character Copy link Outline I. A written or engraved symbolII. Moral qualities, taken collectively1. mōres, um, m.2. hăbĭtus, ūs (i. e. peculiar constitution)3. nātūra (natural disposition)4. ănĭmusIII. Reputation; esp. of a good kind1. existĭmātĭo (esteem, repute)2. hŏnestas (honourable c.)IV. Peculiar or specific nature (of things)1. prŏprĭĕtas2. cŏlor (fig.)3. hăbĭtus, ūsV. Office, capacity1. persōna2. partes, ium3. nŭmĕrusVI. A part or personage; esp. in a drama1. partes, ium, f.2. persōna • character: I. A written or engraved symbol: chăractēr, ēris, m.: Aug.: v. letter. II. Moral qualities, taken collectively: 1. mōres, um, m.: to become acquainted with the entire life, disposition, and c. of any one, totam vitam, naturam, moresque alicujus cognoscere, Cic.: a speech pourtrays the c. of the speaker, mores oratoris effingit oratio, Cic.: you have c., eloquence, a good name, sunt (tibi) mores et lingua fidesque, Hor. 2. hăbĭtus, ūs (i. e. peculiar constitution): the prudent man does not judge from his own c., but from some external circumstance, prudens non ex ipsius habitu, sed ex aliqua re externa judicat, Cic.: Phaedr. 3. nātūra (natural disposition): a beneficent c., benefica n., Cic.: Hor. 4. ănĭmus: i. e. disposition, temper: q. v. Phr.: a man whose c. is such as reason requires, vir ita moratus ut ratio postulat, Cic. III. Reputation; esp. of a good kind: 1. existĭmātĭo (esteem, repute): a needy man, without c., without property, homo egens, sine ex., sine censu, Cic.: to injure any one's c., alicujus ex. offendere, Cic. 2. hŏnestas (honourable c.): which families I name on account of their c. and respectability, quas familias honestatis amplitudinisque gratia nomino, Cic. Phr.: of good c., hŏnestus: v. honourable, respectable: a person of most infamous c., homo flagitiosissimus, Cic. (Sall. has the abstract flagitium = flagitiosus: "flagitiorum atque facinorum catervae," Cat. 14): to bear a very bad c., flagrare rumore malo, Hor. S. 1, 4, 125: Cic.: to have got a c. for roguery, turpi fraude innotuisse, Phaedr.: to care nothing for c., fortune, or danger, fidem, fortunas, pericula vilia habere, Sall.: v. reputation. IV. Peculiar or specific nature (of things): 1. prŏprĭĕtas: the c. of a soil or climate, terrae, coeli p., Liv.: v. characteristic. 2. cŏlor (fig.): what after all, said he, is that c. of refinement (to which you refer)? qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis c.? Cic.: v. complexion. 3. hăbĭtus, ūs: the c. of a speech, h. orationis, Cic.: v. characteristic. V. Office, capacity: 1. persōna: to assume the c. of a plaintiff, petitoris p. capere, Cic.: to represent the c. of another, alienam p. ferre, Liv. 2. partes, ium: the c. of a (single) actor, actoris partes, Hor.: v. inf. 3. nŭmĕrus: in the c. of a soldier, numero militis, Caes. VI. A part or personage; esp. in a drama: 1. partes, ium, f.: he who will play the principal c. will be Phormio, primas p. qui aget, is erit Phormio, Ter.: the second or inferior c., p. secundae (or simply secundae), Cic.: Plin. 2. persōna: the c. of a parasite, parasiti p., Ter.: Gell.