pulcher

Latin > English

pulcher pulchra -um, pulchrior -or -us, pulcherrimus -a -um ADJ :: pretty; beautiful; handsome; noble, illustrious

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pulcher: chra, chrum, and less correctly pulcer, cra, crum, adj. for pol-cer, root pol-ire, akin with parēre, apparēre, prop. bright, shining; hence,
I beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome, in shape and appearance (syn.: speciosus, venustus, formosus).
I Lit.: homo, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.): o puerum pulchrum, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 74: pulcher ac decens, Suet. Dom. 18: virgo pulchra! Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 54: pulchra juvenis, Phaedr. 2, 2, 5: quo pulchrior alter Non fuit Aeneadūm, Verg. A. 9, 179: formā pulcherrima, id. ib. 1, 496; cf.: Venus quem pulcherrima dium Fari donavit, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 18 Vahl.): O matre pulchrā filia pulchrior, Hor. C. 1, 16, 1; as an epithet of Apollo, Verg. A. 3, 119 Serv.: satus Hercule pulchro Pulcher Aventinus, id. ib. 7, 656: pulcher bos appellatur ad eximiam pinguedinem perductus, Fest. p. 238 Müll.: pulchro corpore creti, Lucr. 5, 1116: o faciem pulchram! Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5: fuit vultu pulchro magis quam venusto, Suet. Ner. 51: color, Lucr. 4, 1133 and 1094: mulier pulchra nimis, Vulg. Gen. 12, 14: tunicae, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 33: testudo, Verg. G. 2, 463: recessus, Ov. M. 14, 261: horti, id. P. 1, 8, 37: fluvius, Verg. G. 2, 137; Val. Fl. 5, 486: quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius? Cic. Sen. 15, 53: urbs pulcherrima, id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117; Liv. 7, 30, 16: pulcherrimorum agrorum judex, Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 43: acetum acerrimum et pulcherrimum, Cato, R. R. 104: panis longe pulcherrimus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 89: pulcherrima opera, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.—Subst.: pulchrum, i, n., beauty: quid habet pulchri constructus acervus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 44.—
II Trop., in a spiritual or moral sense, beautiful, fine, excellent, noble, honorable, glorious, illustrious, etc.: praetor interea, ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret, that he might not think too highly of himself, Cic. Mur. 12, 26: res publica paulatim immutata ex pulcherrimā pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est, Sall. C. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118: pulcherrimum exemplum, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: maximum et pulcherrimum facinus, Sall. C. 20, 3: fasces, Lucr. 5, 1234: pulcherrima consilia, Verg. A. 5, 728: nascetur pulchrā Trojanus origine Caesar, id. ib. 1, 286: poëmata, Hor. S. 1, 10, 6: divitiae, id. ib. 2, 3, 95: dies, favorable, fortunate, id. C. 1, 36, 10: o Sol pulcher, o laudande, id. ib. 4, 2, 47; 4, 4, 39: pulcherrimus exitus, Flor. 2, 2, 14: viae ejus viae pulchrae, Vulg. Prov. 3, 17: pulchrum sub pectore vulnus, honorable, Sil. 5, 594: quae majori parti pulcherrima videntur, ea maxime exoptant, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118.—Poet., with gen.: pulcherrimus irae, glorious on account of (just) wrath, Sil. 11, 365.—Pulchrum (est), with a subj. -clause, it is beautiful, grand, glorious, etc.: cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies, to whom it seemed a fine thing, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30: pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis, Verg. A. 2, 317: pulchrius hac fuerat, Troja, perire tibi, Prop. 2, 2, 44 (2, 3, 34): pulchrum putare, ducere, to think or consider beautiful: pati pulchrum Romanumque putant, Luc. 9, 391: turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse majores, Quint. 1, 2, 22. —As a translation of the Gr. ὁ καλός (a complimentary formula), handsome, lovely, noble: propino hoc pulchro Critiae, Κριτίᾳ τῷ καλῷ>, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96.—Hence, adv.: pulchrē (-crē), beautifully, excellently, finely, nobly, very, etc.: subigere aliquid, Cato, R. R. 74: aedes probae pulchreque aedificatae, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 61: oppidum pulchre munitum, id. Pers. 4, 4, 6: vendere, i. e. at a high price, id. ib. 4, 4, 31; 38: conciliare, at a low price, id. Ep. 3, 4, 36: victitare, id. Most. 1, 1, 51: admonere, id. Mil. 2, 6, 56: pulchre dictum, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 26: pulchre et oratorie dicere, Cic. Or. 68, 227: pulchre asseverat, bravely, cunningly, id. Clu. 26, 73: proxima hostia litatur saepe pulcherrime, very favorably, id. Div. 2, 15, 36: ferre fortunam secundam pulcherrime, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 6: intellegere, Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 3: Caesar ait se non posse galeam cognoscere, hominem pulchre posse, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 2: peristi pulchre, you have done for yourself finely, utterly, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 50; so, occidi, id. Curc. 1, 3, 58.—Pulchre est mihi, I am well, it goes well with me, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 19; Cat. 23, 5.—Pulchre esse, to live well, enjoy one's self, be happy, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21: neque ligna ego praehiberi vidi pulcrius, in greater abundance, id. Aul. 3, 1, 5: pulchre, as an exclamation of applause (like recte, probe, etc.), excellently! bravo! well done! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 4; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 92; Hor. A. P. 428.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) pulcher,⁷ chra, chrum,
1 beau : o puerum pulchrum ! Cic. Off. 1, 144, ô le bel enfant ! urbs pulcherrima Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 117, ville belle entre toutes ; quid potest esse adspectu pulchrius Cic. CM 53, est-il rien de plus beau à la vue ? pulcherrime rerum Ov. H. 4, 125, ô toi le plus beau de tous les objets
2 [fig.] beau, glorieux, noble, etc. : pulcherrimum factum Cic. Phil. 2, 114, l’acte le plus beau ; quæ majori parti pulcherrima videntur Cic. Off. 1, 118, ce que la majorité admire le plus ; cf. Cic. Læl. 26 ; CM 43 || [poét. avec gén. de cause] Sil. 11, 365 || pulchrum est avec inf., il est beau de : Sall. C. 3, 1 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30 ; illis pulcherrimum fuit... tradere Cic. Pomp. 12, il fut très beau pour eux de transmettre...; pulchrum putare, ducere avec inf. Luc. 9, 391 ; Quint. 1, 2, 22, trouver beau de ; pulcherrimum judicare avec prop. inf. Cæs. G. 7, 77, 13, juger très beau que || [fig.] prætor ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret Cic. Mur. 26, pour empêcher que le préteur ne se crût beau et bienheureux [allusion au sage stoïcien], ne s’attribuât la perfection du sage. orth. prim. pulcer, encore fréq. dans les meilleurs mss de Cic.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) pulcher¹, chra, chrum, u. pulcer, cra, crum (wohl zu polire), ideal schön (Ggstz. turpis, deformis), I) eig.: puer, Cic.: pulchrae puellae (Ggstz. anus deformes), Treb. Poll.: pulchrae turpesque puellae, Ov.: pulcher corpore, Ov.: hortus, Ov.: domus (Ggstz. deformis ruinis), Plin. ep.: quid (potest esse) aspectu pulchrius? Cic.: femina pnicherrima (Ggstz. deformissima), Gell.: urbs pulcherrima, Caes.: pulcherrime rerum, aller Wesen schönstes, schönstes Schatzkind, Ov. – subst., pulchrae, schöne Mädchen, Donat. Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 10. – II) übtr.: a) schön, vortrefflich, herrlich, rühmlich, exemplum, Caes.: facinus, Sall.: mors, ehrenvoll, rühmlich, Verg.: manu pulcher, ausgezeichnet durch persönliche Tapferkeit, Flor.: nihil virtute pulchrius, Cic.: factum pulcherrimum, Cic.: pulcherrime rerum, als Anrede an Gott, Augustin. conf. 6, 2, 12. – m. Genet., pulcherrimus irae, wegen usw., Sil. 11, 365. – pulchrum est, es ist schön, -herrlich, -edel, -ruhmvoll (Ggstz. turpe est) m. folg. Infin., pulchrum est bene facere rei publicae, Sall.: videte ne, ut illis pulcherrimum fuit tantam vobis imperii gloriam tradere, sic vobis turpissimum sit quod accepistis tueri et conservare non posse, Cic.: pulchrum est digito monstrari, Pers.: pulchrum (est) mori, Verg.: ironisch, cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies, Hor. – so auch pulchrum ducere od. putare m. Infin., turpe ducet cedere pari, pulchrum superasse maiores, Quint. 1, 2, 22: qui me triste pati... pulchrum Romanumque putant, Lucan. 9, 391 sq. – b) schön, glücklich, behaglich, dies, Hor.: victoria, Iustin.: exitus, Flor.: ne pulchrum se ac beatum putaret, damit er sich nicht in einer behaglichen u. glücklichen Lage denken möchte, Cic. Mur. 26. – / arch. pulcer, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 522 u. 14, 1731. Enn. ann. 488, polcer, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 552: Genet. Femin, pulcrai, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1007. – vulg. Superl. pulchrissimus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6. part. 5. no. 1965* u. 2864*.