festivus
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Latin > English
festivus festiva -um, festivior -or -us, festivissimus -a -um ADJ :: feast (days); excellent, fine; jovial (person), genial; lively (speech), witty
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
festīvus: a, um, adj. 1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence,
I lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus).
I Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.): ludi, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf. alea, Gell. 18, 13, 1: locus, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9: facinus lepidum et festivum, id. ib. 1, 2, 95: hospitium in lepido loco, id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.: festivissimum convivium, Just. 38, 8 fin.—*
B Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity: in vindemiarum festivo, Lampr. Heliog. 11.—
II Transf.
A In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty: luculenta atque festiva femina, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17: nonne igitur sunt ista festiva? Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38: aedes festivissimae, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93: area parvula sed festiva, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4: copia librorum, Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1: opera, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. —
B In partic.
1 Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear: quod te isti facilem et festivum putant, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29: puer, Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.: quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius, id. Fam. 6, 4, 3: filius, id. Fl. 36, 91: homo, id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. —
2 As a term of endearment: o mi pater festivissime! Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so, festivum caput! id. ib. 2, 3, 8.—
3 Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty: dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108: poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius, id. Pis. 29, 70: oratio, id. de Or. 3, 25, 100: acroama, id. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.). *
1 Joyously, gayly, cheerfully: loco in festivo sumus festive accepti, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.—
2 Transf. *
a Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. —
b Humorously, facetiously, wittily.
(a) Form festive: agere fabellam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3: crimen contexere, id. Deiot. 6, 19: dissolvere argumentum, id. Div. 2, 15, 35: aliquid odorari, id. Att. 4, 14, 2: tradere elementa loquendi, id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent: quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.—
(b) Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset ἀκώλυτος, Gell. 1, 2, 7: respondere, id. 1, 22, 6.—Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fēstīvus,¹² a, um (festus), où il y a fête, gai, amusant, divertissant : locus Pl. Mil. 83, lieu de réjouissance || agréable, charmant [à voir, à entendre], gracieux : Pl. Mil. 958 ; Cic. Par. 38 ; librorum festiva copia Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1, aimable collection de livres ; festivum caput Ter. Ad. 261, l’aimable garçon ! || [en parl. du style] gai, enjoué, fin, spirituel : Cic. Off. 1, 108 ; de Or. 3, 100 || -vior Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3 ; -vissimus Ter. Ad. 983.
Latin > German (Georges)
fēstīvus, a, um (festus), von allem, was angenehm in die Sinne fällt, I) im allg.: 1) eig. = hübsch, nett, niedlich, femina, Plaut.: area parva, sed festiva, Plin. ep.: poëma, Cic.: copia librorum, eine hübsche Anzahl, Cic.: nonne sunt illa festiva? Cic. – 2) übtr.: a) von Örtl., wo es sich angenehm verweilen läßt, es heiter hergeht = dem Vergnügen geweiht, Wonne spendend, heiter (s. Brix u. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 83), hospitium, Plaut.: fores, Plaut.: assedisti in festivo loco (im Schauspielhause), Plaut.: atque in loco festivo sumus festive accepti, in diesem gemütlichen Zimmer, Plaut. – b) von Vornahmen, bei denen es munter hergeht, dem Vergnügen geweiht, munter, heiter, gemütlich, operam festivam praebuit, Plaut.: vin tu facinus facere lepidum atque festivum? Plaut.: ludi, Plaut.: alea, Gell.: convivium festivissimum, Iustin. – c) fēstīvum, ī, n. (= festum), die Festlichkeit, das Fest, in vindemiarum festivo, Lampr. Heliog. 11, 6. – II) insbes.: 1) vom Charakter u. Benehmen, herzig, gemütlich, puer, Cic.: filius, Cic.: caput, ein herziger, guter Kerl, Ter.: pueri, quibus nihil potest esse festivius, Cic.: pater festivissime, allerherzigster V., Ter. – 2) in der Rede, in der Unterhaltung, im Vortrage gemütlich, heiter, lustig, kurzweilig, drollig, festivus homo, Cic.: acroama, Cic.: oratio, Cic.: sermo, Cic.: hoc festivissimum et facetissimum est, ist höchst launig u. scherzhaft (gebraucht), Gell.
