beauty Copy link Outline 1. pulcrĭtūdo (the most general term)2. forma (prop. b. of shape, and only of persons)3. candor (prop. of the complexion)4. cŏlor (poet. and in the same sense)5. vĕnus, ĕris, f. (i. e. charm, grace, attractiveness) • beauty: 1. pulcrĭtūdo (the most general term): there are two kinds of b.; in one of which there is grace, in the other dignity, pulcritudinis duo genera sunt, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas, Cic.: the b. of a city, urbis p., Hor.: the b. of virtue, p. virtutis, Cic.: the b. of words, p. verborum, Quint.: a woman of remarkable b., mulier eximia p., Cic. 2. forma (prop. b. of shape, and only of persons): the gods had given to you b., di tibi f. dederant, Hor.: Cic. 3. candor (prop. of the complexion): b.s of person, corporis candores, Pl.: false b., fucatus c. (of style), Cic. 4. cŏlor (poet. and in the same sense): O handsome boy, trust not too much to b.! O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori! Virg.: Hor. 5. vĕnus, ĕris, f. (i. e. charm, grace, attractiveness): a play of no b., fabula nullius v., Hor.: Isocrates strove to attain all b.s of style, Isocrates omnes dicendi v. sectatus est, Quint. Phr.: to cultivate the sense of b., *elegantiam colere: the b.s of nature, amoenitates locorum, Cic.: (v. loveliness): meretricious b.s (of style), lenocinia, Quint.: the b.s of an author, flosculi alicujus scriptoris, Sen.: to search for an author's b.s, flosculos captare, Sen.; ingenia maximorum virorum summatim degustare, Sen.