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Latin > English

munditia munditiae N F :: cleanness, elegance of appearance, manners or taste

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mundĭtĭa: ae, and mundĭtĭes, ēi, f. 1. mundus,
I cleanness, cleanliness (class.; cf.: ornatus, cultus).
I Lit.: munditia illecebra animo est amantium, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: munditias facere, to clean the house, Cato, R. R. 39, 2: munditias volo fieri; ecferte huc scopas, etc., Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 22: alia jam munditiarum facies est, Front. Aq. 88.—
   B Transf., in gen., cleanliness, neatness, elegance, fineness, niceness, in furniture, dress, etc.: in munditiis aetatulam agere, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 40: munditiis munditiam antideo, id. Cas. 2, 3, 9: munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: hominis, id. Fam. 10, 20, 2: cui flavam religas comam, Simplex munditiis, Hor. C. 1, 5, 5: munditiis capimur, Ov. A. A. 3, 133: urbanae, Sall. J. 63, 3: per cultum et munditias, Tac. A. 3, 30: multa munditia indutus et amictus, Gell. 2, 5, 2. —
II Trop., of speech, neatness, terseness, elegance, Cic. Or. 23, 79: verborum, Gell. 1, 23, 1: venustas et mundities orationis, id. 10, 3, 4; Quint. 8, 3, 87.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mundĭtĭa,¹² æ, f. (mundus 1), propreté : Pl. Men. 354 ; munditias facere Cato Agr. 39, 2, nettoyer la maison || propreté, netteté, élégance [dans la pers., les vêtements, etc.] : Cic. Off. 1, 140 ; Hor. O. 1, 5, 5 || raffinement : Pl. Ps. 173 ; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2 || [fig.] pureté, élégance [du style] : Cic. Or. 79 ; Gell. 1, 23, 1 ; Quint. 8, 3, 87.

Latin > German (Georges)

munditia, ae, f. u. (nicht bei Cic.) munditiēs, ēī, f. (mundus, a, um), die Schmuckheit, Sauberkeit, Reinlichkeit, I) im engeren Sinne: munditia inlecebra animost amantum, Plaut. Men. 355 Sch.: munditias facere, säubern, reinigen, Cato. r. r. 39: u. so munditias volo fieri, Plaut. Stich. 347: alia iam munditiarum facies (est), ganz anders sieht es jetzt aus mit der Reinlichkeit (der Straßen), Frontin. aqu. 88. – übtr., mundities a peccatis, das Reinsein (Freisein) von S., Augustin. serm. 4, 14. – II) im weiteren Sinne: 1) die Sauberkeit, Zierlichkeit, das schmucke (saubere, nette) Aussehen, im üblen Sinne die Putzsucht, Eitelkeit, im Hausrat, in Kleidern, bes. im Plur., m. non odiosa neque exquisita nimis, Cic.: mundities vehiculorum, Sen.: Syrorum munditiae, Front.: munditiae urbanae, Sall.: simplex munditiis, Hor.: immundissimis se expolire munditiis, Sen. contr. 1. praef. § 8: comunt se vestibus et munditiis corporis, Hieron. epist. 69, 8. – 2) die Zierlichkeit, der feinere Ton, der reine Geschmack in Bildung, Benehmen u. Ausdruck, quā munditiā homines, quā elegantiā! welche Ausbunde von feiner Lebensart! Cic.: grave virus munditiae pepulēre, Hor. – elegantia modo et munditia remanebit, Cic.: quaedam circa proprietatem significationemque munditiae, Quint.: venustas et mundities orationis, Gell.: alcis epistulae munditiae et venustatis et prudentiae plenae, Gell.