purity Copy link Outline 1. castĭtas (p. of life and morals; often with ref. to bodily and sexual p.)2. mundĭtia; also, mundĭties, ēi (cleanness, neatness, elegance)3. integrĭtas (unblemished life and character)4. sincērĭtas (freedom from guile and deceit)5. sanctĭmōnia, and sanctĭtas (irreproachableness; a pure and holy character, and a reverent regard for what is pure and holy)6. pūrĭtas, late • purity, pureness: 1. castĭtas (p. of life and morals; often with ref. to bodily and sexual p.): also castĭmōnia (old Lat., castĭtūdo: antiquam castitudinem, Att. in Non. 85, 11): castimonia, esp. of the purity required of a priest or worshipper: caste jubet lex adire ad deos: animo videlicet, in quo sunt omnia; nec tollit castimoniam corporis, Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 24: opp. to licentious profanations: quae sacra per summam castimoniam virorum ac mulierum fiant, eadem per istius stuprum ac flagitium esse violata, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, fin.: of moral purity in general: whence we find joined, gravitas et castimonia, Cic. Coel. 5, 11: of spotless purity of morals, castitate vitae sanctus, Gell. 15, 18: by pureness, by knowledge, etc., in castitate, in scientia, Vulg. 2 Cor. vi. 6. For the more limited sense, comp. ut sentiant mulieres naturam feminarum omnem castitatem pati (all purity), Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29. 2. mundĭtia; also, mundĭties, ēi (cleanness, neatness, elegance): Fig.: pureness of hands (salvabitur innocens in) munditia manuum suarum, Vulg. Job. xxii. 30 pureness of heart, cordis munditia, id. Prov. xxii. 11: purity (and elegance) of language, m. verborum, Gell. 1, 23. Join: venustas et mundities orationis, id. 10, 3, Quint. 8, 3, 87. 3. integrĭtas (unblemished life and character): Join: integritas atque innocentia, Cic. Div. Verr. 9. Also, of female chastity, purity and modesty: mulierem summa integritate pudicitiaque existimari, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25, 64. Of style: incorrupta quaedam Latini sermonis integritas, Cic. Brut. 35, 132. 4. sincērĭtas (freedom from guile and deceit): p. of the whole life, s. summae vitae, Val. Max. 5, 3, 2, extr.: of p. of language: Join: sinceritas and veritas: ad horum autem sinceritatem veritatemque verborum an adspiraverit Caecilius, consideremus, Gell. 2, 23. 5. sanctĭmōnia, and sanctĭtas (irreproachableness; a pure and holy character, and a reverent regard for what is pure and holy): comp. priscae sanctimoniae virgo, Tac. A. 3, 69: sanctimonia nuptiarum, Auct. Her. 4, 33: ut teneriores annos (juvenum) ab injuria sanctitas docentis custodiat, Quint. 2, 2, 3: of chastity, in women: pudorem sanctitatemque feminarum abrogare, Liv. 34, 6: in men, Plin. Ep. 1, 12: Vell. 2, 29: of language: Join: sanctitas et virilitas, p. and manly vigour, sanctitas certe et, ut sic dicam virilitas ab iis (vet. Lat.) petenda est, quando nos in omnia deliciarum vitia dicendi quoque ratione defluximus, Quint. 1, 8, 9. 6. pūrĭtas, late: = cleanness, Macr. Somn. Scip., 1, 11, fin.: of wine, Pall. 11, 14, med.: of life, p. vivendi, Capitol. Ver. 3: of style, sermonis, Hier. Ep. 57. (N.B.--The best writers use purus for style: v. pure. With purity: v. purely: of style, emendate; to speak with purity, emendate loqui, Quint. 8, 1, 2.)