sinceritas
τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind
Latin > English
sinceritas sinceritatis N F :: integrity, honesty, straightforwardness; soundness, physical wholeness; purity
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sincērĭtas: ātis, f. sincerus,
I cleanness, purity, soundness, wholeness (not anteAug.).
I Lit.: pura (olei), Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22: firma capitis, Pall. 1, 3: corporis, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8: alia convertenda, quae sinceritatem habent, Col. 4, 26.—
II Trop.: nec summum bonum habebit sinceritatem suam, si, etc., Sen. Vit. Beat. 15: summa vitae, moral purity, Val. Max. 5, 3, 2 ext.: ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas, uprightness, honesty, integrity, sincerity (with recte loqui), Phaedr. 4, 13, 3; so (with probitas) Gell. 14, 2, 5: verborum (with veritas), id. 2, 23, 21.—
B Esp.: sinceritas tua, a form of complimentary address to certain inferior dignitaries, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 26; Cod. Theod. 2, 1, 8; 10, 15, 4; 7, 1, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sincērĭtās,¹⁵ ātis, f. (sincerus),
1 pureté, intégrité : Plin. 15, 22
2 [fig.] Sen. Vita b. 15 ; Gell. 14, 2, 5.
Latin > German (Georges)
sincēritās, ātis, f. (sincerus), I) die Unverdorbenheit, Unverletztheit, Gesundheit, capitis, Pallad.: salinarum, Plin.: sinc. summa et animi et corporis, Val. Max. – II) übtr.: a) die Aufrichtigkeit, Ehrlichkeit, Rechtschaffenheit, Gell. u.a. – b) die Unverdorbenheit usw., bonum habebit sinceritatem suam, Vollständigkeit, Vollkommenheit, Sen.: verborum, Güte, Gell.: sinc. summa vitae, Sittenreinheit, Val. Max.
