person Copy link Outline I. A human being1. hŏmo, ĭnis, c.; which, esp. in pl., is often sufficiently indicated by the gender of an adj. or pron.2. esp. in enumerations, căput, ĭtis, n.3. similar to caput, and used chiefly in general descriptions, corpus, ŏris, n.4. persōna (denoting not a person individually, but as coming under a certain description)II. In legal sense, as opp. to thingsIII. With ref. to rank or importanceIV. The body1. corpus, ŏris, n.2. forma (exterior, shape; usu. implying comeliness or beauty)3. spĕcies, ēi (exterior)V. Periphrastically, usu. with ref. to people of rankVI. Actual self; esp. in phr., in personVII. TheologicallyVIII. In grammar • person: I. A human being: 1. hŏmo, ĭnis, c.; which, esp. in pl., is often sufficiently indicated by the gender of an adj. or pron.: one of the advocati, a p. of the highest character, quidam ex advocatis, homo summa virtute praeditus, Cic. Clu. 63, 177: many p.s, multi; some p.s, nonnulli, etc.: passim. 2. esp. in enumerations, căput, ĭtis, n.: 8000 p.s, free and slaves, octo millia liberorum servorumque capitum, Liv. 29, 29: Caes.: common p.s (the mass of the people), ignota c., Liv. 3, 7, init. Also comicé: a nice, jolly p., lepidum c., Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9, etc. 3. similar to caput, and used chiefly in general descriptions, corpus, ŏris, n.: free p.s, libera c., Liv. 29, 21, med.: to consign a free p. to bondage, liberum c. in servitutem addicere, id. 3, 56, med. 4. persōna (denoting not a person individually, but as coming under a certain description): he did away with the use of litters except for certain p.s and ages, lecticarum usum nisi certis p. et aetatibus ademit, Suet. Caes. 43: p.s in humbler rank, minores p., id. Tib. 32. II. In legal sense, as opp. to things: persōna: cf. Paul. Dig. 1, 5, 1, omne jus vel ad personas pertinet vel ad res: cf. Smith's Ant. s. v. actio. III. With ref. to rank or importance: Phr.: to have respect to p.s, in personam (hominum) per gratiam et preces exorabilem esse, Suet. Aug. 27, init.: *dignitatis hominum magis quam aequi et boni rationem habere, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17 (dignitatis habere rationem alone does not necessarily denote anything improper): personam accipere (not class.), Vulg. Jac. ii. 9 (= Gr. προσωπολημπτεῖν); *dignitatis nobilitatisque magis quam justitiae observantem esse. (Personae servire [R. and A.], in Cic. Off. 3, 29, 106 = to adhere faithfully to a character.) IV. The body: 1. corpus, ŏris, n.: (Dionysius) entrusted the keeping of his p. to barbarians, barbaris corporis custodiam committebat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: to prostitute the p. for hire, quaestum corpore facere, Pl. Poen. 5, 3, 21: attention to the p. (personal habits), corporis cura, Suet. Caes. 45. 2. forma (exterior, shape; usu. implying comeliness or beauty): a maiden of remarkable beauty of p., virgo formâ excellens, Liv. 3, 44: p. and exterior worthy of a gentleman, f. ac species liberalis, Cic. Coel. 3, 6: Plin. In sim. sense, facies: a woman of singular beauty of p., mulier f. eximiâ, Cic. Verr. 5, 31, 82. 3. spĕcies, ēi (exterior): esp. with other subss. descriptive of the person: e. g. species et motus atque ipse amictus, id. Br. 62, 224; forma et species et statura [apposita ad dignitatem], Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60. V. Periphrastically, usu. with ref. to people of rank: expr. by pers. pron.: he had 300 unarmed youths in attendance upon his p., trecentos inermes juvenes circa se habebat, Liv. 29, 1, init.: Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, 126: in similar sense with circum: the men who are about his p.., qui circum se sunt, Cic. Att. 9, 9, ad fin.: to denote a lady's waiting maids, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 33: Sall. VI. Actual self; esp. in phr., in person: expr. by ipse: only with the Roman general in p. (would he confer), non nisi cum ipso coram duce Romano, Liv. 28, 17, med.: Hannibal was present in p. to encourage his troops, ipse Hannibal hortator aderat, id. 21, 11, med. See also FACE TO FACE, personally. VII. Theologically: persōna: three Persons of the same essence, tres Personae ejusdem essentiae, Aug. Conf. Art. 1. VIII. In grammar: persōna: Gram. pass.