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|lnetxt=virtus virtutis N F :: army; host; mighty works (pl.); class of Angels; [Dominus ~ => Lord of hosts]<br />virtus virtus virtutis N F :: strength/power; courage/bravery; worth/manliness/virtue/character/excellence
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>virtūs</b>: ūtis (<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of animals, and of [[inanimate]] or [[abstract]] things, [[goodness]], [[worth]], [[value]], [[power]], [[strength]], etc.: nam nec arboris, nec equi [[virtus]] (in quo abutimur nomine) in opinione sita est, sed in naturā, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45: [[praedium]]-[[solo]] bono, suā virtute valeat, [[Cato]], R. R. 1, 2: merci [[pretium]] statui, pro virtute ut veneat, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 131: navium, Liv. 37, 24, 1: ferri, Just. 11, 13, 11: herbarum, Ov. M. 14, 357: oratoriae virtutes, Cic. Brut. 17, 65: [[oratio]] habet virtutes [[tres]], Quint. 1, 5, 1: dicendi (opp. [[vitium]]), id. 8, praef. § 17: facundiae, id. 12, 3, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Moral [[perfection]], [[virtuousness]], [[virtue]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., Virtue, personified as a [[deity]], Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 2, 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Phil. 14, 13, 34; Plaut. Am. prol. 42; Liv. 27, 25, 7; 29, 11, 13; Juv. 1, 115 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Obstinacy: iniqua, Stat. Th. 11, 1.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>virtūs</b>,⁵ ūtis, f. ([[vir]]), qualités qui font la valeur de l’homme moral<sup>t</sup> et phys<sup>t</sup> ;<br /><b>1</b> caractère distinctif de l’homme, [et en gén.] qualité [[distinctive]], mérite essentiel, valeur caractéristique, vertu : animi [[virtus]] corporis virtuti anteponitur Cic. Fin. 5, 38, les mérites de l’âme passent avant ceux du corps ; [fig.] arboris, equi Cic. Leg. 1, 45, le mérite, la valeur d’un arbre, d’un cheval ; virtutes oratoris Cic. Br. 185, les qualités d’un orateur, ou oratoriæ virtutes Cic. Br. 65 &#124;&#124; [d’où] les qualités, le mérite, la valeur de qqn, de qqch. : novorum hominum [[virtus]] et [[industria]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 181, le mérite et l’activité des hommes nouveaux ; tua [[divina]] [[virtus]] Cic. Marc. 26, ta merveilleuse valeur, tes merveilleux talents ; virtutes dicendi alicujus Cic. Br. 232, les qualités oratoires de qqn ; bellandi [[virtus]] Cic. Pomp. 36, les talents guerriers ; [[virtus]], quæ narrationis [[est]] maxima Cic. de Or. 2, 326, qualité, qui [[est]] la principale d’une narration<br /><b>2</b> qualités morales, vertus : virtutes continentiæ, gravitatis, justitiæ Cic. Mur. 23, les vertus qui consistent dans la maîtrise de soi, la gravité, l’esprit de justice, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 56, etc. ; de Or. 2, 345<br /><b>3</b> [en part.] <b> a)</b> qualités viriles, vigueur morale, énergie : [[virtus]] animi Sall. C. 53, 1, les qualités viriles de l’âme [dans Caton] ; vestræ virtuti constantiæque [[confido]] Cic. Phil. 5, 1, j’ai confiance dans votre énergie et votre fermeté ; <b> b)</b> bravoure, courage, vaillance : [[Helvetii]] reliquos Gallos virtute præcedunt Cæs. G. 1, 1, 4, les Helvètes dépassent le reste des Gaulois en courage, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 13, 5, etc.<br /><b>4</b> la vertu, perfection morale : Cic. Leg. 1, 25 ; Inv. 2, 159 ; Tusc. 2, 43, etc. ; in virtute [[summum]] [[bonum]] ponere Cic. Læl. 20, placer le souverain bien dans la vertu &#124;&#124; la Vertu, la Valeur [déesse] : Cic. Nat. 2, 61 ; 2, 79, etc. dat. et abl. sing. arch. virtutei CIL 1, 7 ; 1, 11 &#124;&#124; gén. pl. virtutium Apul. Apol. 73.
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{{Georges
|georg=virtūs, ūtis, f. ([[vir]]), [[ganz]] [[wie]] [[ἀρετή]], eig. die Mannheit, d.i. alles, [[was]] den [[Mann]] in körperlicher u. geistiger [[Hinsicht]] ziert u. adelt, u. [[zwar]]: I) appellat.: A) im allg.: 1) eig., die [[Tüchtigkeit]], [[Tauglichkeit]], [[Vorzüglichkeit]], [[Tugend]], die tüchtigen Eigenschaften, Vorzüge, Verdienste, die den [[Mann]] [[zieren]], corporis, animi, Cic.: virtutibus lenioribus erat [[ornatus]], modestiā, temperantiā, iustitiā, Cic.: [[vis]] [[illa]] [[divina]] virtusque, Cic.: ob virtutes certissimum [[exitium]], Tac.: [[edepol]] virtutis (= virtutes) [[qui]] tuas [[nunc]] possit collaudare, Plaut.: dah. virtute alcis, [[durch]] jmds. [[Hilfe]], [[Vermittelung]], Plaut. – 2) übtr., v. Tieren, [[ebenso]] v. Sachen, die [[Güte]], [[Tüchtigkeit]], tüchtige [[Eigenschaft]], der [[Wert]], die [[Kraft]], der [[Nachdruck]], equi, Cic.: [[mercis]], Plaut.: [[navium]], Liv.: ferri, Iustin.: herbarum, Ov.: oratoriae virtutes, Cic.: [[virtus]] u. virtutes animi et ingenii, Lact. 5, 17, 4 u. de [[ira]] 7, 4: memoriae [[duplex]] [[virtus]], [[facile]] percipere et [[fideliter]] continere, [[Eigenschaft]], Cic.: cum [[quadam]] virtute, Quint.: virtute formae evenit, du hast es deiner [[Schönheit]] zu [[danken]], daß usw., Plaut. – B) insbes.: 1) die männliche [[Vollkommenheit]], die [[Tugend]], Tugendhaftigkeit, der tugendhafte [[Wandel]], die [[Moral]], tantā virtute, so [[tugendhaft]], Cic.: honesta in virtute ponuntur, Cic.; vgl. Cic. Tusc. 2, 43; de inv. 2, 159. – dah. [[auch]] die [[Ansicht]], die die Menschen [[von]] der [[Tugend]] [[haben]], die [[Moral]], Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 3, 42. – 2) die kriegerische [[Tüchtigkeit]], der kriegerische [[Mut]], die [[Tapferkeit]], Cic., Caes. u. Liv.: [[auch]] [[mit]] näheren Bestimmungen, [[rei]] [[militaris]], Cic.: bellandi, Cic.: [[militaris]], Cic.: virtutis est (es ist [[ein]] [[Zeichen]] [[von]] [[Mut]]) m. Infin., [[non]] mutare mentem, Heges. 5, 53 in. – Plur. virtutes, tapfere-, ausgezeichnete Taten, Heldentaten, Nep. Hann. 12, 5. Tac. Germ. 18. – 3) in schwierigen Lebensverhältnissen, in Gefahren, der [[Mut]], die Herzhaftigkeit, [[Standhaftigkeit]], [[nisi]] virtute et [[animo]] restitissem, [[mit]] [[Mut]] u. [[Kraft]], Cic.: im üblen Sinne, iniqua, Stat. Theb. 11, 1. – 4) eine übermenschliche [[Kraft]], [[ein]] [[Wunder]], virtutem edere, Sulp. Sev. chron. 1, 43, 7. – II) personif., die [[Göttin]] Virtus, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 61 u. 79. Liv. 27, 25, 7 u. 29, 11, 13. – / Archaist. Dat. Sing. virtutei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 30 u. 34; Abl. virtutei Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 34. – Genet. Plur. [[auch]] virtutium, Apul. apol. 73. Paul. Nol. carm. 10, 34. Iul. Val. 2, 21 [[Mai]] (Kübler p. 82, 22 virtutum). Itin. Alex. 48, (111).
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|trtx====[[virtue]]===
afrikaans: deug; Albanian: virtyt; Arabic: فَضِيلَة‎; Armenian: առաքինություն; Belarusian: цнота, дабрачыннасць, дабрачыннасьць; Bulgarian: добродетел, целомъ́дрие; Catalan: virtut; Cebuano: birtud; Chinese Mandarin: 美德, 德; Czech: ctnost; Danish: dyd; Dutch: [[deugdzaamheid]]; Finnish: hyvellisyys, siveys; French: [[vertu]]; Friulian: virtût; Galician: virtude; Georgian: ღირსება; German: [[Tugend]]; Greek: [[αρετή]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἀρετή]], [[τὸ ἐνάρετον]]; Hebrew: סְגֻלָּה‎; Hindi: सदाचार; Hungarian: erény; Icelandic: dyggð; Ido: vertuo; Interlingua: virtute; Italian: [[virtù]]; Japanese: 美徳, 徳; Korean: 미덕(美德), 덕(德); Latin: [[virtus]]; Latvian: tikums; Macedonian: доблест; Middle English: honeste; Norwegian: dyd; Old Norse: dygð; Old English: cræft; Persian: خوبی‎, ستودگی‎, هژیری‎; Polish: cnota; Portuguese: [[virtude]]; Romanian: virtute; Russian: [[добродетель]], [[целомудрие]]; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: врлина; Roman: vrlina; Sicilian: virtuti; Slovak: cnosť; Slovene: vrlina; Solon: buyaa; Spanish: [[virtud]]; Swedish: dygd; Tamil: விருடம்; Telugu: సుగుణం; Turkish: erdem, fazilet, itminan; Ukrainian: цнотливість, доброчесність; Venetian: vertù; Vietnamese: đức
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|lnztxt=virtus, utis. f. (''vir''.) :: 德行。烈毅。野性。精粹人。本性之力。助。怪異事。出等。女神名。— Bacchi 酒之效。Modum egressa virtus 出等之德。Verbi virtus 一句之深義。Virtute deum 賴諸神庇佑。Spectata virtus belli domique 隊中家内皆願之徳。Virtutes orationis 文之錦繡。Praecedere virtute eum 勇過於彼。
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