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|lshtext=<b>clēmentĭa</b>: ae, f. 1. [[clemens]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[calm]], [[tranquil]] [[state]] of the elements, [[calmness]], [[mildness]], tranquillity ([[like]] [[clemens]] in this signif. [[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.): [[clementia]] ventorum, [[tranquillitas]] maris, App. de Deo Socr. p. 52, 1: soli caelique, Flor. 3, 3, 18; cf.: emollit gentes [[clementia]] caeli, Luc. 8, 366: aestatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: hiemis, Col. 5, 5, 6: nascentis anni, id. 11, 3, 9: diei, id. 9, 13, 4: Nili, Stat. Th. 3, 527.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[clemens]], II. B.) Indulgent, [[forbearing]] [[conduct]] [[towards]] the errors and faults of others, [[moderation]], [[mildness]], [[humanity]], [[forbearance]], benignity, [[clemency]], [[mercy]] (the [[class]]. signif.; [[very]] freq., esp. in [[prose]]; syn.: [[benignitas]], [[comitas]], [[lenitas]], [[mansuetudo]], etc.): [[clementia]] (est), per [[quam]] animi [[temere]] in [[odium]] alicujus concitati [[invectio]] comitate retinetur, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: [[clementia]] est [[temperantia]] animi in potestate ulciscendi, vel [[lenitas]]... in constituendis poenis, Sen. Clem. 2, 3: [[facilitas]] et [[clementia]], * Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 7; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: illam clementiam mansuetudinemque nostri imperii tantam in crudelitatem inhumanitatemque esse conversam, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115; id. Deiot. 15, 43; id. Lig. 3, 10: [[lenitas]] et [[clementia]], id. Att. 14, 19, 2: [[clementia]] et [[probitas]] vestra, Sall. H. 1, 41, 1 Dietsch; Liv. 3, 58, 4; Ov. M. 8, 57; Quint. 9, 2, 28; Tac. H. 3, 19: juris, Quint. 7, 4, 18 Spald., and antith. to jus asperius, id. 9, 2, 90; opp. severitatem, Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4: elephanti [[contra]] [[minus]] validos, Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23: leonis in supplices, id. 8, 16, 19, § 48; and as an [[attribute]] of princes, id. 8, 7, 7, § 48; Vop. Aur. 44; [[whence]] a [[title]] of the emperors, v. IV.—Less freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Kindness, [[sympathy]]: [[satrapes]] violare clementiam [[quam]] regis [[opes]] minui maluit, Nep. Alcib. 10, 3.—<br /><b>III</b> Clementia, personified as a deily, the [[goddess]] of [[grace]], Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14; Stat. Th. 12, 482 sq.; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 6 sq.—<br /> A [[title]] of the [[emperor]]: Clementia tua, Your Grace, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 65; Spart. ap. Geta, I. init.

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|georg=clēmentia, ae, f. ([[clemens]]), die [[Milde]], Gelindigkeit, I) die [[Milde]], Gelindigkeit [[des]] Charakters u. Benehmens, die Glimpflichkeit, [[Schonung]], [[Gnade]] (Ggstz. [[severitas]], [[atrocitas]], [[saevitia]], [[crudelitas]]), [[häufig]] verb. [[facilitas]] et c., Ter., c. mansuetudoque, Cic.: [[lenitas]] et c., Cic.: c. victoris, Ov. u. Quint.: [[publica]] cl., die [[Gnade]] [[des]] Staates, Tac.: iudicis, Tac.: iuris (Ggstz. [[ius]] asperius), Quint. – c. in devictos, Curt.: c. leonis in supplices, Plin.: c. elephanti [[contra]] [[minus]] validos, Plin.: [[nec]] [[dissimilis]] [[ibi]] [[adversus]] victos, [[quam]] in priores [[clementia]] Caesaris fuit, Vell. – tuae clementiae est m. folg. Infin., [[Fronto]]. – clementiam alcis experiri, Liv.: confugere in clementiam alcis, Cic.: clementiā [[uti]], Cic.: suā clementiā et mansuetudine in [[eos]] [[uti]], Caes.: in captos clementiā [[uti]], Nep.: [[sine]] [[clementia]] punire alqm, Plin. – [[Clementia]] personifiziert [[als]] [[Gottheit]], Plin. 2, 14. – II) übtr., die [[Milde]], Gelindigkeit der [[Jahreszeit]] usw., der Witterung (Ggstz. [[atrocitas]]), aestatis, Plin. ep.: hiemis, diei, Col.: caeli, [[Flor]].: ventorum, Apul.

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