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|lshtext=<b>līnĕāmentum</b>: (līnĭā-), i, n. [[linea]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[line]] or [[stroke]] made [[with]] a [[pen]], [[with]] [[chalk]], etc., a [[mark]], [[line]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: in [[geometria]] lineamenta formae, etc., lines, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 187: [[lineamentum]], longitudinem latitudine carentem, id. Ac. 2, 36, 116. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[feature]], lineament: quae [[conformatio]] lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: lineamenta hospitae, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: lineamenta oris effingere, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: habitum oris lineamentaque intueri, Liv. 21, 4: corporis, id. 26, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, of the works of artists, designs, drawings, delineations: adumbratorum deorum lineamenta, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75: operum lineamenta, id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[feature]], lineament: animi lineamenta sunt pulchriora [[quam]] corporis, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: [[numerus]] [[quasi]] quandam palaestram et extrema lineamenta orationi attulit, id. Or. 56, 186: Catonis lineamentis [[nihil]] [[nisi]] eorum pigmentorum, quae inventa [[nondum]] erant, florem et colorem defuisse, sketches, outlines, id. Brut. 87, 298.