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διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)

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Latin > English

rotundus rotunda -um, rotundior -or -us, rotundissimus -a -um ADJ :: round, circular; wheel-like; spherical, globular; smooth, finished; facile

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 || [prov.] mutat quadrata rotundis Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100, il bouleverse tout
2 [fig.] a) 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) [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.

Latin > German (Georges)

rotundus, a, um (rota), scheibenrund, im Ggstz. zu globosus (kugelrund) u. orbiculatus (kreisrund); dann auch kugelrund (griech. σφαιροειδής) od. übh. rund (Ggstz. angulatus, eckig), I) eig.: caelum, Cic.: terrarum forma, Manil.: lanx, ICt.: folia rotundiora, Ps. Apul. herb.: nihil rotundius, Cic.: capita rotundissima, Cels.: von der Kleidung, toga, gleichförmig herum- od. herabhangend, Quint. 11, 3, 139. – Sprichw., der Baukunst od. Geometrie entlehnt, mutat quadrata rotundis, rundet, was viereckig war, d.i. kehrt das Unterste zu oberst, Hor. ep. 1, 1, 100. – II) übtr.: 1) abgerundet in sittlicher Hinsicht, von einem Weisen, der nicht in der Außenwelt sein Glück sucht, teres atque rotundus, Hor. sat. 2, 7, 86. – 2) im Ausdruck u. in der Beredsamkeit, wenn der Ausdruck wohl zusammengefügt, bes. die Sätze auf periodische Art wohl zusammengekettet sind, abgerundet, verborum apta et quasi rotunda constructio, Cic.: nec satis, ut ita dicam, rotundus (Thucydides), Cic.: verba, Gell.: rotunda volubilisque sententia, Gell.: ore rotundo loqui, in gerundeter Sprache, Hor. – / In sehr guten Hdschrn. u. in Ausgg. auch rutundus geschrieben (s. Lachm. Lucr. p. 96), z.B. Varro r. r. 1, 51, 1 u. 3, 5, 12 cod. P. Varro sat. Men. 21 u. 88 B. Gell. 11, 13, 4 ed. Hertz. Spart. Hadr. 16, 4 ed. Peter.

Latin > Chinese

rotundus, a, um. adj. c. s. (rota.) :: 圓者。完全者。Orator rotundus 全善講論人。