vĕnustas

vĕnustas, ātis, f. [1. Venus], loveliness, comeliness, charm, grace, beauty, elegance, attractiveness, etc. (syn.: pulchritudo, formositas).

Of the body:

cum pulchritudinis duo genera sint, quorum in altero venustas sit, in altero dignitas, venustatem muliebrem ducere debemus, dignitatem virilem,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130; cf. id. ib. 1, 30, 17:

venustas et pulchritudo corporis,

id. ib. 1, 27, 95:

voltus quantam affert tum dignitatem, tum venustatem,

id. Or. 18, 60.— Transf., of inanim. things:

signa eximiā venustate,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5:

Capitolii fastigium illud non venustas sed necessitas ipsa fabricata est,

id. de Or. 3, 46, 180:

pomorum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 2.—

Of the mind:

homo affluens omni lepore et venustate,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

(oratoris est) agere cum dignitate ac venustate,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 142:

dicendi vis egregia, summā festivitate et venustate conjuncta profuit,

id. ib. 1, 57, 243:

comprobari cum dignitate tum etiam venustate,

id. Arch. 12, 31; Quint. 4, 2, 118; 9, 2, 66; 9, 3, 72:

verborum,

Gell. 17, 20, 6:

tui quidem omnes mores ad venustatem valent,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 63; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 54; id. Truc. 4, 2, 4:

diem pulchrum et venustatis plenum,

pleasantness, pleasure, id. Poen. 1, 2, 44; cf.:

quis me fortunatior, venustatisque adeo plenior,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 8.— Plur.:

amoenitates omnium venerum atque venustatum affero,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 5; id. Ps. 5, 1, 12.

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loveliness, charm, attractiveness, beauty.

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convĕnĭentĭa, ae, f. [convenio, II. A. 2.], a meeting together, agreement, accord, harmony, symmetry, conformity, suitableness, fitness (a Ciceronian philosoph. word).

With gen.:

convenientia naturae cum extis,

Cic. Div. 2, 15, 34; cf.: convenientia et conjunctio naturae, quam vocant sumpatheian, id. ib. 2, 60, 124; and:

convenientia conservatioque naturae,

id. Off. 1, 28, 100:

partium (with pulchritudo, venustas),

id. ib. 1, 4, 14:

temporum (in cursibus stellarum, with constantia),

id. N. D. 2, 21, 54:

rerum in amicitiā (with stabilitas, constantia),

id. Lael. 27, 100.—

Absol.: quod (summum bonum) cum positum sit in eo, quod homologian Stoici, nos appellemus convenientiam, si placet, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 21; cf.:

virtus convenientiā constat, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 74, 30.

dignĭtas, ātis ( gen. plur. dignitatum, Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 1; Plaut. Ep. 9, 5, 3; Vop. Florian. 6, 2:

-tatium,

Sen. Polyb. 17, 2), f. [dignus].

Lit., a being worthy, worth, worthiness, merit, desert (so, rarely, and perh. only in Cic.):

Lamia petit praeturam: omnesque intelligunt nec dignitatem ei deesse nec gratiam,

Cic. Fam. 11, 17; id. Agr. [p. 578] 2, 2, 3:

dignitas consularis,

a being worthy of the office of consul, id. Mur. 13:

pro dignitate laudare,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33.

Meton. (the cause for the effect), dignity, greatness, grandeur, authority, rank (cf. honos, honestas, laus, existimatio, gloria, fama, nomen).

In gen.: mihi gratulabere, quod audisses me pristinam meam dignitatem obtinere. Ego autem, si dignitas est bene de re publica sentire, obtineo dignitatem meam;

sin autem in eo dignitas est, si, quod sentias, re efficere possis, ne vestigium quidem ullum est reliquum nobis dignitatis,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 1;

dignitas (est) alicujus honesta et cultu et honore et verecundia digna auctoritas,

id. Inv. 2, 55, 156: cum pulchritudinis duo genera sint, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas;

venustatem muliebrem ducere debemus, dignitatem virilem,

id. Off. 1, 36, 130:

formae,

id. ib.; Suet. Claud. 30: corporis, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 2; cf. also Cic. Inv. 2, 1; Vell. 2, 29; Plin. Pan. 4, 5:

agere cum dignitate ac venustate,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142:

personarum dignitas,

id. ib. §

141: retinere in rebus asperis dignitatem,

id. ib. 2, 85, 346:

in senatu conservanda auctoritas, apud populum dignitas,

Quint. 11, 3, 153 et saep.:

celsissima sedes dignitatis atque honoris,

Cic. Sull. 2, 5:

ex tam alto dignitatis gradu,

id. Lael. 3 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 1, 27 (twice):

est in ipsis (liberis populis) magnus delectus hominum et dignitatum,

id. ib. 1, 34:

aliquem ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perducere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

aliquem dignitate exaequare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 4:

ut secundum locum dignitatis Remi obtinerent,

id. B. G. 6, 12 fin.; 4, 17, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 1; 7, 66, 5; 7, 77, 6; id. B. C. 1, 9, 2 et saep.—

In partic.

Official dignity, honorable employment, office:

gratulor laetorque tum praesenti tum etiam sperata tua dignitate,

Cic. Fam. 2, 9; id. ap. Quint. 7, 3, 35; cf. in plur., Plin. 21, 7, 21, § 44; id. Pan. 61, 2 al.—

Men holding high office, men in honorable employment:

cum dignitates abessent,

Liv. 22, 40, 4; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 67.—

Transf., of inanimate things, worth, value, excellence:

opsonii,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 23:

praeclara et plena dignitatis domus,

Cic. Off. 1, 39; cf.

porticus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; id. de Or. 3, 46, 180:

portus, urbis,

Nep. Them. 6:

loci,

Suet. Calig. 41 al.:

dignitas, quae est in latitudine pectoris,

Quint. 11, 3, 141:

verborum,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; Quint. 11, 3, 46; cf. id. 8, 3, 24:

debita rerum,

id. 12, 1, 8; cf. id. 8, 3, 38:

subsequendi,

id. 12, 11, 28:

cum dignitate actionis,

id. 5, 10, 54 al.

dis-cŏlor, ōris (abl. -ori, Flor. 1, 16, 7; Curt. 3, 3, 26—post-class. form of the fem. discolora, in the signif. of II. A.: lana, Prud. steph. 10, 302:

serta,

Symm. Laud. in Val. 2, 1 ed. Mai.:

venustas,

Mart. Cap. 4 init.;

and once discoloria vestis,

Petr. 97, 3), adj., of another color, not of the same color (opp. concolor).

Lit.

With dat.:

neutra pars esse debet discolor lanae (shortly before: si palatum atque lingua concolor lanae est),

Col. 7, 3, 2:

(vestis) sumatur fatis discolor alba meis,

Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 8:

aura auri,

Verg. A. 6, 204.—

Absol., party-colored, of different colors:

habere arculas, ubi discolores sint cerae,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 4: signa, * Cic. Verr. 1, 13 fin.: miles ( black and white in the game of draughts), Ov. Tr. 2, 477 Jahn; cf.

agmen (in running a race),

id. Am. 3, 2, 78.—

Transf.

Party-colored, variegated:

aves,

Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3:

vestis,

Curt. 3, 4, 26:

arma,

Flor. 3, 2, 5 al. —

In gen., of various kinds, different, various: matrona meretrici dispar erit atque Discolor, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 4:

amnis pelago,

Stat. Th. 9, 338:

rerum discolor usus,

Pers. 5, 52.

dis-sŏnus, a, um, adj., opp. consonus, dissonant, discordant, confused (not anteAug.; nor in Verg., Ov., or Hor.).

Lit.:

chorus canentium dissonum quiddam canere,

Col. 12, 2, 4; so,

clamores,

Liv. 4, 28; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 4:

voces (opp. congruens clamor),

Liv. 30, 34:

questus,

Tac. A. 1, 34:

vapor,

i. e. making a dissonant sound, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112.—

In gen., disagreeing, different:

gentes sermone moribusque,

Liv. 1, 18; cf.:

linguā agmina,

Sil. 16, 19:

linguis castra,

id. 3, 221;

linguis turba,

Claud. Laud. Stil 1, 152:

diversi postulantium habitus ac dissonae voces,

Plin. Pan. 56, 6:

ora vulgi,

Luc. 3, 289:

nationes,

Amm. 23, 6 et saep.:

venustas (opp. jucunde consonat),

Quint. 9, 3, 72:

cursus solis,

Plin. 36, 10, 15, § 73:

carmina,

i. e. in elegiac measure, Stat. S. 2, 2, 114:

nationes,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 203:

elementa,

id. 9, § 912 et saep.—With ab:

nihil apud Latinos dissonum ab Romana re,

Liv. 8, 8, 2.—

Trop., discordant, jarring:

collidens dissona corda Seditio,

Sil. 11, 45.

ēlĕgantia, ae, f. [elegans].

A being nice or particular; exquisiteness, fastidiousness (ante-class. and very rare):

ejus elegantia meam extemplo speciem spernat,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 20.—Far more freq.,

Taste, propriety, refinement, grace, elegance (cf.: gustus, sapor, judicium).

With gen.: tu eloquentiam ab elegantia doctrinae segregandam putes, Cic. de Or. [p. 637] 1, 2, 5:

vitae,

Tac. A. 14, 19:

morum,

id. ib. 5, 8:

capilli (with venustas oris),

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67:

ac subtilitas operum,

id. 16, 15, 26, § 66 et saep.:

verborum Latinorum,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; cf.

scriptorum,

id. Fam. 4, 4; so,

Latini sermonis,

id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

mira sermonis,

Quint. 10, 1, 114:

figurarum,

id. 12, 9, 6;

and transf.: Socraticorum,

id. 10, 1, 83; cf.

Secundi,

id. 12, 10, 11. —In plur.:

vocum verborumque,

Gell. 2, 9 fin. —

Absol.:

qua munditia homines! qua elegantia!

Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; cf. id. Sull. 28, 79; id. Leg. 3, 1:

quae (agricultura) abhorret ab omni politiore elegantia,

id. Fin. 3, 2; cf. Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62; 14, 6, 8, § 71; Suet. Aug. 73:

elegantia modo et munditia remanebit,

Cic. Or. 23 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 20; 10, 2, 19 al.—In plur.:

laudatus propter elegantias dominus,

Petr. 34, 5; Gell. 1, 4; cf. id. 19, 4.

fastīgĭum, ii, n. [cf. Sanscr. bhrshtīs, corner, rim; Gr. a-phlaston, aplustria, the ornamented stern of a ship; O. H. Germ. brort, the prow], the top of a gable, a gable end, pediment (syn.: cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).

Prop.:

Capitolii fastigium illud et ceterarum aedium non venustas, sed necessitas ipsa fabricata est... utilitatem templi fastigii dignitas consecuta est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180; cf.:

fastigia aliquot templorum a culminibus abrupta,

Liv. 40, 2, 3:

evado ad summi fastigia culminis,

Verg. A. 2, 458; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 14.—Hence, meton., the roof of a house, Verg. A. 8, 491; 9, 568; Val. Fl. 2, 235:

habere pulvinar, simulacrum, fastigium, flaminem,

id. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf.

of the same: omnes unum in principem congesti honores: circa templa imagines... suggestus in curia, fastigium in domo, mensis in caelo,

Flor. 4, 2 fin.:

Romae signa eorum sunt in Palatina aede Apollinis in fastigio,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 13; cf. id. 35, 12, 43, § 152; Vitr. 3, 2.— Transf.:

operi tamquam fastigium imponere,

Cic. Off. 3, 7, 33.—

Transf.

The extreme part, extremity of a thing, whether above or below.

Top, height, summit:

colles... pari altitudinis fastigio oppidum cingebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 69, 4:

opus nondum aquae fastigium aequabat,

Curt. 4, 2, 19:

summi operis,

id. 4, 2, 8:

jamque agger aequaverat summae fastigia terrae,

id. 8, 10, 31:

aquatilium ova rotunda, reliqua fere fastigio acuminata,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145:

gracilitas (arundinis) nodis distincta leni fastigio tenuatur in cacumina,

id. 16, 36, 64, § 158; cf.:

cornua in leve fastigium exacuta,

id. 11, 37, 45, § 124; 16, 33, 60, § 141; Vulg. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—In plur., Lucr. 4, 827:

muri,

Val. Fl. 2, 553:

fontis fastigium,

i. e. the height on which the fountain sprang up, Hirt. B. G. 8, 41, 5.—

The lower part, depth: forsitan et scrobibus quae sint fastigia, quaeres, [p. 728] what should be the depth of the trenches, Verg. G. 2, 288.—

(From the sloping form of the gable.) A slope, declivity, descent:

ab oppido declivis locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

jugum paulo leniore fastigio,

id. ib. 2, 24, 3:

iniquum loci ad declivitatem fastigium,

id. B. G. 7, 85, 4:

rupes leniore submissa fastigio,

Curt. 6, 6, 11:

capreoli molli fastigio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3; 2, 24, 3:

musculi,

id. ib. 2, 11, 1:

scrobes paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio,

i. e. gradually narrowing from top to bottom, id. B. G. 7, 73, 5; cf.:

si (fossa) fastigium habet, ut (aqua) exeat e fundo,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2.—

In the later grammarians, an accent placed over a word, Mart. Cap. 3, § 264; § 268 al.; Diom. p. 428 P.

Trop.

The highest part, summit, the highest degree, most exalted rank or dignity (perh. only since the Aug. per.):

quicquid numinum hanc Romani imperii molem in amplissimum terrarum orbis fastigium extulit,

Vell. 2, 131, 1; cf.:

sic fit, ut dei summum inter homines fastigium servent,

Plin. Pan. 52, 2:

et quoad usque ad memoriam nostram tribuniciis consularibusque certatum viribus est, dictaturae semper altius fastigium fuit,

Liv. 6, 38 fin.; cf.:

in consulare fastigium vehi,

Vell. 2, 69, 1:

ad regium fastigium evehere aliquem,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 1:

alii cives ejusdem fastigii,

Liv. 3, 35, 9:

stare in fastigio eloquentiae,

Quint. 12, 1, 20:

rhetoricen in tam sublime fastigium sine arte venisse,

id. 2, 17, 3:

et poësis ab Homero et Vergilio tantum fastigium accepit, et eloquentia a Demosthene,

id. 12, 11, 26; cf.:

magice in tantum fastigii adolevit, ut, etc.,

grew into such esteem, Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2.—

In gen., dignity, rank, condition:

(M. Laetorio) curatio altior fastigio suo data est,

Liv. 2, 27, 6; cf.:

ampliora etiam humano fastigio decerni sibi passus est,

Suet. Caes. 76:

tamquam mortale fastigium egressus,

Tac. A. 15, 74:

animus super humanum fastigium elatus,

Curt. 9, 10 med.:

quales ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

Juv. 3, 39.—

A leading or chief point, head in a discourse; a principal sort or kind (rare):

summa sequar fastigia rerum,

Verg. A. 1, 342:

e quibus tribus fastigiis (agrorum) simplicibus,

sorts, kinds, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2:

propter haec tria fastigia formae discrimina quaedam fiunt sationum,

id. ib. 1, 5:

haec atque hujuscemodi tria fastigia agri, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 6, 6; cf.

also: quo fastigio sit fundus,

id. ib. 1, 20 fin. (and v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 223):

laudem relego fastigia summa,

Prisc. Laud. Anast. 148.

grăcĭlis, e (also ante-class. grăcĭlus, a, um, Lucil. ap. Non. 489, 21; plur.:

gracilae virgines,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22), adj. [Sanscr. karc, to be lean; old Lat. cracentes, slender (Enn. Ann. 497 Vahl.); cf. Gr. kolokanos], thin, slight, slender, slim; meagre, lean ( poet. and in Aug. prose; not in Cic.; but cf. gracilitas; syn.: exilis, tenuis, macer).

Physically:

in gracili macies crimen habere potest,

Ov. R. Am. 328:

gracili sic tamque pusillo,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 69:

quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, etc.,

id. C. 1, 5, 1:

puer,

Mart. 11, 43, 4:

Indi,

Juv. 6, 466:

capella,

Ov. M. 1, 299:

equi hominesque paululi et graciles,

Liv. 35, 11, 7:

arbores succinctioresque,

Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39:

resina (opp. pinguis),

id. 24, 6, 22, § 33:

gracilis et ejuncida vitis,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 173:

folium,

id. 19, 8, 54, § 171:

comae et lanuginis instar,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 23:

stamen,

id. M. 6, 54:

catena,

id. ib. 4, 176; cf.:

vinculum auri,

Petr. 126:

cacumen,

Ov. M. 10, 140:

coronae,

Juv. 12, 87:

viae petauri,

Mart. 2, 86, 7; cf.

rima,

App. M. 4, p. 149:

libellus,

Mart. 8, 24, 1:

umbra,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 86:

spuma,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 15.— Comp.:

glans brevior et gracilior,

Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.— Sup.:

fuit (Nero) ventre projecto, gracillimis cruribus,

Suet. Ner. 51.—

Transf., opp. to fat or rich, meagre, scanty, poor (post-Aug.):

ager,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187:

clivi,

Col. 2, 4, 11:

vindemiae,

Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2; 8, 15, 1:

gracili Lare vivere,

App. Mag. p. 287; cf.

pauperies,

id. M. 9, p. 219.—

Trop., of style, simple, plain, unadorned ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): materiae gracili sufficit ingenium. Ov. P. 2, 5, 26; cf.:

lusimus, Octavi, gracili modulante Thalia,

Verg. Cul. 1: et in carmine et in soluta oratione genera dicendi probabilia sunt tria, quae Graeci charaktêras vocant nominaque eis fecerunt hadron, ischnon, meson. Nos quoque, quem primum posuimus, uberem vocamus, secundum gracilem, tertium mediocrem. Uberi dignitas atque amplitudo est:

gracili venustas et subtilitas: medius in confinio est utriusque modi particeps, etc.,

Gell. 7, 14, 1 sq.; cf.:

inter gracile validumque tertium aliquid constitutum est,

Quint. 12, 10, 66:

praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 1.—Of the speaker:

non possumus esse tam graciles, simus fortiores,

Quint. 12, 10, 36.—Hence, adv.: grăcĭlĭter, slenderly.

Lit., App. M. 3, p. 130.—

Trop.:

alia ornatius, alia gracilius esse dicenda,

more simply, Quint. 9, 4, 130.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

mŭlĭĕbris, e, adj. [mulier], of or belonging to a woman, womanly, female, feminine.

Adj. (class.):

loci muliebres, ubi nascendi initia consistunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, 3:

facinus,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 35:

comitatus,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

vox,

id. de Or. 3, 11, 41:

vestis,

Nep. Alc. 10, 6:

venustas,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

fraus,

Tac. A. 2, 71:

impotentia,

id. ib. 1, 4:

certamen, i. e. de mulieribus,

Liv. 1, 57:

jura,

id. 34, 3:

Fortuna Muliebris, worshipped in memory of the wife and mother of Coriolanus, who persuaded him to retreat,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 4; Liv. 2, 40.—

In a reproachful sense, womanish, effeminate, unmanly: parce muliebri supellectili. Mi. Quae ea est supellex? Ha. Clarus clamor sine modo, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 26 sq.: animum geritis muliebrem, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. Rel. p. 227 Rib.):

muliebris enervataque sententia,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—Gram. t. t., feminine (opp. virilis):

vocabulum,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 sq. Müll.—

Subst.: mŭlĭĕbrĭa, ĭum, n.

= pu denda muliebria, Tac. A. 14, 60:

muliebria pati,

to let one's self be used as a woman, id. ib. 11, 36.—

Womanish things:

muliebria cetera,

Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 17 = menstrua:

desierant Sarae fieri muliebria,

Vulg. Gen. 18, 11.—Hence, adv.: mŭlĭĕ-brĭter.

In the manner of a woman, like a woman:

nec muliebriter Expavit ensem,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 22:

ingemiscens,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140:

flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5:

Hunni equis muliebriter insidentes,

in the manner of women, Amm. 31, 2, 6.—

Womanishly, effeminately: si se lamentis muliebriter lacrimisque dedet. Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

id. ib. 2, 23, 55:

Antinăum suum muliebriter flere,

Spart. Hadr. 14, 5.

mundĭtĭa, ae, and mundĭtĭes, ēi, f. [1. mundus], cleanness, cleanliness (class.; cf.: ornatus, cultus).

Lit.:

munditia illecebra animo est amantium,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4:

munditias facere,

to clean the house, Cato, R. R. 39, 2: munditias volo fieri;

ecferte huc scopas, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

alia jam munditiarum facies est,

Front. Aq. 88.—

Transf., in gen., cleanliness, neatness, elegance, fineness, niceness, in furniture, dress, etc.:

in munditiis aetatulam agere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 40:

munditiis munditiam antideo,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 9:

munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

hominis,

id. Fam. 10, 20, 2:

cui flavam religas comam, Simplex munditiis,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 5:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133:

urbanae,

Sall. J. 63, 3:

per cultum et munditias,

Tac. A. 3, 30:

multa munditia indutus et amictus,

Gell. 2, 5, 2. —

Trop., of speech, neatness, terseness, elegance, Cic. Or. 23, 79:

verborum,

Gell. 1, 23, 1:

venustas et mundities orationis,

id. 10, 3, 4; Quint. 8, 3, 87.

mundĭtĭa, ae, and mundĭtĭes, ēi, f. [1. mundus], cleanness, cleanliness (class.; cf.: ornatus, cultus).

Lit.:

munditia illecebra animo est amantium,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4:

munditias facere,

to clean the house, Cato, R. R. 39, 2: munditias volo fieri;

ecferte huc scopas, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 22:

alia jam munditiarum facies est,

Front. Aq. 88.—

Transf., in gen., cleanliness, neatness, elegance, fineness, niceness, in furniture, dress, etc.:

in munditiis aetatulam agere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 40:

munditiis munditiam antideo,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 9:

munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:

hominis,

id. Fam. 10, 20, 2:

cui flavam religas comam, Simplex munditiis,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 5:

munditiis capimur,

Ov. A. A. 3, 133:

urbanae,

Sall. J. 63, 3:

per cultum et munditias,

Tac. A. 3, 30:

multa munditia indutus et amictus,

Gell. 2, 5, 2. —

Trop., of speech, neatness, terseness, elegance, Cic. Or. 23, 79:

verborum,

Gell. 1, 23, 1:

venustas et mundities orationis,

id. 10, 3, 4; Quint. 8, 3, 87.

pulchrĭtūdo ( pulcr-), ĭnis, f. [id.], beauty.

Lit.:

ut corporis est quaedam apta figura membrorum cum coloris quādam suavitate eaque dicitur pulchritudo,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31:

simulacri,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72; cf.

corporis,

id. Off. 1, 28, 98:

pulchritudinis duo genera sunt, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas, venustatem muliebrem dicere debemus, dignitatem virilem,

id. ib. 1, 36, 130:

pulchritudinis habere verissimum judicium,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

equi,

Gell. 3, 9, 8:

urbis,

Flor. 2, 6, 34:

flammae,

Suet. Ner. 38:

operis,

Plin. Ep. 10, 46, 3.—

Trop., beauty, excellence:

oratoris,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71:

verborum,

Quint. 3, 7, 12:

orationis,

Petr. 2:

honestum suā pulchritudine specieque laudabile,

Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 38:

splendor pulchritudoque virtutis?

id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

ut Isocratis memorat pulchritudo,

i. e. the charming writer, Amm. 30, 8, 6.—

Transf., a beauty, i. e. a beautiful thing; in plur.:

pulchritudines,

i. e. beautiful jewels, Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 129.

pulchrĭtūdo ( pulcr-), ĭnis, f. [id.], beauty.

Lit.:

ut corporis est quaedam apta figura membrorum cum coloris quādam suavitate eaque dicitur pulchritudo,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31:

simulacri,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72; cf.

corporis,

id. Off. 1, 28, 98:

pulchritudinis duo genera sunt, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas, venustatem muliebrem dicere debemus, dignitatem virilem,

id. ib. 1, 36, 130:

pulchritudinis habere verissimum judicium,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

equi,

Gell. 3, 9, 8:

urbis,

Flor. 2, 6, 34:

flammae,

Suet. Ner. 38:

operis,

Plin. Ep. 10, 46, 3.—

Trop., beauty, excellence:

oratoris,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71:

verborum,

Quint. 3, 7, 12:

orationis,

Petr. 2:

honestum suā pulchritudine specieque laudabile,

Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 38:

splendor pulchritudoque virtutis?

id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

ut Isocratis memorat pulchritudo,

i. e. the charming writer, Amm. 30, 8, 6.—

Transf., a beauty, i. e. a beautiful thing; in plur.:

pulchritudines,

i. e. beautiful jewels, Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 129.

sal, sălis ( neutr. collat. form of the nom. sălĕ, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, or Ann. v. 378 Vahl.; Varr. ap. Non. 223, 17; also, in the regular form sometimes neutr. in sing., v. infra, I.; but plur. always sales, m.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 697 sq.; dat. plur.: infusis salis, Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.), m. [root sal-, to stream, flow; cf. hals; perh. also found in insula, salix].

Lit., salt.

Masc.: ex sale, qui apud Carthaginienses fit, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.:

salem candidum sic facito,

id. R. R. 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8; Col. 6, 17, 7; 8, 6 Schneid. N. cr.; 12, 6, 2; 12, 21, 2 al.; Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 73; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 95; id. Curc. 4, 4, 6; id. Pers. 3, 3, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 644 ib.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46 et saep.—Prov.:

salem cum pane edit,

Plin. 31, 8, 41, § 89.—

Neutr.: nunc vides in conviviis ita poni et sal et mel, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; so, aliud, Fabian. ib. p. 82 P.;

tritum,

Veg. 2, 24, 4 al.; v. also infra, II.—

Doubtful gen.:

multos modios salis,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

(caseum) parco sale reponunt,

Verg. G. 3, 403; Caes. B. C. 2, 37:

salis vendendi arbitrium,

Liv. 29, 6; 45, 29; Hor. S. 1, 3, 14; 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 74; Col. 7, 8, 5; Cels. 2, 24; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—

Plur.:

quin aspergi solent sales: melior fossilis quam marinus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 6; Col. 7, 4, 8; 8, 6, 1; Pall. 9, 2 Mai; id. Nov. 19; Fabian. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Ov. M. 15, 286.—

Meton.

Poet., the salt water, brine, sea.

Sing., Enn. 1. 1.:

supra rorem salis edita pars est remorum,

Lucr. 4, 438:

et sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt,

Verg. A. 1, 173; 1, 35; 3, 385; 5, 848; 5, 866; 6, 697; 10, 214; Ov. P. 1, 1, 70; Val. Fl. 4, 722.—

Plur.:

sales amari,

Ov. M. 15, 286:

aequorei,

Luc. 10, 257.—

A speck on precious stones shaped like a grain of salt. — Sing.:

sal,

Plin. 37, 6, 22, § 83; 37, 8, 37, § 117; 37, 2, 10, § 28.— Plur.:

sales,

Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 22.—

Trop.

Intellectual acuteness, good sense, shrewdness, cunning, wit, facetiousness, sarcasm, a witticism, witty saying (class. in sing. and plur.;

syn.: lepos, facetiae, festivitas): (sal) adeo necessarium elementum est, ut transierit intellectus ad voluptates animi quoque. Nam ita sales appellantur, omnisque vitae lepos et summa hilaritas laborumque requies non alio magis vocabulo constat,

Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.

Sing.:

qui habet salem, quod in te est,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 10; cf.:

nulla venustas, Nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis,

Cat. 86, 4:

Caesar inusitatum nostris oratoribus leporem quendam et salem est consecutus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 98; cf. id. N. D. 2, 29, 74:

sale vero et facetiis Caesar vicit omnis,

id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

(litterae) tum humanitatis sparsae sale,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

qui (versus) dum denique habent salem ac leporem,

Cat. 16, 7:

P. Scipio omnes sale facetiisque superabat,

Cic. Brut. 34, 128; cf.:

argutiae facetissimi salis,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117:

salis satis est, sannionum parum, Cic Fam. 9, 16, 10: in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,

id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55:

(Lucilius) sale multo Urbem defricuit,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 3; cf.

of the same: acerbitas et abundantia salis,

Quint. 10, 1, 94:

hic delectatur iambis, Ille Bioneïs sermonibus et sale nigro,

i. e. biting wit, sarcasm, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60; Cat. 13, 5:

qui plurimum in scribendo et salis haberet et fellis nec candoris minus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 1. —

Neutr. (ante-class.): quicquid loquitur, sal merum est, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.; so, (puella) Charitôn mia, tota merum sal, Lucr. 4, 1162.—

Plur.:

Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

vestri proavi Plautinos Laudavere sales,

Hor. A. P. 271; Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 2:

periculosi sales,

id. Tranq. 1, 4:

libaboque tuos, scite Menandre, sales,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 28:

huic generi orationis aspergentur etiam sales, qui in dicendo minimum quantum valent: quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis,

Cic. Or. 26, 87; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 15; 10, 1, 117:

(Ciceronem) in salibus aliquando frigidum,

id. 12, 10, 12:

a salibus suffusis felle refugi,

Ov. Tr. 2, 565:

protervi sales,

Stat. S. 1, 6, 6:

salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis,

Juv. 9, 11.—

(Borrowed from the use of salt as a relish.) Good taste, elegance:

tectum antiquitus constitutum plus salis quam sumptūs habebat,

Nep. Att. 13, 2.—

Sharpness, pungency, stimulus, incentive:

quae (sc. calor, sanguis) aviditatem naturali sale augent,

Plin. 10, 72, 93, § 198.

scaenĭcus ( scen-), a, um, adj., = skênikos, of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, theatrical (class.).

Lit.:

poëtae,

dramatic poets, Varr. L. L. 9, § 17 Müll.:

artifices,

players, actors, Cic. Arch. 5, 10; Suet. Caes. 84:

actores,

Quint. 6, 1, 26; 11, 3, 4: ludi, stage-plays, theatrical representations, in a gen. sense (opp. to games of wrestling, racing, etc.), Liv. 7, 2; 31, 4; 34, 54; Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 37; Suet. Calig. 26; id. Ner. 11; cf.

operae (with gladiatoriae),

id. Aug. 43:

fabula,

a drama, Amm. 28, 1, 4:

organa,

Suet. Ner. 44:

coronae,

id. ib. 53:

habitus,

id. ib. 38:

gestus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220:

modulatio,

Quint. 11, 3, 57:

venustas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30:

decor quidam,

Quint. 2, 10, 13:

dicacitas (with scurrilis),

id. 6, 3, 29:

fortuna dubia, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: adulteria,

represented on the stage, Ov. Tr. 2, 514.—In the neutr.:

quin etiam, quod est inprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant,

Quint. 10, 7, 21:

nihil scaenicum apud Graecos pudori est,

Liv. 24, 24; cf., with a subject-clause:

complodere manus scaenicum est et pectus caedere,

Quint. 11, 3, 123.—

scaē-nĭcus, i, m., a player, actor, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114:

orator plurimum aberit a scaenico (with comoedi),

Quint. 1, 11, 3; Suet. Ner. 42 fin. — Plur., Cic. Planc. 12, 30; id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 184; Quint. 11, 3, 158; Suet. Tib. 34; id. Ner. 11; 21 et saep.—As a term of reproach applied to Nero (on account of his passion for the stage), a stage-hero, Tac. A. 15, 59.—

scaenĭca, ae, f., a female player, an actress, Cod. Just. 5, 27, 1; Ambros. Obit. Valent. § 17.—

Transf. (opp. to real, true, actual), fictitious, pretended:

populus Romanus, invictus a veris regibus, ab illo imaginario et scaenico rege (sc. Andrisco) superatur,

by that theatrical king, Flor. 2, 14, 4.—

* Adv.: scaenĭcē, theatrically, after the manner of players:

cum aliqua velut scaenice fiunt,

Quint. 6, 1, 38.