honest Copy link Outline 1. prŏbus2. sincērus (genuine, free from deception of any kind)3. simplex, ĭcis (straightforward, frank)4. antīquus (strictly, old-fashioned5. frŭgi, strictly dat. of frux, but used as adject. • honest: 1. prŏbus: v. good, upright. 2. sincērus (genuine, free from deception of any kind): v. sincere. 3. simplex, ĭcis (straightforward, frank): v. simple. 4. antīquus (strictly, old-fashioned: hence honest and naive, simple and unsuspecting): good, h. souls, judging others from their own nature, homines a., qui ceteros ex sua natura fingerent, Cic. R. Am. 9, 26: cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88, homo antiqua virtute ac fide, "an h. man of the old genuine sort." 5. frŭgi, strictly dat. of frux, but used as adject.: comp. frugalior, -issimus (strictly, tending to profit: hence, useful, worthy, honest): h., sober men, homines frugi ac sobrii, Cic. Verr. 3, 27, 67: so h. and so chaste (Penelope), tam f. tamque pudica, Hor. S. 2, 5, 77: cf. Cic. Font. 13, 29, tanta virtute atque integritate ut ... solus frugi (opp. to nequam) nominaretur: often used as an epithet of a good, h. slave, servus f. atque integer, Cic. Clu. 16, 47: Hor. Join: (homo) frugalissimus, sanctissimus, Cic. Fl. 29, 71. See also incorruptible. (N.B.--Not honestus, which is honourable.)