clārĭtūdo (noun F) : clarus
* Clearness, brightness (access. form of claritas; in lit. signif. very rare; trop. in Sall. a few times, in Tac. very freq., but not in Cic., Caes., Quint., or Suet.).
* Lit.
* Of objects affecting the sight: fulgor et claritudo deae (sc. lunae),Tac. A. 1, 28; cf. Lact. 2, 9, 12.— *
* Trop. (cf. claritas, II. B.), renown, celebrity, splendor, fame, reputation: inclitissima, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 82, 7: artes animi, quibus summa claritudo paratur,Sall. J 2, 4: in tantam claritudinem pervenire,id. ib. 7, 4: eminere claritudine,Vell. 2, 130, 1: Caesarum,Tac. A. 12, 2: principis, id ib. 16, 24: materni generis,id. ib. 2, 43; cf. id. ib. 14, 47: familiae,id. ib. 15, 35: militiae,id. ib. 4, 6: studiorum,id. ib. 12, 8: virtutum,id. ib. 15, 65: nominis,id. ib. 15, 71 al.

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