constitution Copy link Outline I. Of body or other things1. hăbĭtus, ūs2. affectio (not necessarily permanent3. constĭtūtio4. corpus, ŏris, n. (mostly used with the preceding)5. nātūra6. condĭtio (of things in general; not of bodily c.)II. Ordinance established; lawIII. Established form of government • constitution: I. Of body or other things: 1. hăbĭtus, ūs: Q. Metellus, when in his prime, with the best c. and the greatest strength, was taken away, Q. Metellus quum floreret optimo h., maximis viribus, ereptus est, Cic.: entrails, from whose c. and colour futurity is known, exta, quorum ex h. et colore futura percipiuntur, Cic. 2. affectio (not necessarily permanent: v. affection): a strong c. of the body, firma corporis a., Cic.: such a c. of the soul, animi talis a., Cic. 3. constĭtūtio: a strong bodily c., firma c. corporis, Cic. 4. corpus, ŏris, n. (mostly used with the preceding): a man with a good c., cui corpus bene constitutum est, Cic.: weakness of c. (not necessarily permanent), infirmitas corporis, Cic. Brut. 91, 313: of an almost iron c., ferrei prope corporis, Liv.: to injure one's c., corporis habitum vitiare, Cels. 5. nātūra: the c. of things, i. e. nature, n. rerum, Cic.: weakly both from ill-health and natural c., et valetudine et natura infirmior, Cic. 6. condĭtio (of things in general; not of bodily c.): suited to the law and c. of nature, ad jus c.que naturae aptum, Cic.: v. condition. II. Ordinance established; law: constĭtūtio: esp. of what are called the Apostolical c.s, c. Apostolicae: v. statute. III. Established form of government: reipublicae s. civitatis genus, status: v. government (III.): also respublica or civitas alone: and I have convinced myself that Numa laid the foundations of our c., mihique ita persuasi Numam fundamenta jecisse nostrae civitatis, Cic.: according to the British c., *secundum leges civitatis Britannicae: there was as yet no c., nondum fundata legibus respublica erat, Milt. Def.