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sincērĭtas (noun F) : sincerus
* Cleanness, purity, soundness, wholeness (not anteAug.).
* Lit.: pura (olei),Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22: firma capitis,Pall. 1, 3: corporis,Val. Max. 2, 6, 8: alia convertenda, quae sinceritatem habent,Col. 4, 26.
* Trop.: nec summum bonum habebit sinceritatem suam, si, etc.,Sen. Vit. Beat. 15: summa vitae,moral purity,Val. Max. 5, 3, 2ext.: ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas, uprightness, honesty, integrity, sincerity (with recte loqui), Phaedr. 4, 13, 3; so (with probitas) Gell. 14, 2, 5: verborum (with veritas),id. 2, 23, 21.
* Esp.: sinceritas tua, a form of complimentary address to certain inferior dignitaries,Cod. Just. 7, 62, 26; Cod. Theod. 2, 1, 8; 10, 15, 4; 7, 1, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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