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|lshtext=<b>magnĭfĭcus</b>: a, um, adj. (<br /><b>I</b> comp. magnificentior; [[sup]]. magnificentissimus;<br /> v. in the foll.; old form of comp. magnificior, acc. to Fest. p. 154 Müll., and [[sup]]. magnificissimus, acc. to Fest. p. 151; so in the adv. magnificissime, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 603 P.) [[magnus]]-[[facio]], [[great]] in deeds or in [[sentiment]], [[noble]], [[distinguished]], [[eminent]], [[august]], [[great]] in [[soul]], [[high]]-[[minded]] (cf. [[splendidus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]] ([[class]].): vir factis [[magnificus]], Liv. 1, 10: Rhodiorum [[civitas]] magna [[atque]] magnifica, [[great]], [[glorious]], Sall. C. 51: [[animus]] [[excelsus]] magnificusque, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 79: cives in suppliciis deorum magnifici, domi parci, [[magnificent]], [[splendid]], [[grand]], [[fond]] of [[splendor]], Sall. C. 9: [[elegans]], non [[magnificus]], [[fond]] of [[show]], Nep. Att. 13; Suet. Ner. 30: [[magnificus]] in publicum, Plin. [[Pan]]. 51, 3; Vell. 2, 130.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[bragging]], [[boastful]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): cum [[magnifico]] milite, urbis verbis qui inermus capit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 42; id. As. 2, 2, 84.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, [[splendid]], [[rich]], [[fine]], [[costly]], [[sumptuous]], [[magnificent]], etc. ([[class]].): magnificae villae, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2: [[oppidum]], Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 67: [[apparatus]], Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25: [[ornatus]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58: funera, Caes. B. G. 6, 18: [[funus]], Curt. 4, 8, 8: venationes, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3: [[nomen]], Tac. H. 4, 15: res gestae, Liv. 26, 2, 1.—Of [[speech]], of [[high]] [[strain]], lofly, [[sublime]]: [[genus]] dicendi magnificum [[atque]] praeclarum, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89: [[oratio]], Plin. 35, 4, 9, § 26; cf. in the comp.: magnificentius dicendi [[genus]] et ornatius, Cic. Brut. 32, 123.—In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[boastful]], [[bragging]]: verba, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 3: litterae, Suet. Calig. 44.—Sup.: [[Crassus]] magnificentissimā aedilitate [[functus]], Cic. Off. 2, 16.—Of medicaments, [[valuable]], [[useful]], [[admirable]], Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38.—Hence, adv., in [[two]] forms: magnĭfĭcē and (postAug.) magnĭfĭcenter, [[nobly]], [[magnificently]], [[generously]], [[grandly]], [[sumptuously]], [[richly]], [[splendidly]], [[excellently]]: [[magnifice]] conscreabor, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 7: [[cesso]] [[magnifice]] patriceque, id. Cas. 3, 6, 7: [[magnifice]] laudare, Cic. Brut. 73, 254: ornare [[convivium]], id. Quint. 30, 93: comparare convivi um, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: vivere, id. Off. 1, 26, 65: vincere, [[splendidly]], [[gloriously]], id. Cat. 2, 1, 1: [[radicula]] ex melle prodest [[magnifice]] ad tussim, [[admirably]], [[excellently]], Plin. 24, 11, 58, § 96; 30, 14, 47, § 139.—In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[pompously]], [[proudly]], [[haughtily]], [[boastfully]]: se jactare. Auct. Her. 4, 21, 29: incedere, Liv. 2, 6.—In the form magnificenter: [[oppidum]] magnificenter aedificatum et [[eleganter]], Vitr. 1, 6.—Comp.: magnificentius et dicere et sentire, [[grandly]], [[loftily]], Cic. Or. 34, 119.—Sup.: consulatum magnificentissime gerere, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2: gloriosissime et magnificentissime aliquid conficere, id. Att. 14, 4, 2: jactare se, 2, 21, 3.