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|lshtext=<b>magnĭfĭcus</b>: a, um, adj. (<br /><b>I</b> comp. magnificentior; [[sup]]. magnificentissimus;<br /> v. in the foll.; old form of comp. magnificior, acc. to Fest. p. 154 Müll., and [[sup]]. magnificissimus, acc. to Fest. p. 151; so in the adv. magnificissime, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 603 P.) [[magnus]]-[[facio]], [[great]] in deeds or in [[sentiment]], [[noble]], [[distinguished]], [[eminent]], [[august]], [[great]] in [[soul]], [[high]]-[[minded]] (cf. [[splendidus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]] ([[class]].): vir factis [[magnificus]], Liv. 1, 10: Rhodiorum [[civitas]] magna [[atque]] magnifica, [[great]], [[glorious]], Sall. C. 51: [[animus]] [[excelsus]] magnificusque, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 79: cives in suppliciis deorum magnifici, domi parci, [[magnificent]], [[splendid]], [[grand]], [[fond]] of [[splendor]], Sall. C. 9: [[elegans]], non [[magnificus]], [[fond]] of [[show]], Nep. Att. 13; Suet. Ner. 30: [[magnificus]] in publicum, Plin. [[Pan]]. 51, 3; Vell. 2, 130.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[bragging]], [[boastful]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): cum [[magnifico]] milite, urbis verbis qui inermus capit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 42; id. As. 2, 2, 84.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, [[splendid]], [[rich]], [[fine]], [[costly]], [[sumptuous]], [[magnificent]], etc. ([[class]].): magnificae villae, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2: [[oppidum]], Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 67: [[apparatus]], Cic. Off. 1, 8, 25: [[ornatus]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58: funera, Caes. B. G. 6, 18: [[funus]], Curt. 4, 8, 8: venationes, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 3: [[nomen]], Tac. H. 4, 15: res gestae, Liv. 26, 2, 1.—Of [[speech]], of [[high]] [[strain]], lofly, [[sublime]]: [[genus]] dicendi magnificum [[atque]] praeclarum, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89: [[oratio]], Plin. 35, 4, 9, § 26; cf. in the comp.: magnificentius dicendi [[genus]] et ornatius, Cic. Brut. 32, 123.—In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[boastful]], [[bragging]]: verba, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 3: litterae, Suet. Calig. 44.—Sup.: [[Crassus]] magnificentissimā aedilitate [[functus]], Cic. Off. 2, 16.—Of medicaments, [[valuable]], [[useful]], [[admirable]], Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38.—Hence, adv., in [[two]] forms: magnĭfĭcē and (postAug.) magnĭfĭcenter, [[nobly]], [[magnificently]], [[generously]], [[grandly]], [[sumptuously]], [[richly]], [[splendidly]], [[excellently]]: [[magnifice]] conscreabor, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 7: [[cesso]] [[magnifice]] patriceque, id. Cas. 3, 6, 7: [[magnifice]] laudare, Cic. Brut. 73, 254: ornare [[convivium]], id. Quint. 30, 93: comparare convivi um, id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65: vivere, id. Off. 1, 26, 65: vincere, [[splendidly]], [[gloriously]], id. Cat. 2, 1, 1: [[radicula]] ex melle prodest [[magnifice]] ad tussim, [[admirably]], [[excellently]], Plin. 24, 11, 58, § 96; 30, 14, 47, § 139.—In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[pompously]], [[proudly]], [[haughtily]], [[boastfully]]: se jactare. Auct. Her. 4, 21, 29: incedere, Liv. 2, 6.—In the form magnificenter: [[oppidum]] magnificenter aedificatum et [[eleganter]], Vitr. 1, 6.—Comp.: magnificentius et dicere et sentire, [[grandly]], [[loftily]], Cic. Or. 34, 119.—Sup.: consulatum magnificentissime gerere, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2: gloriosissime et magnificentissime aliquid conficere, id. Att. 14, 4, 2: jactare se, 2, 21, 3.

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|georg=māgnificus, a, um, Compar. māgnificentior, Superl. māgnificentissimus ([[magnus]] u. [[facio]]), [[sich]] [[groß]] zeigend, [[großartig]], I) v. Menschen: a) im [[Aufwand]], im Entfalten [[des]] Reichtums [[großartig]], prachtliebend, Nep.: praelauti magnificique (Ggstz. sordidi ac deparci), Suet.: in suppliciis deorum magnifici, [[domi]] parci, Sall.: [[facio]] me magnificum, zu einem stattlichen Herrn, Plaut.: Rhodiorum [[civitas]] magna [[atque]] magnifica, großer u. großmächtiger, Sall. – b) [[durch]] Taten und [[Tatenruhm]], [[Ansehen]] [[nach]] [[außen]] [[glänzend]], [[vir]] factis [[magnificus]], Liv.: [[uterque]] editis operibus [[magnificus]], Val. Max. – c) [[mit]] Worten u. im [[Benehmen]] = [[hochfahrend]], großtuend, [[sich]] brüstend (griech. [[σεμνός]]), [[miles]], Plaut.: [[adhortator]], Liv.: [[Iugurtha]] [[magnificus]] ex Auli [[socordia]], Sall.; vgl. Fabri Sall. Iug. 55, 1. – d) [[von]] [[Charakter]] [[hochherzig]], [[hochsinnig]], [[animo]] magnificentior, Iustin.: [[animo]] excelso magnificoque, Cic. – II) übtr., v. lebl. u. abstr. Gegenständen: a) übh. [[großartig]], [[ansehnlich]], [[prächtig]], [[glänzend]], [[villa]], Cic.: [[apparatus]], Cic.: [[cena]], [[Ampel]].: vestes, Firm.: [[funus]], Caes. – [[quantum]] [[aut]] [[quam]] magnificum [[imperium]] populi [[Romani]] sit, Sall.: [[largitio]] in ([[für]]) [[publicum]] magnifica, Tac. – b) [[durch]] Taten [[glänzend]], [[aedilitas]], Cic. – c) in Worten und Gedanken = [[erhaben]], [[pathetisch]], magnificum u. magnificentius dicendi [[genus]], Cic. – im üblen Sinne, [[hoch]] fahrend, [[prahlerisch]], großtuend, lobhudelnd, verba, Ter.: [[alia]] magnifica [[pro]] se et illis [[dolentia]], Sall.: edicta in populum [[pro]] Vespasiano magnifica, probrosa [[adversus]] Vitellium iecerat, Tac.: subst., māgnifica, ōrum, n. = hochfahrende [[Reden]], Sall. – d) dem [[Charakter]] [[nach]] = [[herrlich]], [[glänzend]], [[rühmlich]], [[factum]], Nep.: [[res]] gestae, Sall.: magnificentissimum [[decretum]], Cic. – magnificum [[illud]] [[etiam]], m. folg. ut u. Konj., Cic. de div. 2, 5. – [[pro]] [[magnifico]] accipiebatur m. folg. Infin., wurde [[für]] [[etwas]] Großes (eine große [[Ehre]] gehalten), Tac. ann. 6, 8. – magnificum (est) m. folg. Infin., largiri honores, [[Auson]]. grat. act V. 71. p. 28, 13 Schenkl. – e) der [[Wirkung]] [[nach]] = [[herrlich]], [[vorzüglich]], v. Heilmitteln, [[laser]] magnificum in usu et medicamentis, Plin.: [[myriophyllon]] magnifici [[usus]] ad vulnera, Plin. – / Regelm., [[aber]] veralteter Compar. magnificior, [[nach]] [[Fest]]. 154 (a), 28, u. Superl. magnificissimus, Acc. didasc. fr. b. Prisc. 3, 14. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 151, 7.

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