SOUL Copy link • SOULThe spirit of man, anima (the principle of life; also, the soul apart from the body, the spirit ☞ not = “the intellect” in the best prose): spiritus (the breath of life): animus (the living power, the sensitive and appetitive nature, ὁ θυμός; then the whole spiritual nature of man; opposed to corpus): mens (the intellect; ὁ νοῦς). Τo believe the immortality of the soul, censere animum semper permanere; censere animum immortalem esse: from my soul, ex animo; vere: with all my soul, toto animo. A living being, a person, anima: caput, homo. Not a soul, nemo: there was not a soul in the house, nemo natus in aedibus fuit (comedy); hominum numerus capitum xxx. millium erat (30, 000 souls, Caes.). Figuratively, A principal actor, leading principle or power, auctor: princeps (leader): fundamentum (ground-work): He was the very soul of the undertaking, dux, auctor, actor rerum gerendarum fuit (after Cic., Sext., 28, 61); princeps erat agendae rei (Liv., 4, 48, § 8): piety is the soul of virtue, pietas fundamentum est omnium virtutum.