prōcērĭtas (noun F) : procerus
* A high growth, height, tallness.
* Lit. (good prose): candor hujus te et proceritas, vultus oculique perpulerunt,his tall stature,Cic. Cael. 15, 36; so absol., Tac. A. 12, 44; 4, 57; Suet. Vit. 17; Gell. 9, 11; cf. corporis,Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 6; Just. 13, 1, 11.—Of plants: cum admiraretur proceritates arborum,Cic. Sen. 17, 59: palmetis est proceritas et decor,Tac. H. 5, 6: herbarum,height,Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 27: tiliae,id. 16, 14, 25, § 65: balsami,id. 12, 25, 54, § 113: tollentis se proceritate luxuriosā,id. 19, 8, 41, § 139.
* Transf., in gen., length: quae (animalia) altiora sunt, ut anseres, ut cygni, ut cameli, adjuvantur proceritate collorum,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: alces, ni proceritas aurium et cervicis distinguet, jumento similis,Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39: pediculi (glandis) proceritas brevitasque,id. 16, 6, 8, § 23: rubri,id. 17, 13, 21, § 96: pedum,Cic. Or. 63, 212.

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