festive

festīvē, adv., v. festivus fin.

fēstīvē, Adv. (festus), I) anmutig, niedlich, nach Herzenslust, alqm accipere (bewirten), Plaut. Pseud. 1254^a. – Comparat., Hieron. epist. 31, 2. – Superl., Trag. inc. fr. 223. – II) (in bezug auf die Rede usw.) nett, launig, schalkhaft, belle et f., Cic.: a te actam fabellam video esse f., Cic.: festivissime inquit, Gell.

festive [CL] 1 as a feast, w. feasting. s1308 finita ‥ solempnitate [coronacionis] et ~e celebrato convivio rediit Chr. Ed. I & II II 158. 2 as or in a manner appropriate to a festival, ceremoniously. ~e, i. sollempniter GlH F 247; sequitur sextusdecimus numerus, qui ‥ ~e procedit trabeatus Byrht. Man. 228; hanc solemnitatem ~ius ceteris festivitatibus nos agere ‥ monstramus Alex. Cant. Dicta 20 p. 193; quod nunc plerique celebrius colunt ac ~ius exornant R. Melun Sent. pref. 36; ~e indutus in sede propria ab eodem [i. e. abbate] ‥ sum collocatus Chr. Battle f. 75; dies anniversarius mortis ejus ‥ cum duabus capis ad missam ~e celebrabitur Cust. Westm. 5; ejus anniversarium constituitur debere singulis annis ~e fieri Flor. Hist. II 17; omnes cantus ‥ ~e ac celebriter cum moderamine sustentando Cust. Cant. 94; ~e inchoet “Gloria in excelsis Deo” Miss. Sarum 132n. 10. 3 festively, joyously. omnes fratres tanti relatione miraculi ~e laetificabat Gosc. Transl. Aug. 46B.

fēstīvē (14) (festivus), ¶ 1 joyeusement : Pl. Ps. 1254 ¶ 2 avec agrément, avec grâce, ingénieusement : Cic. Dej. 19 ; Div. 2, 35, etc.

festive . adv. s.
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fēstīvē adv.

• festivus, humorously, facetiously, wittily: agere fabellam: tradere elementa loquendi.—In applause: ‘belle et festive.’