pulchritudo

Latin > English

pulchritudo pulchritudinis N F :: beauty, excellence

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pulchrĭtūdo: (pulcr-), ĭnis, f. id.,
I beauty.
I Lit.: ut corporis est quaedam apta figura membrorum cum coloris quādam suavitate eaque dicitur pulchritudo, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31: simulacri, id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72; cf. corporis, id. Off. 1, 28, 98: pulchritudinis duo genera sunt, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas, venustatem muliebrem dicere debemus, dignitatem virilem, id. ib. 1, 36, 130: pulchritudinis habere verissimum judicium, id. Inv. 2, 1, 3: equi, Gell. 3, 9, 8: urbis, Flor. 2, 6, 34: flammae, Suet. Ner. 38: operis, Plin. Ep. 10, 46, 3.—
II Trop., beauty, excellence: oratoris, Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71: verborum, Quint. 3, 7, 12: orationis, Petr. 2: honestum suā pulchritudine specieque laudabile, Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 38: splendor pulchritudoque virtutis? id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.: ut Isocratis memorat pulchritudo, i. e. the charming writer, Amm. 30, 8, 6.—
III Transf., a beauty, i. e. a beautiful thing; in plur.: pulchritudines, i. e. beautiful jewels, Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 129.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pulchrĭtūdō¹⁰ (pulcr-), ĭnis, f. (pulcher),
1 beauté [d’une pers.]: Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 72 ; Tusc. 4, 31 ; Off. 1, 98 ; 1, 130 || maris Cic. Nat. 2, 100, beauté de la mer ; urbis Cic. Fl. 62, d’une ville
2 oratoris perfecti Cic. de Or. 3, 71, la beauté parfaite de l’orateur idéal ; virtutis Cic. Off. 2, 37, la beauté de la vertu ; verborum Quint. 3, 7, 12, beauté de l’expression.

Latin > German (Georges)

pulchritūdo (pulcritūdo), inis, f. (pulcher), die Schönheit, I) eig. (Ggstz. deformitas), corporis, Cic.: venustas et pulchritudo corporis, Cic.: equi, Gell.: operis, Plin. ep. – Plur., inaccessae pulchritudines urbis, Amm. 31, 16, 7: pulchritudines alienae, schöne Edelsteine, Plin. 37, 129. – II) bildl., die Schönheit, Trefflichkeit, Herrlichkeit, virtutis, Cic.: verborum, Cic.