honor

medius ex tribus sedebat, quod apud Numidas honori ducitur
he sat in the middle of the three, which is said to be an honor among the Numidians cursus honorum
a political career

hŏnor or hŏnos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cic., who has honor only Phil. 9, 6 fin., and Fragm. pro Tull. 21; also in Caes., Liv., Sall., Prop., Verg., Nep., and Curt.; but honor in Sen., Vell., Ov.; and Hor. and Tac. use both forms. Honos was antiquated in Quintilian's day, v. Quint. 1, 4, 13; Neue, Formenl. 1, 168 sq.), ōris (archaic gen. honorus, like venerus, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, n. 7), m. [perh. Sanscr. hu-, call], honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held.

• I Lit.
• • A In gen.: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem, qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur. Qui autem occasione aliqua etiam invitis suis civibus nactus est imperium, hunc nomen honoris adeptum, non honorem puto, Cic. Brut. 81, 281; cf.: is autem, qui vere appellari potest honos, non invitamentum ad tempus, sed perpetuae virtutis est praemium, id. Fam. 10, 10, 1 sq.: honos alit artes omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloria, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; so with gloria, id. Part. 24, 87: si honos is fuit, majorem tibi habere non potui, id. Fam. 5, 20, 2: quanto et honor hic illo est amplior, etc., id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: gratia, dignitate, honore auctus, Caes. B. G. 1, 43, 8: amplissimis honoribus et praemiis decorari ... honos maximus, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: ut eum amplissimo regis honore et nomine affeceris, id. Deiot. 5, 14: aliquem praecipuo honore habere, Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4: suum cuique honorem et gradum reddere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136: apud eum sunt in honore et in pretio, id. ib. 28, 77; Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 1; so with in: in honore magno esse, Cic. Brut. 8, 30: summo in honore, id. de Or. 1, 55, 235; id. Off. 2, 19, 65: tanto in honore, id. Tusc. 2, 2, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 77, 2; 3, 47, 7; Liv. 42, 6, 12; but without in: Jovem autem quanto honore in suo templo fuisse arbitramini, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129: (Druides) magno sunt apud eos honore, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 5, 54, 5; Liv. 1, 40, 1; Tac. A. 14, 6; id. H. 1, 6, 4: honorem accipere, Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: honorem huic generi (i. e. poëtis) non fuisse declarat oratio Catonis, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3: honori summo nostro Miloni fuit qui P. Clodii conatus compressit, id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf.: quod (i. e. medium ex tribus sedere) apud Numidas honori ducitur, Sall. J. 11, 3: rite suum Baccho dicemus honorem, honor, praise, Verg. G. 2, 393: tanto ille vobis quam mihi pejorem honorem habuit, worse honor, i. e. greater dishonor or disgrace, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 12, 9, 4; cf.: exsilii honor, i. e. honorable exile, Tac. H. 1, 21.—Personified: tute pone te latebis facile, ne inveniat te honos, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 37 (663).—Of inanim. and abstr. things, honor, esteem, value: physicae quoque non sine causa tributus idem est honos, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 73; id. Fam. 7, 26, 2: ornatus ille admirabilis, propter quem ascendit in tantum honorem eloquentia, id. Or. 36, 125: multa renascentur quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Hor. A. P. 71: apud antiquos piscium nobilissimus habitus acipenser nullo in honore est, Plin. 9, 17, 27, § 60; 19, 6, 32, § 104: vino Pramnio etiam nunc honos durat, id. 14, 4, 6, § 54 al.—
  • B In partic.
  • • 1 Public honor, official dignity, office, post, preferment (cf. munus): ita quaestor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum tum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum ac commissum putem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 35: ille honoris gradus, id. Sull. 29, 82: equites Romanos in tribunicium restituit honorem, Caes. B. C. 1, 77 fin.: extraordinarium honorem appetere, id. ib. 1, 32, 2: hic ipse honos (sc. dictatura), delatus ad me, testis est innocentiae meae, Liv. 9, 26, 14: curulem adferri sellam eo jussit (Flavius) ac sede honoris sui inimicos spectavit, id. 9, 46, 9: honore abiit, Suet. Aug. 26; cf.: deposito honore, id. ib. 36: paene honore summotus est, id. Claud. 9: honor municipalis est administratio rei publicae cum dignitatis gradu, sive cum sumtu, sive sine erogatione contingens, Dig. 50, 4, 14 pr.: honorem aut magistratum gerere, Gai Inst. 1, 96: clari velamen honoris sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae, Juv. 3, 178: tempus honoris, the term of office, id. 8, 150: honorem militiae largiri, military honors, id. 7, 88.—In plur.: populum Romanum hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandare semperque mandasse, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81; cf.: qui (populus) stultus honores Saepe dat indignis, Hor. S. 1, 6, 15: ascendisset ad honores, nisi, etc., Cic. Brut. 68, 241: honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfungi, id. Fam. 1, 8, 3: obrepisti ad honores errore hominum, id. Pis. 1, 1: Catulus maximis honoribus usus, Sall. C. 49, 2: magistratus atque honores capere, Suet. Aug. 26: largiri opes, honores, Tac. A. 11, 12.—
    • 2 Particular phrases.
    • • a Honoris causa.
      • • α Out of respect, in order to show honor (class.): C. Curio, quem ego hominem honoris potius quam contumeliae causa nominatum volo, Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 18: quem honoris causa nomino, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: toties hunc et virum bonum esse dixisti et honoris causa appellasti, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18: Campanis equitum honoris causa, civitas sine suffragio data, Liv. 8, 14, 10; 32, 34, 8; 39, 22, 2.—
        • β For the sake of (ante-class.): ejus honoris causa, feci thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio, Plaut. Aul. prol. 25: mei honoris causa mittere coquos, id. ib. 3, 4, 4 (463): huc honoris vostri venio gratia, id. Am. 3, 1, 7 (867); id. Stich. 2, 2, 14 (338): vestri honoris causa, Ter. Phorm. 928.—
      • b Praefari or dicere honorem, to make an excuse in saying any thing that may be distasteful = by your leave or saving your presence: si dicimus: ille patrem strangulavit, honorem non praefamur. Sin de Aurelia aliquid aut Lollia, honos. praefandus est, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; for which: haec sunt quae retulisse fas sit, ac pleraque ex his non nisi honore dicto, Plin. 28, 8, 24, § 87; cf. also: honos auribus sit, i. e. pardon the expression, Curt. 5, 1, 22.—
    • 3 Personified, Hŏnor or Hŏnos, as a deity whose temple adjoined that of Virtus, and who was worshipped with uncovered head, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121; id. Sest. 54, 116; id. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Val. Max. 1, 1, 8; Liv. 27, 25, 7 sqq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 21; Inscr. Orell. 543.
• II Transf.
• • A Concr., any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc. (mostly poet. and since the Aug. period): Itan tandem hanc majores famam tradiderunt tibi tui, ... honori posterorum tuorum ut vindex fieres, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 18 (644): Curio misi, ut medico honos haberetur et tibi daret quod opus esset, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 22: geminum pugnae proponit honorem, Verg. A. 5, 365: nil victor honoris Ex opibus posco, Sil. 9, 199: dicite, Pierides, quonam donetur honore Neaera, Tib. 3, 1, 5: nec Telamon sine honore recessit Hesioneque data potitur, Ov. M. 11, 216: arae sacrificiis fument, honore, donis cumulentur, Liv. 8, 33, 21: divūm templis indicit honorem, Verg. A. 1, 632; Ov. F. 4, 409: nullos aris adoleret honores, id. M. 8, 742: meritos aris mactavit honores, Verg. A. 3, 118: honore sepulturae carere, Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; id. Inv. 1, 55, 108: cernit ibi maestos et mortis honore carentes Leucaspim, etc., Verg. A. 6, 333; cf. Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 45: mille viri, qui supremum comitentur honorem, Verg. A. 11, 61: solutus honos cineri, Val. Fl. 3, 357: honorem habere alicui, Curt. 3, 12, 13: omnem honorem funeri servare, id. 4, 10, 23: communem sepulturae honorem alicui tribuere, Suet. Aug. 17: nec enim quaerimus, cui acquiratur, sed cui honos habitus est, the honorary legacy, Dig. 37, 5, 3; 32, 1, 11: sepulturae honore spoliatus, Val. Max. 4, 7, 1; 9, 8, 1 fin.; cf.: supremitatis honor, Amm.31, 13: supremus condicionis humanae honos, Val. Max. 6, 3, 1.—
  • B Objectively, a quality that brings honor or consideration, an ornament, grace, charm, beauty (poet.): silvis Aquilo decussit honorem, Verg. G. 2, 404: December silvis honorem decutit, Hor. Epod. 11, 6; cf.: populeus cui frondis honor, Val. Fl. 6, 296: notus in vultus honor, Hor. Epod. 17, 18; Stat. Th. 10, 788.—In plur.: laetos oculis afflārat honores, Verg. A. 1, 591; cf. Sil. 12, 244: hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu, Hor. C. 1, 17, 16: nullum ver usquam nullique aestatis honores, Sil. 3, 487.—
  • C A magistrate, office-holder: sed cum summus honor finito computet anno, sportula quid referat, Juv. 1, 117; cf. v. 110.

honor, s. honōs.

1 honor, ~os [CL] 1 high esteem, honour; b (w. gen. of person or thing honoured); c (dist. as spiritual or earthly); d (w. ref. to dedication of shrine or sim.). Gildas EB 110 (v. gloria 3); Bede HE III 6 (v. dignus 1a); bona ‥ ut ‥ omni ~ore ‥ digni habeantur, mala ‥ ut vituperentur Asser Alf. 95; undecima pars beatitudinis ~or dicitur; honorari homo ab hominibus appetit aut ‥ verbis aut factis Simil. Anselmi 65; ~or vel ~os, inde hic honorculus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 270; mortuus non curat de improperio vel ~ore [ME: menske] AncrR 137; c1412 ut ver dat florem, flos fructum, fructus hodorem, / sic studium morem, mos sensum, sensus honorem Ac. Durh. 609.  b hic quoque metrorum crebrescat laude per orbem / Demetriadis honor sacratae virginis almus! Aldh. VirgV 2163; carmina ‥ in ~orem Priapi Id. Met. 10 p. 94; si Deus ‥ me nodibus infirmitatis pro peccatis non obligasset, in ~orem ejus ministrare ‥ piger non essem V. Cuthb. I 4; hac sacratus honor Martini fulget in ara Alcuin Carm. 90. 21. 1; omnium ‥ provinciarum que pertinent ad coronam et ad dignitatem et ad defensionem ‥ et ad ~orem regni (Leis Will.) GAS 489; 1271 ad ~orem Dei (v. ecclesia 2c).  c ut ‥ quod ‥ ~ore caelesti putabatur dignum ‥ projiciatur in tartari barathrum Gildas EB 35; ne mundanus honor mentem mutaret alacrem Alcuin SS Ebor 661; sancta loca ‥ pro ‥ terreno ~ore ‥ derelinquere Asser Alf. 79; ~or ‥ beatis illis ‥ tam magnus erit ut ab humano ingenio comprehendi non possit Alex. Cant. Dicta 5 p. 138; fidem vobis portabo de vita et membris et terreno ~ore (Forma homagii) Bracton 80 (cf. J. Oxford 78); duplici ~ore Ad. Marsh Ep. 100 (v. dignificare).  d templa Dei ad ~orem omnium sanctorum Aldh. VirgP 25; Bede HE III 25, etc. (v. dedicare 1a); a785 etc. (v. consecrare 2a); in quodam templo quod in ~ore Claudii dicaverat G. Mon. IV 16; consecravit altare ‥ in ~ore Assumpcionis B. Marie Stone Chr. 65; c1468 edificavit ‥ capellam in ~orem BVM Invent. Ch. Ch. 163. 2 honour, mark of esteem (incl. gift, service, etc.). nec religioni Christianae ‥ aliquid inpendebat ~oris Bede HE II 20; vitam privatam et monachicam cunctis regni divitiis et ~oribus praeferens Ib. IV 11 p. 225; de illis qui nominatam ouerseunessam non habent ‥ honorabilius est ut si quid in eos ‥ peccabitur armis hoc et ~oribus pro modo singulorum emendetur (Leg. Hen. 36. 1) GAS 566; quibus ille congratulans et ~ores et ~orum augmentaciones promisit G. Mon. X 4; ~ores ‥ artes nutrire solent Gir. TH intr. p. 4. 3 (w. ref. to ceremony or ritual) solemnity. corpora juxta ~orem martyribus condignum recondita sunt Bede HE V 10 p. 301; cum magno ~ore Romam perrexit Asser Alf. 11; siccus honos J. Exon. BT VI 402 (v. deploratus); c1218 quod matrimonia cum ~ore celebrentur Conc. Syn. 87. 4 (high) rank, dignity, eminence. s1107 (v. hominium 2c); H. Cantor 3v (v. digne b); proceres ad ‥ militaris dignitatis ~ores promovit Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 37; c1427 magistrali ‥ ~ore (v. digne a); 14‥ tam viri ecclesiastici quam alii militaris ~oris Eccleston Adv. Min. app. 157; c1549 eo ordine ac numeratione qua literario ~ore insigniti sunt StatOx 356. 5 source of honour. 798 sol, ~or saeculi Alcuin Ep. 148; at panis calor eximii residere secundo / gaudet, hic est Cereris deliciosus honos Neckam DS VIII 6; s1219 (v. edomitor). 6 a estate. b (scattered) collection of possessions forming great fee of post-Conquest lord, freq. called after chief place within it; c (applied to whole kingdom). a quando rex ibat in expeditionem ‥ habebat ‥ aut xx sol., ‥ aut unum hominem ducebat secum pro ~ore v hidarum (Wilts) DB I 64v; homines comitis Moritaniae tenent eam [mansionem] ad ~orem Ordulfi Dom. Exon. 210v; miles ‥ nec sanguinis infimi nec ~oris terrarum exigui G. Steph. I 14; possessiones magnas et varias quas vulgo vocant ~ores, et urbes et castella ‥ acquisierat; erant autem ~ores ejus non solum in Anglia, sed etiam in Normannia et Francia H. Hunt. CM 7; s1051 comes Godwinus ‥ de toto ~ore comitatus sui [Fl. Worc. I 205: de toto suo comitatu], id est de Cantia ‥ et filius ejus ‥ exercitum collegerunt M. Par. Maj. I 521; s1180 imperator Constantinopolitanus dedit filiam suam filio principis Montis Ferrati et dans ei ~orem Thessalonicensium, qui est in imperio illo magna potestas, fecit cum coronari in regnum Trevet Ann. 92.  b haec terra est de ~ore sancti Petroci (Cornw) DB I 123va; habet rex ‥ xxij mansiones de ~ore comitatus (Staffs) DB I 246ra; 1086 etc. (v. caput 19c); 1095 rex ‥ omnibus ‥ qui francas terras tenent de episcopatu de W. salutem. sciatis quia mortuo episcopo ~or in manum meam rediit Cart. Heming I 79 (= Regesta 387); a1100 (v. admensurare 2b); omni domino licet submonere hominem suum, ut ei sit ad rectum in curia sua, et si residens est ad remotius manerium ejusdem ~oris unde tenet, ibit ad placitum (Leg. Hen. 55. 1a) GAS 575; 1153 castellum de Porcestria cum toto ~ore Cart. Beauchamp 167; 1168 (v. constabularia 1a); 1170 de legalioribus et antiquioribus militibus de ~ore de Saltwode Act. Hen. II I 444; Ricardum Clarensem qui cum ~ore de Clara Kereticam regionem in australi Kambria possidebat Gir. IK I 4; 1194 (v. custos 6d); 1227 in ~ore Peverel de Notingeham sunt lx feuda militum et dim., de quibus vicecomes non respondit nisi de iiij feudis LTR Mem 10 m. 8; 1268 ~orem, villam, et castrum Leycestrie (Ch. Regis) Rec. Leic. I 55; 1269 ballivis per ~orem de Clara constitutis J. Oxford 70; 1316 etc. (v. dominium 5a); 1332 de firma ~orum Peverelli LTR Mem 105 m. 10; 1548 de ~ore sive honorio de Henyngham ad castrum Fines 66/546/9; 1583 omnia et singula ~ora, castra, dominia [etc.] Pat 1236 m. 1.  c c1119 si [placitum] est ‥ inter vavasores alicujus baronis mei ~oris, tractetur ‥ in curia domini eorum Regesta 892.

2 honor v. onus

1 hŏnŏr et hŏnōs, ōris, m. , ¶ 1 honneur, témoignage de considération et dʼestime, hommage : honorem alicui habere, exhibere, tribuere Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25 ; Rep. 5, 9 ; de Or. 2, 44, rendre un honneur à qqn, donner à qqn une marque dʼhonneur ; qui honos togato habitus ante me est nemini Cic. Cat. 4, 5, honneur qui, au titre civil, nʼa été rendu avant moi à personne, cf. Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2 ; Phil. 14, 33 ; alicui deorum honores habere Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 151, rendre à qqn les honneurs des dieux ; aliquem honore afficere Cic. Dej. 14, conférer un honneur à qqn ; magnus honos populi Romani rebus adjungitur Cic. Arch. 22, cʼest un grand honneur qui sʼajoute à lʼhistoire du peuple romain ; in magno honore esse Cic. Br. 30, être en grand honneur ; summo honore esse Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 87, être au plus haut degré dʼhonneur ; aliquem præcipuo honore habere Cæs. G. 5, 54, 4, tenir qqn en honneur particulier ; magno in honore habere Cæs. C. 1, 77, 2 ; 3, 47, 6, avoir (tenir) en grand honneur ; Druides magno sunt apud eos honore Cæs. G. 6, 13, 4, les Druides sont très honorés chez eux ; honori est alicui Cic. Off. 2, 58, cʼest un honneur pour qqn ; beatos esse, quibus ea res honori fuerit a suis civibus Cic. Mil. 96, [il déclare] que sont heureux ceux qui pour une telle conduite sont honorés de leurs concitoyens ; ludi incredibili M. Bruti honore celebrati Cic. Phil. 2, 31, jeux fêtés avec un honneur incroyable pour M. Brutus || honoris causa (gratia) nominare aliquem Cic. Phil. 2, 30, nommer qqn pour lui marquer sa considération, son respect, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, pr. 18 ; Amer. 6 ; honoris Divitiaci causa eos in fidem recepit Cæs. G. 2, 15, 1, il les prit sous sa protection par considération pour Divitiacus ; honoris mei causa Cic. Att. 11, 9, 2, par considération pour moi ; honoris tui habendi causa Gell. 14, 1, 11, par considération pour toi ; ad honorem deum Liv. 9, 40, 7, pour honorer les dieux || honorem præfari Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4, demander dʼavance excuse pour une expression, cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 29 ; honore dicto Plin. 28, 87, après avoir demandé excuse ; honos auribus sit Curt. 5, 1, 22, pardon pour lʼexpression ¶ 2 charge, magistrature : ita quæstor sum factus, ut mihi honorem illum non solum datum, sed etiam creditum putarem Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, quand je fus nommé questeur, je croyais que cette charge mʼétait, je ne dis pas donnée, mais confiée ; honores adipisci, petere Cic. de Or. 3, 136 ; Clu. 133, rechercher, briguer les charges ; honoribus inservire Cic. Off. 2, 4, se mettre au service des charges publiques, sʼasservir à la politique ; ad honores ascendere Cic. Br. 241, sʼélever aux magistratures ; populus Romanus hominibus novis industriis libenter honores mandat Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 81, le peuple romain aime à confier les magistratures aux hommes nouveaux qui montrent de lʼactivité ; honorum cupiditas Cic. Tusc. 2, 62, lʼambition des magistratures ; honoribus amplissimis perfunctus Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3, ayant rempli les plus hautes charges ; honorem agitare Tac. Ann. 2, 36, exercer une magistrature ¶ 3 a) honneurs suprêmes : honos sepulturæ Cic. CM 75, les honneurs de la sépulture ; mortis Virg. En. 6, 333, honneurs funèbres ; supremum honorem comitari Virg. En. 11, 61, accompagner la pompe funèbre ; honorem habere alicui Curt. 3, 12, 13, rendre à qqn les derniers honneurs ; b) honneurs rendus à une divinité : Virg. En. 1, 632 ; 3, 118, etc. ¶ 4 honoraires [dʼun médecin] : Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3 || récompense, prix : Virg. En. 5, 265 ; Ov. M. 11, 216 ¶ 5 honneur, beauté : silvis aquilo decussit honorem Virg. G. 2, 484, lʼaquilon a dépouillé les bois de leur parure ; lætos honores oculis adflare Virg. En. 1, 591, insuffler aux regards des grâces captivantes.

➳ la forme honos était la plus usitée au temps de Cic.  ; honor au temps de Quint. , cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13.

honor , oris. m.
光榮。威儀。位。赏。美。 — est praemium virtutis 榮乃徳之赏也。— malus 辱人。Mortis honor 墳墓。 Honorem ei habere vel Habere eum in honore 尊重彼。 Honorem habere auribus 忌褻瀆人耳。Honore abire 辭任。辭榮。Honorem praefari 祈諒乃敢瀆言。

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Honor

or honos. The personification of honour at Rome, to whom temples were built both by Marcellus (B.C. 212) and by Marius (B.C. 101), close to the temples of Virtus. Marcellus also built one to Virtus; and the two deities are frequently mentioned together. Honor and Virtus are represented on coins as youthful figures—Honor wearing a bay-leaf chaplet, and Virtus a helmet. See Virtus.