: quorum titulus per barbara colla pependit,

i. e. of slaves put up for sale, Prop. 4, 5, 51: paterae, quas cum titulo nominis Camilli ante Capitolium constat positas esse, Liv. 6, 4, 3:

signa cum titulo lamnae aëneae inscripto,

id. 23, 19, 18:

patrem familias canibus objecit, cum hoc titulo,

Suet. Dom. 10:

cras bibet aliquid, cujus patriam titulumque senectus delevit,

Juv. 5, 34:

sepulcri,

epitaph, id. 6, 230; cf.:

cinerem sine titulo, sine nomine jacere,

Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; so of an epitaph, id. ib. 9, 19, 3:

domus proscribebatur, si quis emere, si quis conducere vellet: venit Athenodorus, legit titulum auditoque pretio, etc.,

the bill, the notice of sale, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7; cf. poet.:

ite sub titulum lares,

Tib. 2, 4, 54:

sub titulum nostros misit lares,

Ov. R. Am. 302.—

Transf.

Like our title for an honorable appellation, title of honor, glory:

sustinere titulum consulatus,

Cic. Pis. 9, 19:

quos si titulus hic (sapientis) delectat,

id. Tusc. 5, 10, 30:

servatae pubis Achivae,

Ov. M. 7, 56:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 17; id. C. 4, 14, 4; id. S. 2, 3, 212:

et domus est titulis utraque fulta suis,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 32; Ov. F. 2, 16; 1, 602; id. M. 7, 448; 12, 334.—

Repute, renown, fame:

par titulo tantae gloriae fuit,

Liv. 7, 1, 10; Stat. S. 2, 7, 62:

prioris perpetrati belli titulus,

Liv. 28, 41, 3; cf.:

quid in purpurā istā aliud quam victoriarum mearum titulos geris?

Just. 18, 7, 13:

titulo Spartanae victoriae inflatus,

Curt. 10, 10, 14:

captae urbis titulo cedens,

id. 6, 6, 33.—

A sign, token:

ciconia, titulus tepidi temporis,

Petr. 55.—

A cause or reason alleged, a pretence, pretext (so perh. not ante-Aug.; cf.:

causa, nomen): non vos pro Graeciae libertate tantum dimicare: quamquam is quoque egregius titulus esset, etc.,

Liv. 36, 17, 13:

praetendere titulum belli,

id. 37, 54, 13:

honestiorem causam libertatis quam servitutis praetexi titulo,

id. 34, 59, 1 Weissenb. ad loc.:

sub titulo aequandarum legum nostra jura oppressa,

id. 3, 67, 9:

sub honorificentissimo ministerii titulo,

Vell. 2, 45, 4:

ipse (probabatur) accepisse HS. decem milia foedissimo quidem titulo,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

transfugae titulo Babyloniam proficiscitur,

Just. 1, 10, 16:

erat hic quidem titulus cum Graecis coëundi,

id. 5, 1, 8; 11, 10, 10; 15, 4, 13:

titulum sollemnis officii occulto sceleri praeferentes,

Curt. 5, 10, 12:

titulus facinori speciosus praeferebatur,

id. 7, 5, 20. —

The title of a book (post-Aug.; cf.

index): M. Tullius in ipsis librorum quos hac de re primum scripserat titulis,

Quint. 2, 14, 4:

materiam (libri) ex titulo cognosces,

Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3:

cui vix voluminum suorum frontes maxime placent titulique,

Sen. Tranq. 9, 6.