affability Copy link Outline 1. cōmĭtas (v. COURTESY)2. affābĭlĭtas (a rare word)3. făcĭlĭtas (in gen., easy, pleasant, manners)4. lībĕrālĭtas (i.e. openness, freedom). a man popular not for his a., but for his gloominess and severity, homo non l., sed ipsa tristitia et severitate popularis, Cic. Phr. • affability: 1. cōmĭtas (v. courtesy): Crassus with very great a. had also sufficient gravity, Crassus in summa c. habebat etiam severitatis satis, Cic.: Tac. 2. affābĭlĭtas (a rare word): courtesy and a., comitas af.que sermonis, Cic. 3. făcĭlĭtas (in gen., easy, pleasant, manners): Pompey seems to be equal in a. to the lowest in rank, Pompeius facilitate par infimis esse videtur, Cic.: a. of discourse, f. sermonis, Cic. 4. lībĕrālĭtas (i.e. openness, freedom). a man popular not for his a., but for his gloominess and severity, homo non l., sed ipsa tristitia et severitate popularis, Cic. Phr.: to show a., affabilem, comem se praebere: v. affable.