liberalitas
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English
liberalitas liberalitatis N F :: courtesy, kindness, nobleness; generosity; frankness; gift
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lībĕrālĭtas: ātis, f. 1. liber,
I a way of thinking befitting a freeman; a noble, kind, or friendly disposition, noble spirit, kindness, affability.
I In gen. (rare): liberalitate liberos retinere satius est, quam metu, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 32: qui ita vivunt, ut eorum probetur fides, liberalitas, kindness, Cic. Lael. 5, 19: (L. Cassius) homo, non liberalitate, ut alii, sed ipsa tristitia et severitate popularis, id. Brut. 25, 97.—
II In partic., generosity, liberality (the usual signif. of the word; syn.: bonitas, beneficentia, benignitas): beneficentia, quam eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari licet, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20: liberalitas ac benignitas, id. de Or. 2, 25, 105: magnificentia liberalitatis, id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24: ut ea liberalitate utamur, quae prosit amicis, noceat nemini, id. Off. 1, 14, 43: quid dicam de pietate in matrem, liberalitate in sorores? id. Lael. 3, 11: liberalitatis virtutes, Quint. 6 prooem. § 10: illa quidam catachresis volunt esse, cum ... pro luxuria liberalitas dicitur; a quibus equidem dissentio, id. 8, 6, 36.—
B Transf. (abstr. pro concr.), a gift, present (post-Aug.): decima parte liberalitatis apud quemque eorum relicta, Tac. H. 1, 20; Suet. Tib. 46: unaque et altera liberalitate locupletavit, id. Vit. Hor.—Plur.: revocatae liberalitates ejus, gifts, grants, Suet. Claud. 29: liberalitates Neronis revocandas curavit, id. Galb. 15.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) lībĕrālĭtās,⁹ ātis, f. (liberalis),
1 bonté, douceur, indulgence : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 136 || affabilité : Cic. Br. 97.
2 [surtout] libéralité, générosité : Cic. de Or. 2, 105 ; Off. 1, 20 ; 1, 43 ; Læl. 11 ; Leg. 1, 48
3 [sens concret] libéralités, don, présent : Tac. H. 1, 20 ; Suet. Tib. 46 || pl., Suet. Claud. 29 ; Galba 15.
Latin > German (Georges)
līberālitās, ātis, f. (liberalis), I) edle-, freisinnige Denk- u. Handlungsart, ehrenhafte-, edle-, wohlwollende Gesinnung, leutseliges Wesen, Güte, Ter. u. Cic. – II) insbes., Gutmütigkeit, Freigebigkeit (Ggstz. avaritia), Cic. u.a. – meton. = (freigebiges) Geschenk, Schenkung, Tac.: Plur., liberalitates crebrae, Apul.: eximiae, Inscr.: publicae (Ggstz. privata parcitas), Cassiod.: liberalitates revocare, Suet.
