cĕlēbrĭtas (noun F) : id..
* A great number, a multitude, a large assembly, a numerous concourse or gathering, a crowd (syn. frequentia; opp. solitudo; in good prose): in multitudine et celebritate judiciorum,Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 4; cf. Tac. A. 16, 29: odi celebritatem; fugio homines; esset mihi ista solitudo non amara,Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 13, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 18: in celebritate versari, to live in society, Nep. praef. § 6: virorum ac mulierum,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65: audientium,Quint. 1, 2, 29 al.: loci,Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 7; Tac. A. 3, 9: viae,Cic. Att. 3, 14, 2; Tac. H. 2, 64: totius Graeciae,Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9.
* Meton.
* A festal celebration, a solemnity: supremi diei,a solemn procession for the dead,Cic. Mil. 32, 86; cf. Liv. 30, 38, 12.
* Fame, renown, celebrity: celebritas sermonis hominum,Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20: causa celebritatis et nominis,id. Off. 2, 13, 44: famae,id. Tusc. 1, 12, 28: nominis,Sall. H. Fragm. 5, 6, p. 243 Gerl.; Suet. Gram. 23: in docendo,Gell. 7, 17, 1: aeris,Plin. 34, 1, 2, § 2; v. Sillig N cr.

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