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|lshtext=<b>hŏnestas</b>: ātis, f. [[honestus]],<br /><b>I</b> honorableness.<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to [[honestus]], I.) Honorable [[consideration]] [[which]] a [[man]] enjoys, [[honor]], [[reputation]], [[character]], [[respectability]], [[credit]], opp. to [[turpitudo]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[existimatio]], [[dignitas]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[quid]] est [[honestas]] [[nisi]] [[honor]] [[perpetuus]] ad aliquem [[secundo]] populi rumore delatus. Lact. 3, 8, fin.: [[unde]] [[pudor]], [[continentia]], [[fuga]] turpitudinis, [[appetentia]] laudis et honestatis? Cic. Rep. 1, 2; cf.: fugiendae turpitudinis adipiscendaeque honestatis [[causa]], id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; Gell. 1, 3, 23 sq.: [[nihil]] esse in [[vita]] [[magnopere]] expetendum [[nisi]] laudem [[atque]] honestatem, Cic. Arch. 6, 14; cf.: omnia, quae putant homines expetenda, [[honestas]], [[gloria]], [[tranquillitas]] animi [[atque]] jucunditas, id. Lael. 22, 84; id. Phil. 7, 5, 14: cogita, ea nobis erepta esse, quae hominibus non [[minus]] [[quam]] [[liberi]] cara esse debent, honestatem, dignitatem, honores omnes, id. Fam. 4, 5, 2: quas familias honestatis amplitudinisque [[gratia]] [[nomino]], on [[account]] of [[their]] [[character]], id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15: honestate [[spoliatus]], id. Rab. Post. 16, 44; cf.: omni jure [[atque]] honestate [[interdictus]], Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 7: [[fautor]] infimi generis hominum, [[odio]] alienae honestatis, Liv. 1, 47, 11: honestatem omnem amittere, [[consideration]], [[respect]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: in eoque ([[officio]]) et colendo sita vitae est [[honestas]] [[omnis]] et in negligendo [[turpitudo]], id. Off. 1, 2, 4; Gell. 1, 3, 24: honestati alicujus convenire ([[with]] subj. [[clause]]), Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2.—In plur. (= honores): ceteris [[ante]] partis honestatibus [[atque]] omni dignitate fortunaque aliquem privare, Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., concr.: [[causa]], in [[qua]] omnes honestates civitatis, omnes aetates, omnes ordines una consentiunt, honorable, [[reputable]] persons, Cic. Sest. 51, 109.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[honestus]], II.)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Honorableness of [[character]], honorable [[feeling]], [[honor]], [[honesty]], [[probity]], [[integrity]], [[virtue]] ([[class]].): ubi est [[autem]] [[dignitas]], [[nisi]] ubi [[honestas]]? Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1: [[nemo]] est [[inventus]] tam [[perditus]], tam ab omni non [[modo]] honestate sed [[etiam]] simulatione honestatis [[relictus]], qui, etc., id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23 and 24: (qui summum [[bonum]]) suis commodis, non honestate metitur ... honestatem [[propter]] se expetere, id. Off. 1, 2, 5 and 6; cf.: cum [[omnis]] [[honestas]] manet a partibus quatuor, quarum, etc., id. ib. 1, 43, 152; and: habes [[undique]] expletam et perfectam formam honestatis, quae tota his quatuor virtutibus continetur, id. Fin. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 3, 8, 26: et in laude justitia utilitasque tractantur, et in consiliis [[honestas]], id. 3, 4, 16: sunt qui tradant tanta eum (Staberium Erotem) honestate praeditum, ut, etc., [[such]] an honorable, [[noble]] [[character]]; Fr. honnēteté, Suet. Gramm. 13: [[quod]] [[factum]] causā publicae honestatis vindictam exspectat, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of things, [[beauty]], [[grace]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): testudinis, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2: si est [[honestas]] in rebus ipsis, de quibus dicitur, exsistit ex rei [[natura]] [[quidam]] [[splendor]] in verbis, id. de Or. 3, 31, 125.

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|georg=honestās, ātis, f. ([[honestus]]), I) die [[Ehre]], das [[Ansehen]] [[bei]] der [[Welt]], honestatem amittere, Cic.: studiosissimi appetentissimique honestatis, Cic.: honestatis gratiā, [[ehrenhalber]], Cic. – Plur. honestates, »Auszeichnungen«, die einem zuteil [[werden]], Cic. Mur. 87: u. meton., omnes honestates civitatis, alle ehrenwerten [[Bürger]], Cic. Sest. 109. – II) die [[Ehrbarkeit]], Ehrenhaftigkeit, [[Anständigkeit]], der [[äußere]] [[Anstand]], 1) im allg.: vitae, Cic.: ab omni honestate remota, dem Anstande [[ganz]] [[zuwider]], Nep.: [[hinc]] (pugnat) [[honestas]], [[illinc]] [[turpitudo]], Cic. – übtr., v. Lebl., der [[Anstand]], die [[Schönheit]], in rebus, Cic.: testudinis, Cic. – 2) insbes., [[als]] philos. t. t., die wahre [[Ehrbarkeit]] = die moralische [[Würde]], [[Tugend]], Cic. de fin. 2, 48.

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