lĕpor | lĕpos (noun M) : and , , perh. root lamp-; Gr. λάμπω, λαμπρός; cf. Lat. limpidus, lanterna
* Pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness, charm.
* In gen.: quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur sine omni lepore et sine suavitate,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32: aurea, pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla,Lucr. 2, 502; 4, 1133: omnis vitae lepos,Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.
* In partic.
* Of behavior, pleasantness, grace, politeness, amiability: affluens omni lepore ac venustate,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142: in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55.
* As a term of endearment, = blanditiae, my delight, charmer: respice, o mi lepos,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19; id. Curc. 1, 2, 4.
* Of speech, pleasantry, wit, humor (so most freq. in Cic.; cf.: sal, facetiae, festivitas): Inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia,Plaut. As. prol. 13: ea esset in homine jucunditas et tantus in jocando lepos ut, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 27: urbanitatis oratorius, non scurrilis, lepos,id. Brut. 38, 143; cf. id. de Or. 1, 34, 159: floruit admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,id. Ac. 2, 6, 16: inusitatus nostris oratoribus lepos,id. de Or. 2, 23, 98: omnes verborum, omnes sententiarum lepores,id. Or. 27, 96.

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