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charminly, wittily, elegantly, pleasantly.

făcētus, a, um, adj. [root fa- of fari; Sanscr. bhā-, shine, appear; Gr. pha- in phêmi, phainô; strengthened făc, as in fax, facies], well-made, choice, elegant, fine.

Lit. (very rare): nae illi sunt pedes faceti ac deliciis ingredienti molles, Brutus ap. Quint. 6, 3, 20:

facetis victibus vivere,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 43.—

Trop.

Of behavior, fine, courteous, polite, gentle (very rare):

vir facetus atque magnificus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 84:

mulier commoda et faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 11:

ut cuique est aetas, ita quemque facetus adopta,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 55:

est qui (ambulet tunicis) subductis usque facetus,

i. e. who thinks to be very fine, id. S. 1, 2, 26.—

Of speech.

Elegant, fine:

molle atque facetum Vergilio annuerunt gaudentes rure Camenae,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 44; cf.: decoris hanc et excultae cujusdam elegantiae appellationem ( faceti) puto, Quint. 6, 3, 20.—

Merry, witty, jocose, humorous, facetious (the predominant signif. of the word).

Of persons: dulcem et facetum festivique sermonis atque in omni sermone simulatorem, quem eirôna Graeci nominarunt, Socratem accepimus, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

elegantes, faceti,

id. Brut. 16, 63:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 228:

in altercando cum aliquo aculeo et maledicto facetus,

id. Brut. 47, 173:

imitatores et narratores faceti,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 219:

etiam quodam loco facetus esse voluisti,

id. Phil. 2, 8, 20:

conviva joco mordente facetus,

Juv. 9, 10 et saep.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

duplex omnino est jocandi genus: unum illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, obscenum, alterum elegans, urbanum, ingeniosum, facetum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

ironia faceta et elegans,

id. Brut. 85, 292:

faceta et urbana innumerabilia,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:

sermo,

id. ib. 1, 8, 32:

dictum,

id. ib. 2, 54, 219:

joci,

Just. 39, 2.— Comp.: Quo facetior videare, Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. REDARGUISSE, p. 273, 10 Müll. — Sup.:

Aristophanes facetissimus poëta veteris comoediae,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37:

argutiae facetissimi salis,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117.—Hence, adv.: făcēte,

(Acc. to II. A.) Finely, properly, elegantly (anteclass.):

hanc ego rem exorsus sum facete et callide,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 7; id. Mil. 1, 1, 39; id. Stich. 1, 3, 114:

facete dictum,

well said! good! id. Capt. 1, 2, 73; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 57; 3, 1, 37.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Wittily, pleasantly, humorously, facetiously (class.):

numquam tam male est Siculis, quin aliquid facete et commode dicant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95:

facete et urbane Stoicos ridere,

id. Fin. 1, 11, 39:

multa colligere ridicule ac facete,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 243: praeclare et apposite et facete scripsit, Gell. 2, 23, 11:

(Cicero) plura quam quisquam dixit facete,

Quint. 6, 3, 4.— Comp.:

nos ab isto nebulone facetius eludimur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

disputare,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 217.— Sup.:

noster hic facetissime tres de jure civili libellos tribus legendos dedit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223:

dicere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9 fin.:

ludere,

id. ib. 9, 22, 2.

festīvus, a, um, adj. [1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence], lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus).

Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):

ludi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf.

alea,

Gell. 18, 13, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 95:

hospitium in lepido loco,

id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

festivissimum convivium,

Just. 38, 8 fin. —

Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity:

in vindemiarum festivo,

Lampr. Heliog. 11.—

Transf.

In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty:

luculenta atque festiva femina,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17:

nonne igitur sunt ista festiva?

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

aedes festivissimae,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93:

area parvula sed festiva,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

copia librorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1:

opera,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. —

In partic.

Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear:

quod te isti facilem et festivum putant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29:

puer,

Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.:

quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 3:

filius,

id. Fl. 36, 91:

homo,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. —

As a term of endearment:

o mi pater festivissime!

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so,

festivum caput!

id. ib. 2, 3, 8.—

Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty:

dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

acroama,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.).

Joyously, gayly, cheerfully:

loco in festivo sumus festive accepti,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.—

Transf.

Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. —

Humorously, facetiously, wittily.

Form festive:

agere fabellam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

crimen contexere,

id. Deiot. 6, 19:

dissolvere argumentum,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

aliquid odorari,

id. Att. 4, 14, 2:

tradere elementa loquendi,

id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent:

quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.—

Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset akôlutos, Gell. 1, 2, 7:

respondere,

id. 1, 22, 6.— Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).

festīvus, a, um, adj. [1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence], lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus).

Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):

ludi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf.

alea,

Gell. 18, 13, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 95:

hospitium in lepido loco,

id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

festivissimum convivium,

Just. 38, 8 fin. —

Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity:

in vindemiarum festivo,

Lampr. Heliog. 11.—

Transf.

In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty:

luculenta atque festiva femina,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17:

nonne igitur sunt ista festiva?

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

aedes festivissimae,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93:

area parvula sed festiva,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

copia librorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1:

opera,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. —

In partic.

Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear:

quod te isti facilem et festivum putant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29:

puer,

Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.:

quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 3:

filius,

id. Fl. 36, 91:

homo,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. —

As a term of endearment:

o mi pater festivissime!

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so,

festivum caput!

id. ib. 2, 3, 8.—

Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty:

dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

acroama,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.).

Joyously, gayly, cheerfully:

loco in festivo sumus festive accepti,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.—

Transf.

Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. —

Humorously, facetiously, wittily.

Form festive:

agere fabellam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

crimen contexere,

id. Deiot. 6, 19:

dissolvere argumentum,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

aliquid odorari,

id. Att. 4, 14, 2:

tradere elementa loquendi,

id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent:

quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.—

Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset akôlutos, Gell. 1, 2, 7:

respondere,

id. 1, 22, 6.— Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).

ingĕnĭōsus ( ingĕnŭ-), a, um, adj. [ingenium], intellectual, superior in intellect, endowed with a good capacity, gifted with genius, of good natural talents or abilities, clever, ingenious.

Lit.:

Aristoteles quidem ait, omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingeniosi vocantur,

id. Fin. 5, 13, 36:

vir ingeniosus et eruditus,

id. Att. 14, 20, 3:

quo quisque est solertior et ingeniosior,

id. Rosc. Com. 11, 31:

homo ingeniosissimus,

id. Mur. 30, 62:

ad aliquid,

Ov. M. 11, 313:

dandis ingeniosa notis,

id. Am. 1, 11, 4:

esse in aliqua re, Mart. praef. 1: in poenas,

Ov. Tr. 2, 342:

res est ingeniosa dare,

giving requires good sense, id. Am. 1, 8, 62. —

Transf., of inanimate things.

Ingenious, clever:

argumentum,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 69.—

Adapted to, apt, fit for any thing:

vox mutandis ingeniosa sonis,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 18:

terra ingeniosa colenti,

id. H. 6, 117:

ad segetes ager,

id. F. 4, 684.— Sup.:

ingenuosissimus,

Inscr. Murat. 1742, 15.— Adv.: ingĕnĭōsē, acutely, wittily, ingeniously:

tractantur ista ingeniose,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87:

electas res collocare,

id. Inv. 1, 6, 81:

dicere,

Quint. 1, 6, 36.— Comp., Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42.— Sup.:

homo ingeniosissime nequam,

Vell. 2, 48, 3.

ingĕnĭōsus ( ingĕnŭ-), a, um, adj. [ingenium], intellectual, superior in intellect, endowed with a good capacity, gifted with genius, of good natural talents or abilities, clever, ingenious.

Lit.:

Aristoteles quidem ait, omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingeniosi vocantur,

id. Fin. 5, 13, 36:

vir ingeniosus et eruditus,

id. Att. 14, 20, 3:

quo quisque est solertior et ingeniosior,

id. Rosc. Com. 11, 31:

homo ingeniosissimus,

id. Mur. 30, 62:

ad aliquid,

Ov. M. 11, 313:

dandis ingeniosa notis,

id. Am. 1, 11, 4:

esse in aliqua re, Mart. praef. 1: in poenas,

Ov. Tr. 2, 342:

res est ingeniosa dare,

giving requires good sense, id. Am. 1, 8, 62. —

Transf., of inanimate things.

Ingenious, clever:

argumentum,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 69.—

Adapted to, apt, fit for any thing:

vox mutandis ingeniosa sonis,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 18:

terra ingeniosa colenti,

id. H. 6, 117:

ad segetes ager,

id. F. 4, 684.— Sup.:

ingenuosissimus,

Inscr. Murat. 1742, 15.— Adv.: ingĕnĭōsē, acutely, wittily, ingeniously:

tractantur ista ingeniose,

Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87:

electas res collocare,

id. Inv. 1, 6, 81:

dicere,

Quint. 1, 6, 36.— Comp., Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42.— Sup.:

homo ingeniosissime nequam,

Vell. 2, 48, 3.

lĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [lepos], pleasant, agreeable, charming, fine, elegant, neat (esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; in Cic. very rare).

In gen.:

fui ego bellus, lepidus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

nugator,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 1:

virgo,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

mortalis,

id. Truc. 5, 1, 57:

o lepidum patrem!

Ter. And. 5, 4, 45:

ego usa sum benigno et lepido et comi,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 39:

lepida es,

id. ib. 5, 1, 26:

forma lepida et liberalis,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

mores,

id. Most. 2, 3, 12:

fama,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 98:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 95:

dies,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 4:

itan' lepidum tibi visum est, scelus nos irridere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17.— Comp.:

nos invenies alterum Lepidiorem ad omnes res,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 65.— Sup.:

pater lepidissime,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 13:

o capitulum lepidissimum,

id. Eun. 3, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, nice, effeminate:

hi pueri tam lepidi ac delicati,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—

In partic., of speech, smart, witty, facetious:

lepida et concinna,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto,

Hor. A. P. 273:

versus,

Cat. 6, 17.—Hence, adv.: lĕpĭdē, pleasantly, agreeably, charmingly, finely, prettily.

In gen.:

lepide ornata,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 84:

stratus lectus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 84:

hoc effectum lepide tibi tradam,

id. Curc. 3, 15:

lepide ludificatus,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

intellexisti,

id. Truc. 3, 2, 13:

lepide prospereque evenire,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 1:

ubi lepide voles esse tibi, mea rosa, mihi dicito,

when you want to enjoy yourself, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 50.—

In partic.

As an affirmative response, yes, very well:

lepide licet,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 1.—

As a term of applause, splendidly, excellently:

euge, euge, lepide,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

facete, laute, lepide: nihil supra,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37.— Comp.:

nimis lepide fabulare: eo potuerit lepidius pol fieri,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 5, 52.— Sup.:

lepidissime et comissime,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66.—

Of speech, smartly, wittily, humorously:

in quo lepide in soceri mei persona lusit is, qui elegantissime id facere potuit, Lucilius: Quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf. id. Or. 44, 149:

in libris multa posuit lepide atque argute reperta,

Gell. 13, 10, 3.

Lĕpĭdus, i, m., a surname in the gens Aemilia; e. g. M. Aemilius Lepidus, consul 675 A. U. C., an enemy of Sylla, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212.—Another M. Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir with Antony and Octavius, Cic. Mil. 5, 13; id. Phil. 5, 14, 39; v. his letters to Cicero ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34 sq.—Hence,

Lĕpĭdā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidan:

bellum,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 63 Dietsch.—

Lĕpĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidian:

tumultus,

which broke out a year after Sylla's death, in the consulate of M. Æmilius Lepidus, Macr. S. 1, 32.