gracilitas
φωνὰ τύ τίς ἐσσι καὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο → it's all voice you are, and nothing else | it's all voice ye are, and nought else
Latin > English
gracilitas gracilitatis N F :: slimness, leanness (Collins)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
grăcĭlĭtas: ātis, f. gracilis,
I slenderness, thinness, leanness, meagreness.
I Lit. (class.; syn.: macies, subtilitas): erat eo tempore in nobis summa gracilitas et infirmitas corporis, Cic. Brut. 91, 313: cervicis et crurum, Suet. Calig. 50: crurum, id. ib. 3; id. Dom. 18: digitalis (vitis), Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 40; cf.: papyrum in gracilitatem fastigatum, id. 13, 11, 22, § 71.—Plur.: habet certos sui studiosos (Lysias), qui non tam habitus corporis opimos, quam gracilitates consectentur, Cic. Brut. 16, 64.—
II Trop., of style, simplicity, plainness, want of ornament (post-Aug.): quid Periclea? similemne credimus Lysiacae gracilitati? Quint. 12, 10, 24; cf.: exempla in Latina lingua M. Varro esse dicit ubertatis Pacuvium, gracilitatis Lucilium, mediocritatis Terentium, Gell. 7, 14, 6 (v. the whole 14th chap.): pressa illa narrationis, Quint. 4, 3, 2; 1, 9, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
grăcĭlĭtās,¹⁴ ātis, f. (gracilis),
1 finesse, forme élancée : gracilitates corporis consectari Cic. Br. 64, rechercher les formes élancées
2 maigreur : Cic. Br. 313
3 simplicité, sobriété [du style] : Quint. 4, 3, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
gracilitās, ātis, f. (gracilis), die Schlankheit, im üblen Sinne die Hagerkeit, Magerkeit, I) eig., absol., Plin. u. Plin. ep.: mit Genet., corporis, Cic.: crurum, Suet. – Plur., corporis gracilitates (Ggstz. habitus corporis opimi), Cic. Brut. 64. – II) übtr., die Einfachheit, Schlichtheit, Schmucklosigkeit der Rede und des Redners, narrationis, Quint.: Lysiaca, Quint.
Latin > Chinese
gracilitas, atis. f. :: 瘦者。細。薄者。Gracilitas styli 無趣之文。
Translations
thinness
Arabic: رِقَّة; Esperanto: subtilaĵo, subtileco; Finnish: ohuus, laihuus; French: finesse; German: Dünnheit; Greek: λεπτότης, λεπτότητα; Ancient Greek: λεπτότης, ἰσχνότης; Irish: caoile; Latin: macritudo, gracilitas; Portuguese: fineza, magreza, delgadeza; Russian: тонкость; Spanish: delgadez, flaqueza, flacura; Tausug: nipis
