festivitas

festīvĭtas, ātis, f. [festivus], festive gayety, festivity, mirth, merriment, joy. *

• I Lit.: jocum, festivitatem, ferias, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 3 (770).—
• II Transf.
• • A As a word of endearment (Plautinian): mi animule, Mea vita, mea festivitas (for which, shortly after: voluptas mea, meus festus dies), my joy, my delight, Plaut. Cas. 1, 47 (135); 3, 3, 14 (576); id. Poen. 1, 2, 176 (385).—*
  • B A pleasant or kind demeanor, kindness: mei patris festivitas et facilitas, Ter. Eun. 1048; cf. festivus, II. A.—
  • C Of speech, humor, pleasantry, jocoseness (Ciceron.; syn.: facetiae, lepor, sal): cum in illo genere perpetuae festivitatis ars non desideretur, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 219: festivitate et facetiis C. Julius omnibus praestitit, id. Brut. 48, 177: nec umquam fuit oratio lepore et festivitate conditior (shortly before: faceta et urbana), id. de Or. 2, 56, 227: summa festivitate et venustate, id. ib. 1, 57, 243; id. Inv. 1, 18, 25: imago antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis (corresp. to facetiae and lepores), id. Fam. 9, 15, 2.—In plur.: Gorgias his festivitatibus insolentius abutitur, play of words, witticism, Cic. Or. 52, 176; Gell. praef. § 4.—
  • D Post-class., a festival, feast: festivitas in cunctis oppidis celebranda, Cod. Th. 15, 5, 3; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 63.—In plur.: sollennes, Cod. Th. 6, 8, 1: natalium principis, ib. 6, 4, 30.

fēstīvitās, ātis, f. (festivus), I) objekt., ein Festgenuß, ein wonniges Vergnügen, A) im allg.: offers mihi iocum, festivitatem, Plaut. capt. 770: als Liebkosung, mea festivitas, meine Wonne! Plaut. Cas. 135 u. 577. Apul. met. 2, 10: u. so huius fest., seine Wonne, Plaut. Poen. 389. – B) insbes.: 1) festivitates = καλλωπίσματα, Aufputz, Zieraten der Rede, iis festivitatibus insolentius abutitur, Cic. or. 176: festivitates inscriptionum, prunkvolle Inschriften, Gell. praef. § 4. – 2) (spätlat.) die Festlichkeit, Lampr. u.a. Spät. – II) subjekt., als Eigenschaft: 1) das Herzige, die Gemütlichkeit, schalkhafte Anmut in Mienen u. im Benehmen, patris mei, Ter.: infans insigni festivitate, Suet. – dah. auch die festliche Stimmung, Fröhlichkeit, imminentia festa totius nobiscum orbis festivitate celebremus, Hieron. epist. 96, 1. – 2) das Gemütliche, die Heiterkeit, die gemütliche Laune, der heitere, launige Witz, die Fröhlichkeit, in der Unterhaltung, sowie im Vortrag des Redners, verb. lepos et fest., fest. et facetiae, Cic.: fest. sermonis, Cornif. rhet.: antiqua et vernacula fest. (launige Unterhaltung), Cic.: cum in illo genere perpetuae (sich durch den ganzen Vortrag hindurchziehender) festivitatis ars non desideretur, Cic.

festivitas [CL] 1 festivity, joy. b liveliness, charm. 634 ut ‥ vos ‥ vox ista ad aeternam ~atem evocet (Lit. Papae) Bede HE II 18; 793 ~as sancta versa est in luctum [cf. Am. viii 10] Alcuin Ep. 16; maxima erat ~as in tonsione ovium S. Langton Ruth 110.  b vir ‥ habens ‥ plus ~atis quam fecunditatis Gir. EH II 11. 2 religious festival: a (Classical); b (Jewish). a floralia, bachunalia, saturnalia, ‥ ~ates vel sacra paganorum Gl. Leid. 43. 29.  b legalis ‥ et famosa jubelaeorum ~as septenis annorum ebdomadibus decursis celebrate Aldh. Met. 1 p. 67. 3 (eccl.) festival, feast-day; b (dist. as major or secondary); c (dist. as duplex); d (var. spec.). cum ‥ plures ad viri Dei speluncam pro ~ate frequentanda ‥ glomerarentur Aldh. VirgP 38; a797 sanctorum ~ates ‥ frequenter honora Alcuin Ep. 79; audivi quod archidiaconus ‥ accepit homines meos quasi pro forisfactura fractae ~atis Anselm (Ep. 469) V 418; eos ‥ per aliquot dies ipsius ~atis in curia sua ‥ secum habere Eadmer V. Osw. 33; 1289 quociens in aliquibus ~atibus ‥ vos revestiri contigerit Mon. Hib. & Scot. 142a; 1496 dominicis et aliis ~atibus Eng. Clergy 127.  b incipiant pulsari duae skillae ‥ ut mos est in maximis ~atibus Lanfr. Const. 120; omni sexta feria, nisi sit major ~as precepte solemnitatis, est ibi [Smethefelde] ‥ spectaculum equorum venalium W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 11; 1206 exceptis collationibus vij ~atum principalium Chr. Evesham 219; in xij leccionum ~atibus Cust. Westm. 143; collegit oblacionem in magnis ~atibus Feod. Durh. 253; in ~atibus precipuis, quando rex et ejus successores diadema portarent M. Par. Maj. I 468; 1521 iij cape albe ‥ pro secundariis ~atibus Cant. Coll. Ox. I 56.  c Lanfr. Const. 94 (v. duplex 4a).  d in ~ate S. Martini ‥ agatur signum RegulC 30; a ~ate S. Michaelis usque ad festum S. Andree DB I 1; in ~ate S. Marie que Annunciatio dominica dicitur W. Malm. GR V 443; ~atem Purificationis ejus [sc. B.V. M.] Diceto Chr. 97; profectus est ‥ ad S. Edmundum cujus tunc dies ~atis instabat Itin. Ric. II 6; 1202 a die ‥ ~atis S. Egidii Pat 17b; 1214 in ~ate Sanctorum Fratrum Septem Ch. Sal. 78; in ~ate S. Thome Apostoli G. Cold. Durh. 3; a1260 in Decembri ‥ venerabilis ~as Salvatoris cum festis sollempnibus que secuntur Conc. Syn. 655; 1294 in nundinis duarum ~atum S. Edwardi apud Westmonasterium PQW 480a; 1372 per ‥ Nativitatis, Epiphanie, Resurreccionis, Ascensionis ‥ ~atum octavas Mon. Hib. & Scot. 346b; ~as beatissimi Gregorii ‥ celebranda Elmh. Cant. 314.

fēstīvĭtās, (14) ātis, f. (festivus), ¶ 1 joie dʼun jour de fête, gaieté : Pl. Capt. 770 || [terme dʼamitié] : mea festivitas Pl. Cas. 135, ma joie ! mes délices ! cf. Pl. Pœn. 389 ¶ 2 enjouement, verve spirituelle : Cic. de Or. 2, 219 ; Br. 177 ; Fam. 9, 15, 2 ; etc. || pl. festivitates, agréments, ornements : Cic. Or. 176 ; Gell. præf. 4.

festivitas , atis. f.
言之趣。瞻禮。

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fēstīvitās ātis, f

• festivus, good-fellowship, generosity: patris, T.—Of speech, humor, pleasantry, jocoseness: oratio festivitate conditior: his festivitatibus abutitur, witticisms.