gentleman Copy link Outline I. A man of good family1. (homo) gĕnĕrōsus2. (homo) līber, ingĕnuus (every free citizen being in ancient states a gentleman)3. (hŏmo) nōbĭlis (of the class of nobiles)4. (homo, vir) hŏnestus (of honourable station)II. A well-bred man • gentleman: I. A man of good family: 1. (homo) gĕnĕrōsus: v. generous (I.). 2. (homo) līber, ingĕnuus (every free citizen being in ancient states a gentleman): I don't think it the part of a g. at all, neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 30: a young g., liber adolescens, id. Eun. 3, 2, 24: a free-born g., and educated as such, homo ingenuus et liberaliter educatus, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57. 3. (hŏmo) nōbĭlis (of the class of nobiles): the culture proper to a [high-born] g., omnis [liberalis et] digna homine n. doctrina, Cic. Acad. 2, init. 4. (homo, vir) hŏnestus (of honourable station): a number of young gentlemen, complures adolescentes honesti, Caes. B. C. 1, 51: cf. Cic. Mur. 36, 75, honestus homo et nobilis (but the adj. denotes the enjoyment of some distinction). Phr.: the accomplishments of gentlemen, artes quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continentur, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127. II. A well-bred man: (homo) lībĕrālis (the adj. liberalis denoting what is becoming a free citizen): to act the part of a g., l. viri officium fungi, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 18: a g. by education if not by birth, *si minus honesto loco ortus, attamen omni liberali doctrina atque humanitate instructus: v. supr. (I.).