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|lshtext=<b>vultus</b>: ([[volt]]-), ūs, m. (<br /><b>I</b> neutr. collat. form, <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]> volta, Enn. ap. Non. p. 230, 15, or Ann. v. 536 Vahl.; Lucr. 4, 1213) [etym. dub.; cf. Goth. vulthus, [[glory]], an [[expression]] of [[countenance]], the [[countenance]], [[visage]], as to features and [[expression]]; [[hence]], [[often]] to be translated by features, looks, [[air]], [[mien]], [[expression]], [[aspect]] (syn. [[aspectus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: nam et oculi [[nimis]] arguti, [[quemadmodum]] [[animo]] affecti sumus, loquuntur, et is qui appellatur [[vultus]], qui nullo in animante esse [[praeter]] hominem potest, indicat: cujus vim [[Graeci]] norunt. [[nomen]] [[omnino]] non habent, Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27: [[imago]] animi [[vultus]] est, indices oculi, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221: ea, quae nobis non possumus fingere, [[facies]], [[voltus]], [[sonus]], id. ib. 1, 28, 127: oculi, supercilia, [[frons]], [[vultus]] [[denique]] [[totus]], qui [[sermo]] [[quidam]] [[tacitus]] mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit, id. Pis. 1, 1: [[vultus]] [[atque]] [[nutus]], id. Lael. 25, 93: [[acer]] in hostem, Hor. C. 1, 2, 40: [[torvus]], id. Ep. 1, 19, 12: [[maestus]], id. A. P. 106: tali vultu gemens, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 37: qui [[spiritus]] [[illi]], Qui [[voltus]], Verg. A. 5, 649; cf.: [[voltus]] [[tuus]], cui regendum me tradidi, Sen. Ben. 6, 7, 1.— Plur.: [[vultus]] mehercule tuos mihi expressit omnes, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 3: ficti simulatique [[vultus]], id. Clu. 26, 72: non [[modo]] severitatem illorum, sed ne [[vultus]] [[quidem]] ferre possemus, id. Planc. 18, 45: [[tenere]] [[vultus]] mutantem Protea, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90: [[super]] omnia [[vultus]] Accessere boni, [[kindly]], Ov. M. 8, 677: [[vultus]] [[modo]] sumit acerbos, id. Tr. 5, 8, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., an [[angry]] [[countenance]], [[stern]] [[look]], [[grim]] [[visage]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): (justum virum) Non [[vultus]] instantis tyranni Mente quatit solidā, Hor. C. 3, 3, 3; id. S. 1, 6, 121; 2, 7, 44; Tac. A. 1, 12; Vulg. Psa. 20, 10; 33, 17. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., the [[face]] (syn.: [[facies]], os): simiae [[vultum]] subire, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2: bracchia et [[vultum]] teretesque suras [[laudo]], Hor. C. 2, 4, 21: petamque [[vultus]] [[umbra]] curvis unguibus, id. Epod. 5, 93; so in the <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, Ov. M. 5, 59; 5, 217; 5, 292; 6, 630; Mart. 1, 32, 5; Plin. 26, 1, 2, § 2 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., a [[painted]] [[face]], [[portrait]], [[likeness]]: [[vultus]] Epicurios per cubicula gestant, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 5; Vop. Prob. 23; Treb. Poll. Claud. 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[face]], [[look]], [[appearance]] ([[poet]].): [[vultus]] capit [[illa]] priores, Ov. M. 1, 738: inque nitentem Inachidos [[vultus]] mutaverat [[ille]] juvencam, id. ib. 1, 611.—Of things: [[unus]] erat toto naturae [[vultus]] in orbe, Ov. M. 1, 6: salis placidi, Verg. A. 5, 848.
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