gracilitas

grăcĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [gracilis], 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.

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.

gracilitas [CL] 1 a (w. ref. to animate being or part of body) slenderness, leanness; b (w. ref. to inanim. thing). a manus et brachia, pedes et crura tortione et ~ate sua erant puerilia Gosc. Edith 293; hec ~as Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 250; [porculus submersus] quicquid biberat mingendo refudit, quousque pristine ~ati restitueretur W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 47; Quaest. Salern. B 305 (v. gracilis 1a); ~as mammorum ‥ significat paucitatem lactis M. Scot Phys. 20; tumor ‥ demuit et soluto ventre usque ad xxv assellationes non cessavit, sicque ‥ per irriguum inferius plene purgatus in tantam resedit ~atem ut plus mirarentur astantes tunc ~atem in curato quam ante tumorem in ydropico Mir. Wulfst. I 44 p. 145; cum colli ~ate et totius corporis macilencia J. Mirfield Brev. 76.  b minuta missilia †qui [l. que] sui ~ate lorice maculas transiliunt R. Niger Mil. I 17; suavitas florum, fecunditas nucum, eminentia, ~as et rectitudo virgarum J. Ford Serm. 61. 4. 2 (of voice) thin quality, high pitch or lack of volume. virili vigore deposito in feminee vocis ~ates acuitur Ailr. Spec. Car. II 23. 67. 571; P, T, K diminutione propter soni sui ~atem ab aliis differunt, B, D, G loci mutatione, φ, θ, χ augmento, ψ, ζ, ξ alteratione Ps.-Gros. Gram. 22.

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.

gracilitas , atis. f.
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gracilitās ātis, f

• gracilis, slenderness, thinness, leanness, meagreness: corporis.—Plur: corporis.