LAT
speciosus
JSON
Lewis Short
(adjective) : spĕcĭōsus, a, um, species (acc. to species, II. B. 3.)
* Good-looking, showy, handsome, beautiful, splendid, brilliant (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: venustus, pulcher, formosus, spectabilis).
* Lit. (not so in Cic.): hunc speciosum pelle decorā,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45: femina,Quint. 5, 10, 47: puer,Petr. 41, 6: corpora,Quint. 11, 3, 26: nec id speciosum fieri putabo,id. 5, 12, 19: in certaminibus speciosa atque robusta,id. 11, 3, 26: ministerium,Vell. 2, 111, 3: familia,id. 2, 59, 2.—Comp.: familiam nemo speciosiorem producit,Sen. Ep. 87, 6: si plenior aliquis et speciosior et coloratior factus est,Cels. 2, 2.—Sup.: homo (Alcibiades),Quint. 8, 4, 23: corpus,id. 2, 15, 9: filia,Petr. 140, 2.
* Trop.: reversionis has speciosas causas habes,well-sounding, plausible, specious,Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf.: specioso titulo uti vos, Romani, Graecarum civitatium liberandarum video,Liv. 35, 16: dictu speciosa,id. 1, 23: gerentis bellum Romanos speciosum Graeciae liberandae tulisse titulum,id. 42, 52, 15; 36, 17, 13; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 8: magis necessarium quam speciosum, ministerium,Liv. 4, 8, 6: dicere aliquod speciosum,Quint. 1, 5, 3: speciosum dicendi genus,id. 10, 1, 127: vocabula rerum,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 116: miracula,id. A. P. 144: speciosa locis morataque recte Fabula,id. ib. 319: speciosa nomina culpae Imponis,Ov. M. 7, 69: specioso eripe damno,from this splendid misery,id. ib. 11, 133.—Comp.: cum speciosius quid dicendum est,Quint. 11, 3, 84: speciosior rhetorice quam dialectice,id. 2, 20, 7: speciosiore stili genere,id. 7, 1, 54: gestarum rerum ordinem sequi speciosius fuit,id. 3, 7, 15.—Sup.: longe speciosissimum genus orationis,Quint. 8, 6, 49. —Adv.: spĕcĭōsē, showily, handsomely, splendidly.
* Lit.: vehi, i. e. in a painted or ornamented vessel, Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49. —Comp.: speciosius instratus equus quam uxor vestita,Liv. 34, 7: tractet arma,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 52: quo speciosius ingrediantur sublimes,Col. 2, 2, 22.—Sup.: contorta hasta (with optime emissa),Quint. 9, 4, 8.
* Trop.: dictum,Quint. 9, 4, 14: translatum,id. 2, 5, 9.—Sup.: usus est,Quint. 8, 6, 18.
* Good-looking, showy, handsome, beautiful, splendid, brilliant (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: venustus, pulcher, formosus, spectabilis).
* Lit. (not so in Cic.): hunc speciosum pelle decorā,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45: femina,Quint. 5, 10, 47: puer,Petr. 41, 6: corpora,Quint. 11, 3, 26: nec id speciosum fieri putabo,id. 5, 12, 19: in certaminibus speciosa atque robusta,id. 11, 3, 26: ministerium,Vell. 2, 111, 3: familia,id. 2, 59, 2.—Comp.: familiam nemo speciosiorem producit,Sen. Ep. 87, 6: si plenior aliquis et speciosior et coloratior factus est,Cels. 2, 2.—Sup.: homo (Alcibiades),Quint. 8, 4, 23: corpus,id. 2, 15, 9: filia,Petr. 140, 2.
* Trop.: reversionis has speciosas causas habes,well-sounding, plausible, specious,Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf.: specioso titulo uti vos, Romani, Graecarum civitatium liberandarum video,Liv. 35, 16: dictu speciosa,id. 1, 23: gerentis bellum Romanos speciosum Graeciae liberandae tulisse titulum,id. 42, 52, 15; 36, 17, 13; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 8: magis necessarium quam speciosum, ministerium,Liv. 4, 8, 6: dicere aliquod speciosum,Quint. 1, 5, 3: speciosum dicendi genus,id. 10, 1, 127: vocabula rerum,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 116: miracula,id. A. P. 144: speciosa locis morataque recte Fabula,id. ib. 319: speciosa nomina culpae Imponis,Ov. M. 7, 69: specioso eripe damno,from this splendid misery,id. ib. 11, 133.—Comp.: cum speciosius quid dicendum est,Quint. 11, 3, 84: speciosior rhetorice quam dialectice,id. 2, 20, 7: speciosiore stili genere,id. 7, 1, 54: gestarum rerum ordinem sequi speciosius fuit,id. 3, 7, 15.—Sup.: longe speciosissimum genus orationis,Quint. 8, 6, 49. —Adv.: spĕcĭōsē, showily, handsomely, splendidly.
* Lit.: vehi, i. e. in a painted or ornamented vessel, Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49. —Comp.: speciosius instratus equus quam uxor vestita,Liv. 34, 7: tractet arma,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 52: quo speciosius ingrediantur sublimes,Col. 2, 2, 22.—Sup.: contorta hasta (with optime emissa),Quint. 9, 4, 8.
* Trop.: dictum,Quint. 9, 4, 14: translatum,id. 2, 5, 9.—Sup.: usus est,Quint. 8, 6, 18.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
This web service is provided and maintained by TELOTA - IT/DH
