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|lshtext=<b>rŏtundus</b>: (rŭt-), a, um, adj. [[rota]],<br /><b>I</b> [[wheel]]-shaped, i. e. [[round]], [[circular]], [[spherical]], [[rotund]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].; cf. [[teres]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[cur]] ea, quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, [[procul]] sint Visa rotunda, Lucr. 4, 502; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36: stellae globosae et rotundae, id. Rep. 6, 15, 15: [[mundum]] rotundum esse volunt, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24.— Comp.: [[mundum]] ita tornavit, ut [[nihil]] effici possit rotundius, Cic. Univ. 6; so, bacae, Hor. Epod. 8, 13; cf.: capita rotundiora ... rotundissima, Cels. 8, 1 fin.: [[locus]] [[infimus]] in [[rotundo]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: togae, [[hanging]] [[evenly]] all [[round]], Quint. 11, 3, 139.— Prov.: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis, i. e. turns [[every]] [[thing]] upside [[down]], Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[round]], [[rounded]].<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[sapiens]] Fortis et in se [[ipse]] [[totus]], [[teres]] [[atque]] [[rotundus]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 86: [[illa]] rotunda et [[undique]] circumcisa, Quint. 8, 5, 27.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., of [[speech]] (opp. [[rough]], [[unpolished]]), [[round]], [[well]] turned, [[smooth]], [[polished]], [[elegant]] (in Cic. [[with]] [[quasi]] or ut ita dicam added; [[but]]<br /> v. [[infra]], adv. b.): erat verborum et [[delectus]] [[elegans]] et apta et [[quasi]] rotunda [[constructio]], Cic. Brut. 78, 272; cf.: [[Thucydides]] praefractior nec [[satis]], ut ita dicam, [[rotundus]], id. Or. 13, 40: Graiis dedit [[ore]] [[rotundo]] [[Musa]] loqui, Hor. A. P. 323; celeris ac rotunda [[distributio]], Quint. 3, 4, 16: rotunda volubilisque [[sententia]], Gell. 11, 13, 4: rotundi numeri ([[with]] [[brevis]]), id. 17, 20, 4: verba, id. 16, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: rŏtun-dē. *<br /> <b>a</b> (Acc. to I.) Roundly: ut in orbem [[quam]] rotundissime formetur, Col. Arb. 5, 2.—*<br /> <b>b</b> (Acc. to II.) Roundly, [[smoothly]], [[elegantly]]: a te [[quidem]] [[apte]] ac [[rotunde]], Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7. | |lshtext=<b>rŏtundus</b>: (rŭt-), a, um, adj. [[rota]],<br /><b>I</b> [[wheel]]-shaped, i. e. [[round]], [[circular]], [[spherical]], [[rotund]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].; cf. [[teres]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[cur]] ea, quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, [[procul]] sint Visa rotunda, Lucr. 4, 502; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36: stellae globosae et rotundae, id. Rep. 6, 15, 15: [[mundum]] rotundum esse volunt, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24.— Comp.: [[mundum]] ita tornavit, ut [[nihil]] effici possit rotundius, Cic. Univ. 6; so, bacae, Hor. Epod. 8, 13; cf.: capita rotundiora ... rotundissima, Cels. 8, 1 fin.: [[locus]] [[infimus]] in [[rotundo]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: togae, [[hanging]] [[evenly]] all [[round]], Quint. 11, 3, 139.— Prov.: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis, i. e. turns [[every]] [[thing]] upside [[down]], Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[round]], [[rounded]].<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[sapiens]] Fortis et in se [[ipse]] [[totus]], [[teres]] [[atque]] [[rotundus]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 86: [[illa]] rotunda et [[undique]] circumcisa, Quint. 8, 5, 27.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., of [[speech]] (opp. [[rough]], [[unpolished]]), [[round]], [[well]] turned, [[smooth]], [[polished]], [[elegant]] (in Cic. [[with]] [[quasi]] or ut ita dicam added; [[but]]<br /> v. [[infra]], adv. b.): erat verborum et [[delectus]] [[elegans]] et apta et [[quasi]] rotunda [[constructio]], Cic. Brut. 78, 272; cf.: [[Thucydides]] praefractior nec [[satis]], ut ita dicam, [[rotundus]], id. Or. 13, 40: Graiis dedit [[ore]] [[rotundo]] [[Musa]] loqui, Hor. A. P. 323; celeris ac rotunda [[distributio]], Quint. 3, 4, 16: rotunda volubilisque [[sententia]], Gell. 11, 13, 4: rotundi numeri ([[with]] [[brevis]]), id. 17, 20, 4: verba, id. 16, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: rŏtun-dē. *<br /> <b>a</b> (Acc. to I.) Roundly: ut in orbem [[quam]] rotundissime formetur, Col. Arb. 5, 2.—*<br /> <b>b</b> (Acc. to II.) Roundly, [[smoothly]], [[elegantly]]: a te [[quidem]] [[apte]] ac [[rotunde]], Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>rŏtundus</b>, a, um ([[rota]]),<br /><b>1</b> qui a la forme d’une roue, rond : Lucr. 4, 502 ; Cic. Fin. 2, 36 ; Rep. 6, 15 ; Nat. 1, 24 ; [[nihil]] rotundius Cic. Tim. 17, [[rien]] de [[plus]] rond ; rotundissimus Cels. Med. 8, 1, le [[plus]] rond ; [[toga]] [[rotunda]] Quint. 11, 3, 139, toge bien arrondie, qui tombe bien || [prov.] mutat quadrata rotundis Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100, il bouleverse tout<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> arrondi : [[teres]] [[atque]] [[rotundus]] Hor. S. 2, 7, 86, [le sage stoïcien] semblable à une boule unie sur laquelle glissent les événements, cf. Quint. 8, 5, 27 ; <b> b)</b> [en parl. du style] arrondi, poli, dont tous les éléments sont bien équilibrés : Cic. Br. 272 ; Or. 40 ; ore [[rotundo]] loqui Hor. P. 323, avoir un langage aisé, coulant, cf. Gell. 16, 1, 1 ; 17, 20, 4. | |||
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Revision as of 07:02, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rŏtundus: (rŭt-), a, um, adj. rota,
I wheel-shaped, i. e. round, circular, spherical, rotund (very freq. and class.; cf. teres).
I Lit.: cur ea, quae fuerint juxtim quadrata, procul sint Visa rotunda, Lucr. 4, 502; cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36: stellae globosae et rotundae, id. Rep. 6, 15, 15: mundum rotundum esse volunt, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24.— Comp.: mundum ita tornavit, ut nihil effici possit rotundius, Cic. Univ. 6; so, bacae, Hor. Epod. 8, 13; cf.: capita rotundiora ... rotundissima, Cels. 8, 1 fin.: locus infimus in rotundo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: togae, hanging evenly all round, Quint. 11, 3, 139.— Prov.: diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis, i. e. turns every thing upside down, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100.—
II Trop., round, rounded.
A In gen.: sapiens Fortis et in se ipse totus, teres atque rotundus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 86: illa rotunda et undique circumcisa, Quint. 8, 5, 27.—
B In partic., of speech (opp. rough, unpolished), round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant (in Cic. with quasi or ut ita dicam added; but
v. infra, adv. b.): erat verborum et delectus elegans et apta et quasi rotunda constructio, Cic. Brut. 78, 272; cf.: Thucydides praefractior nec satis, ut ita dicam, rotundus, id. Or. 13, 40: Graiis dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui, Hor. A. P. 323; celeris ac rotunda distributio, Quint. 3, 4, 16: rotunda volubilisque sententia, Gell. 11, 13, 4: rotundi numeri (with brevis), id. 17, 20, 4: verba, id. 16, 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: rŏtun-dē. *
a (Acc. to I.) Roundly: ut in orbem quam rotundissime formetur, Col. Arb. 5, 2.—*
b (Acc. to II.) Roundly, smoothly, elegantly: a te quidem apte ac rotunde, Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) rŏtundus, a, um (rota),
1 qui a la forme d’une roue, rond : Lucr. 4, 502 ; Cic. Fin. 2, 36 ; Rep. 6, 15 ; Nat. 1, 24 ; nihil rotundius Cic. Tim. 17, rien de plus rond ; rotundissimus Cels. Med. 8, 1, le plus rond ; toga rotunda Quint. 11, 3, 139, toge bien arrondie, qui tombe bien
