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|lshtext=<b>festīvĭtas</b>: ātis, f. [[festivus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[festive]] gayety, [[festivity]], [[mirth]], [[merriment]], [[joy]]. *<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: jocum, festivitatem, ferias, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> As a [[word]] of endearment (Plautinian): mi animule, Mea [[vita]], mea [[festivitas]] (for [[which]], [[shortly]] [[after]]: [[voluptas]] mea, [[meus]] [[festus]] [[dies]]), my [[joy]], my [[delight]], Plaut. Cas. 1, 47; 3, 3, 14; id. Poen. 1, 2, 176.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[pleasant]] or [[kind]] demeanor, [[kindness]]: mei patris [[festivitas]] et [[facilitas]], Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 18; cf. [[festivus]], II. A.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of [[speech]], [[humor]], [[pleasantry]], jocoseness (Ciceron.; syn.: facetiae, [[lepor]], sal): cum in [[illo]] genere perpetuae festivitatis ars non desideretur, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219: festivitate et facetiis C. [[Julius]] omnibus praestitit, id. Brut. 48, 177: nec [[umquam]] fuit [[oratio]] lepore et festivitate conditior ([[shortly]] [[before]]: faceta et urbana), id. de Or. 2, 56, 227: [[summa]] festivitate et venustate, id. ib. 1, 57, 243; id. Inv. 1, 18, 25: [[imago]] antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis (corresp. to facetiae and lepores), id. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: [[Gorgias]] his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur, [[play]] of words, [[witticism]], Cic. Or. 52, 176; Gell. praef. § 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Post-[[class]]., a [[festival]], [[feast]]: [[festivitas]] in cunctis oppidis celebranda, Cod. Th. 15, 5, 3; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 63.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: sollennes, Cod. Th. 6, 8, 1: natalium principis, ib. 6, 4, 30.
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