characteristic (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. proprĭus (with gen.)2. mōrātus • characteristic (adj.): 1. proprĭus (with gen.): this vice is not c. of old age, but is common to weakness generally, id non p. senectutis est vitium, sed commune valetudinis, Cic.: to create and to produce is chiefly c. of art, artis maxime p. est creare et gignere, Cic. 2. mōrātus: a c. poem (i. e. abounding in character), m. poema, Cic.: Hor. Phr.: some traits in you are c., others common to you and many persons, sunt quaedam in te singularia, quaedam tibi cum multis communia, Cic.: with his c., that is to say, dubious, fidelity, sua, id est dubia, fide, Vell.