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|lshtext=<b>hŏnestus</b>: a um, adj. [[honos]], [[honor]], qs. furnished or clothed [[with]] [[honor]],<br /><b>I</b> [[full]] of [[honor]], honorable.<br /><b>I</b> Regarded [[with]] [[honor]], enjoying [[respect]] or [[consideration]], honored, [[distinguished]], honorable, [[respectable]], [[noble]], = [[honoratus]]: qui me honore honestiorem fecit, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum [[honos]] [[sit]] [[praemium]] virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem; qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis [[adeptus]] est, is mihi et [[honestus]] et [[honoratus]] videtur, etc., Cic. Brut. 81, 281: [[satis]] honestam honoratamque imaginem [[fore]], Liv. 36, 40, 9: [[magnus]] [[atque]] [[honestus]], Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.: salvi et honesti, id. ib. 11, 2, 2: [[honestus]] [[homo]] et [[nobilis]], Cic. Mur. 36, 75: cum [[honesto]] [[aliquo]] homine, id. Fam. 16, 9, 4: amplae et honestae familiae, [[illustrious]] and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85: bonis parentibus [[atque]] [[honesto]] [[loco]] [[natus]], id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: cum Sabinas [[honesto]] ortas [[loco]] virgines rapi jussit, id. Rep. 2, 7: [[loco]] [[natus]] [[honesto]], Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2: [[Polla]], Nursiae [[honesto]] genere orta, Suet. Vesp. 1: equite Romano in primis [[honesto]] et ornato, [[distinguished]], [[eminent]], Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1: [[eques]] Romanus, id. ib. 13, 62; cf.: erant [[complures]] honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris, Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3: publicani, homines honestissimi [[atque]] ornatissimi, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: [[homo]] honestissimus, Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6: milites honestissimi sui generis, id. B. C. 1, 20, 1: virginis honestae vaticinatione, Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.: [[quia]] [[deus]] [[auctor]] culpae honestior erat, Liv. 1, 4, 2: tam [[grave]], tam firmum, tam honestum [[municipium]], Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2: honestissimus [[conventus]], Quint. 1, 2, 9: ut honestiore judicio conflictere? [[more]] honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44: [[dies]] honestissimus nobis, id. Fam. 1, 2, 2: [[atque]] erit [[illa]] mihi mortis honesta [[dies]], Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34: honesta [[paupertas]], Vell. 129, 3: omnium honestarum rerum [[egens]], not [[able]] to [[live]] [[suitably]] to his [[rank]], Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. [[shortly]] [[before]]: ipsorum [[tunc]] manibus imperatorum colebantur agri), Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.—As substt.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of [[noble]] [[birth]]: qui hominem castraverit ... [[sive]] is [[servus]] [[sive]] [[liber]] [[sit]], capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur, Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.; opp. humiliores, id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; hŏnestum, i, n., honorable [[conduct]], [[morality]], [[virtue]]: nec [[honesto]] [[quicquam]] honestius, Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25: rigidi [[servator]] honesti ([[Cato]]), Luc. 2, 389.<br /><b>II</b> Bringing or [[deserving]] of [[honor]], honorable, [[respectable]], [[creditable]], [[worthy]], [[virtuous]], [[decent]], [[proper]], [[becoming]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: ut (civium [[vita]]) opibus firma, copiis [[locuples]], [[gloria]] ampla, virtute honesta [[sit]], Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1: in convivio moderato [[atque]] [[honesto]], id. Mur. 6, 13: aequa et honesta [[postulatio]], id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7: honestum ac probabile [[nomen]], id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.: ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4: causas abeundi quaerat [[honestas]], Lucr. 4, 1181: [[certatio]], Cic. Lael. 9, 32: honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc., id. ib. 13, 47: res, [[causa]] (opp. [[turpis]]), Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.: honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile, id. 3, 2, 3: hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: homines honestissimi, id. ib. 17, 49: [[quod]] omnium [[sit]] [[votum]] parentum, ut honestiores [[quam]] sint ipsi, liberos habeant, Quint. 1, 1, 82: [[soror]], [[virtuous]], [[chaste]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 58: [[vita]] honestissima, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in [[sup]].: [[labor]], Quint. 12, 7, 10: praecepta, id. 12, 2, 27: testimonia, id. 5, 11, 37: vitae instituta sic [[distant]], ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent, Cic. Rep. 3, 9: honestum quibusdam [[rapto]] vivere, Quint. 3, 7, 24: honestius est de amicorum [[pecunia]] laborare [[quam]] de sua, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2: ut [[neque]] rectum [[neque]] honestum [[sit]], nec fieri possit, ut, etc., id. Lael. 21, 76: honestum et rectum, id. ib. 22, 82: honestum id intellegimus, [[quod]] [[tale]] est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, [[sine]] ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari, id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48: si [[maritus]] uxorem suam in [[adulterio]] deprehensam occidit ... non [[inique]] aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: [[mores]] honestos tradere, Juv. 6, 239.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., [[honesty]], [[integrity]], [[virtue]] (cf.: [[honor]], [[virtus]], etc.): [[quandoquidem]] honestum aut ipsa [[virtus]] est aut res [[gesta]] virtute, id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.: [[sive]] honestum [[solum]] [[bonum]] est, ut Stoicis placet, [[sive]] [[quod]] honestum est, id ita summum [[bonum]] est, ut, etc., id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14: formam [[quidem]] ipsam et [[tamquam]] faciem honesti vides, id. ib. 1, 5, 14: [[omnis]] honesti justique [[disciplina]], Quint. 12, 2, 1: honesti [[praesens]] [[imago]], id. 12, 1, 28: quo ([[honesto]]) [[detracto]] [[quid]] poterit [[beatum]] intellegi? Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: de [[honesto]] ac bono, Quint. 2, 2, 5: honesta ac turpia, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46: honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta, id. Ac. 2, 16, 50: in [[eodem]] pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque [[consortium]], Quint. 12, 1, 4: de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones, id. 3, 6, 41.—Prov.: honesta [[mors]] turpi [[vita]] [[potior]], Tac. Agr. 33: imponit finem [[sapiens]] et rebus honestis, Juv. 6, 444: [[honestus]] [[rumor]] alterum est [[patrimonium]], Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of [[personal]] [[appearance]], [[noble]], [[fine]], [[handsome]], [[beautiful]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[ille]] erat honesta facie et liberali, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, [[honestus]] est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21: erat [[forma]] [[praeter]] ceteras honesta, id. And. 1, 1, 96: [[facies]], Suet. Tib. 68: [[caput]], Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392: asini, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2: (equi), Verg. G. 3, 81: [[ager]] honestior, Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2: [[tunc]] ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis), Stat. Th. 2, 234.—As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., [[beauty]]: nec, si [[quid]] honesti est, jactat habetque [[palam]], quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si [[quid]] pulchri habent, Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.—Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I.) Honorably, [[nobly]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[honeste]] [[natus]], of [[noble]] [[birth]], Suet. Aug. 43.—Far [[more]] freq. and [[class]].,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.) Decently, [[becomingly]], [[properly]], [[creditably]], [[virtuously]]: [[neque]] [[illa]] matrem [[satis]] [[honeste]] tuam sequi poterit [[comes]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77: sic [[volo]] Te ferre (aquam) [[honeste]], ut ego [[fero]], id. ib. 2, 5, 7: [[unde]] Mundior exiret vix [[libertinus]] [[honeste]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 12: ut videamur vestiti esse [[honeste]], Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.: ([[Lucretia]]) tum [[quoque]] jam moriens, ne non procumbat [[honeste]], Respicit, Ov. F. 2, 833: ([[Caesar]]) [[sinum]] ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet, Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26: [[valde]] se [[honeste]] gerunt, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13: honestius hic, [[quam]] Q. [[Pompeius]], id. Off. 3, 30, 109: quae in nostris rebus non [[satis]] [[honeste]], in amicorum fiunt honestissime, id. Lael. 16, 57: aliquid recte honesteque dicere, id. Rep. 1, 2: [[beate]] et [[honeste]] vivere, id. ib. 4, 3: [[honeste]] vivere (opp. [[turpiter]]), Quint. 5, 10, 24: facere ac dicere (opp. [[turpiter]]), id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13: tam jejuna [[fames]], cum possit honestius tremere, etc., Juv. 5, 10. [[iste]] [[quidem]] veteres [[inter]] ponetur [[honeste]], [[fairly]], [[properly]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43: [[fastigium]] [[nunc]] [[honeste]] vergit in [[tectum]] inferioris [[porticus]], Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.

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