vărĭĕtas (noun F) : varius
* Difference, diversity, variety (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): varietas Latinum verbum est, idque proprie quidem in disparibus coloribus dicitur: sed transfertur in multa disparia: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna; voluptas etiam varia dici solet, cum percipitur ex multis dissimilibus rebus dissimiliter efficientibus voluptates,Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10: florum omnium,id. Sen. 15, 54: Asia varietate fructuum facile omnibus terris antecedit,id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: ut in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt, sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates,id. Off. 1, 30, 107; cf. id. Div. 2, 44, 92: varietates vocum,id. ib. 2, 3, 9: caeli,id. ib. 1, 36, 79: rerum publicarum,id. Rep. 3, 3, 4: bellum in multā varietate terrā marique versatum,i. e. changes, vicissitudes,id. Arch. 9, 21: (Timaeus) sententiarum varietate abundantissimus,id. de Or. 2, 14, 58: esse in varietate ac dissensione,variety of opinion,id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: voluntatis,difference of wish,id. Att. 1, 17, 1: utilitatis varietates,id. Rep. 1, 32, 49: nec varietatem natura patitur,id. ib. 3, 11, 18: extimescens varietatem atque infidelitatem exercitūs, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2: ad varietates annonae horreum fore,vicissitudes,Liv. 7, 31, 1: figurarum,Quint. 10, 2, 1: juris,id. 3, 6, 90: nullum exspirantem versicolori quādam et numerosā varietate spectari proceres gulae narrant,Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66: cum videamus tot varietates circumagi,fluctuations of fortune,Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.
* Transf., varied clothing, colored attire: circumamictā varietate, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 16, 2: circumamicta varietatibus,Vulg. Psa. 44, 15.