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|gf=(1) <b>clārĭtās</b>,¹¹ ātis, f. ([[clarus]]),<br /><b>1</b> clarté, éclat, netteté lumineuse : [[claritas]] matutina Plin. 9, 107, la clarté du matin ; asparagi oculis claritatem afferunt Plin. 20, 108, l’asperge éclaircit la vue || éclat, sonorité [de la voix] : [[claritas]] in voce Cic. Ac. 1, 19, clarté de la voix<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> clarté, éclat : pulchritudinem rerum [[claritas]] orationis illuminat Quint. 2, 16, 10, l’éclat de l’éloquence fait ressortir la beauté du sujet ; <b> b)</b> illustration, célébrité : [[pro]] tua claritate Cic. Fam. 13, 68, étant donné l’éclat de ton nom, cf. Off. 1, 70 ; [[claritas]] generis Quint. 8, 6, 7, l’éclat de la naissance ; claritates ingeniorum Plin. 37, 201, les esprits les [[plus]] brillants.
|gf=(1) <b>clārĭtās</b>,¹¹ ātis, f. ([[clarus]]),<br /><b>1</b> clarté, éclat, netteté lumineuse : [[claritas]] matutina Plin. 9, 107, la clarté du matin ; asparagi oculis claritatem afferunt Plin. 20, 108, l’asperge éclaircit la vue &#124;&#124; éclat, sonorité [de la voix] : [[claritas]] in voce Cic. Ac. 1, 19, clarté de la voix<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> clarté, éclat : pulchritudinem rerum [[claritas]] orationis illuminat Quint. 2, 16, 10, l’éclat de l’éloquence fait ressortir la beauté du sujet ; <b> b)</b> illustration, célébrité : [[pro]] tua claritate Cic. Fam. 13, 68, étant donné l’éclat de ton nom, cf. Off. 1, 70 ; [[claritas]] generis Quint. 8, 6, 7, l’éclat de la naissance ; claritates ingeniorum Plin. 37, 201, les esprits les [[plus]] brillants.||éclat, sonorité [de la voix] : [[claritas]] in voce Cic. Ac. 1, 19, clarté de la voix<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> clarté, éclat : pulchritudinem rerum [[claritas]] orationis illuminat Quint. 2, 16, 10, l’éclat de l’éloquence fait ressortir la beauté du sujet ; <b> b)</b> illustration, célébrité : [[pro]] tua claritate Cic. Fam. 13, 68, étant donné l’éclat de ton nom, cf. Off. 1, 70 ; [[claritas]] generis Quint. 8, 6, 7, l’éclat de la naissance ; claritates ingeniorum Plin. 37, 201, les esprits les [[plus]] brillants.
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Revision as of 07:30, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

clārĭtas: ātis, f. clarus,
I clearness, brightness, splendor (in good prose, most freq. in the post-Aug. per.).
I Prop.
   A Of objects affecting the sight (so for the most part only in Pliny the elder): sidus Veneris claritatis tantae (est), ut, etc., Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 37; cf. id. 2, 8, 6, § 30; 23, 4, 41, § 84: matutina, id. 9, 35, 54, § 107: visus, id. 31, 10, 46, § 116; cf. oculorum, id. 18, 11, 29, § 114; 20, 10, 42, § 108: AD CLARITATEM (sc. oculorum), for clearness of sight (label of an ointment box), Inscr. Orell. 4234.—
   B Of objects affecting the hearing, distinctness, clearness: claritas in voce, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: sonituum chordarum, Vitr. 5, 3, 8: vocis, Quint. 6, prooem. § 11: vocalium, id. 9, 4, 131; 11, 3, 41.—
II Trop.
   A Intellectually, clearness, distinctness, perspicuity (rare): pulchritudinem rerum claritas orationis illuminat, Quint. 2, 16, 10; so id. 8, 3, 70; Cod. Th. 1, 1, 6, § 1.—
   B Morally, celebrity, renown, reputation, splendor, high estimation (so most freq.; several times in Cicero, who never uses claritudo, while in Sallust only claritudo is found, q. v.; cf. also amplitudo, splendor, nobilitas, gloria): num te fortunae tuae, num amplitudinis, num claritatis, num gloriae poenitebat? Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 38, id. Div. 2, 31, 66: quae ex multis pro tuā claritate audiam, id. Fam. 13, 68, 1, cf. Quint. 3, 7, 11: viri claritate praestantes, Nep. Eum. 3, 3: nominis, Auct. B. Afr. 22: generis, Quint. 8, 6, 7; cf. id. 5, 11, 5; 3, 7, 11: natalium, Tac. H. 1, 49: personarum, Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 1: Herculis, Tac. G. 34 fin.: vino Maroneo antiquissima claritas, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 53: litterarum, id. 14, 4, 5, § 44: herbarum (i.e. nobiliores herbae), id. 24, 19, 120, § 188.—In plur.: claritates operum, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53: ingeniorum, id. 37, 13, 77, § 201.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) clārĭtās,¹¹ ātis, f. (clarus),
1 clarté, éclat, netteté lumineuse : claritas matutina Plin. 9, 107, la clarté du matin ; asparagi oculis claritatem afferunt Plin. 20, 108, l’asperge éclaircit la vue || éclat, sonorité [de la voix] : claritas in voce Cic. Ac. 1, 19, clarté de la voix
2 [fig.] a) clarté, éclat : pulchritudinem rerum claritas orationis illuminat Quint. 2, 16, 10, l’éclat de l’éloquence fait ressortir la beauté du sujet ; b) illustration, célébrité : pro tua claritate Cic. Fam. 13, 68, étant donné l’éclat de ton nom, cf. Off. 1, 70 ; claritas generis Quint. 8, 6, 7, l’éclat de la naissance ; claritates ingeniorum Plin. 37, 201, les esprits les plus brillants.