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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
līnĕāmentum: (līnĭā-), i, n. linea,
I a line or stroke made with a pen, with chalk, etc., a mark, line.
I Lit.: in geometria lineamenta formae, etc., lines, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 187: lineamentum, longitudinem latitudine carentem, id. Ac. 2, 36, 116. —
B Transf.
1 A feature, lineament: quae conformatio lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: lineamenta hospitae, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: lineamenta oris effingere, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: habitum oris lineamentaque intueri, Liv. 21, 4: corporis, id. 26, 41.—
2 In <number opt="n">plur.</number>, of the works of artists, designs, drawings, delineations: adumbratorum deorum lineamenta, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75: operum lineamenta, id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98.—
II Trop., a feature, lineament: animi lineamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: numerus quasi quandam palaestram et extrema lineamenta orationi attulit, id. Or. 56, 186: Catonis lineamentis nihil nisi eorum pigmentorum, quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse, sketches, outlines, id. Brut. 87, 298.
