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virtūs (noun F) : (
* Gen. plur. virtutium, App. Mag. 73; Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 34; dat. and abl. VIRTVTEI, Inscr. Corp. Lat. 1, 30 and 34), f. vir, manliness, manhood, i. e. the sum of all the corporeal or mental excellences of man, strength, vigor; bravery, courage; aptness, capacity; worth, excellence, virtue, etc.: virtus clara aeternaque habetur,Sall. C. 1, 4: ni virtus fidesque vostra spectata mihi forent,id. ib. 20, 2; id. J. 74, 1.
* In gen.
* Lit.: ita fiet, ut animi virtus corporis virtuti anteponatur,Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38: his virtutibus ornatus, modestiā, temperantiā, justitiā,id. Off. 1, 15, 46; cf.: virtutes continentiae, gravitatis, justitiae, fidei,id. Mur. 10, 23: virtus atque integritas,id. Font. 13, 29: oratoris vis divina virtusque,id. de Or. 2, 27, 120.
* In partic.
* In the phrase deūm virtute, usu. with dicam, by the aid or merit of the gods, i. e. the gods be thanked (anteclass), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65: virtute deūm et majorum nostrūm,id. Aul. 2, 1, 44; id. Capt. 2, 2, 71 dub.; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 85 and 90; so virtute eorum (i. e. majorum),id. Trin. 3, 2, 17.
* Moral perfection, virtuousness, virtue.
* Lit.: est autem virtus nihil aliud quam in se perfecta et ad summum perducta natura,Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25: virtus est animi habitus naturae modo rationi consentaneus,id. Inv. 2, 53, 159: cum omnes rectae animi affectiones virtutes appellentur ... Appellata est ex viro virtus, etc.,id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Inv. 2, 53, 159: nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare ... virtus in usu sui tota posita est,id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: est in eo virtus et probitas et summum officium summaque observantia,id. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.
* Military talents, courage, valor, bravery, gallantry, fortitude (syn. fortitudo), etc.: Helvetii reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cottidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 2; 1, 13: militum,Sall. J. 52, 6; 62, 1: Claudi virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 26: Scipiadae,id. S. 2, 1, 72; cf. id. Epod. 9, 26; 16, 5; id. C. 2, 7, 11.
* Obstinacy: iniqua,Stat. Th. 11, 1.
* Gen. plur. virtutium, App. Mag. 73; Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 34; dat. and abl. VIRTVTEI, Inscr. Corp. Lat. 1, 30 and 34), f. vir, manliness, manhood, i. e. the sum of all the corporeal or mental excellences of man, strength, vigor; bravery, courage; aptness, capacity; worth, excellence, virtue, etc.: virtus clara aeternaque habetur,Sall. C. 1, 4: ni virtus fidesque vostra spectata mihi forent,id. ib. 20, 2; id. J. 74, 1.
* In gen.
* Lit.: ita fiet, ut animi virtus corporis virtuti anteponatur,Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38: his virtutibus ornatus, modestiā, temperantiā, justitiā,id. Off. 1, 15, 46; cf.: virtutes continentiae, gravitatis, justitiae, fidei,id. Mur. 10, 23: virtus atque integritas,id. Font. 13, 29: oratoris vis divina virtusque,id. de Or. 2, 27, 120.
* In partic.
* In the phrase deūm virtute, usu. with dicam, by the aid or merit of the gods, i. e. the gods be thanked (anteclass), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65: virtute deūm et majorum nostrūm,id. Aul. 2, 1, 44; id. Capt. 2, 2, 71 dub.; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 85 and 90; so virtute eorum (i. e. majorum),id. Trin. 3, 2, 17.
* Moral perfection, virtuousness, virtue.
* Lit.: est autem virtus nihil aliud quam in se perfecta et ad summum perducta natura,Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25: virtus est animi habitus naturae modo rationi consentaneus,id. Inv. 2, 53, 159: cum omnes rectae animi affectiones virtutes appellentur ... Appellata est ex viro virtus, etc.,id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Inv. 2, 53, 159: nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare ... virtus in usu sui tota posita est,id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: est in eo virtus et probitas et summum officium summaque observantia,id. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.
* Military talents, courage, valor, bravery, gallantry, fortitude (syn. fortitudo), etc.: Helvetii reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cottidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 2; 1, 13: militum,Sall. J. 52, 6; 62, 1: Claudi virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 26: Scipiadae,id. S. 2, 1, 72; cf. id. Epod. 9, 26; 16, 5; id. C. 2, 7, 11.
* Obstinacy: iniqua,Stat. Th. 11, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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