animation Copy link Outline I. The bestowal of lifeII. LifeIII. Liveliness, vigour1. vĭgor, vīs, vĕhĕmentia2. contentĭo (only of animation in speech)3. spīrĭtus, ūs, m.4. ardor5. argūtĭae, arum (of works of art) • animation: I. The bestowal of life: ănĭmātĭo: divine a., divina a., Cic. Univ. 10: the a. of a tree, a. arboris, Tert. Phr.: after the a. of the body he bestowed on it intelligence, animo in corpore concluso, intelligentiam in animo conclusit. Cic. Univ. 3. II. Life: q.v. III. Liveliness, vigour: 1. vĭgor, vīs, vĕhĕmentia: all somewhat stronger than the English: v. vigour, energy, force. 2. contentĭo (only of animation in speech): the utmost vigour and a. is commendable (as opp. to lenitas), summa vis et c. probatur, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255. 3. spīrĭtus, ūs, m.: v. spirit. 4. ardor: i. e. ardour, eagerness: q. v. 5. argūtĭae, arum (of works of art): Parrhasius first showed a. of features (in his works), Parrhasius primus dedit argutias vultus, Plin. Phr.: to speak with a., vehementer dicere, Cic.: Quint.: an orator should have a., oratorem decet vegetum, vividum esse: v. animated (II).
ANIMATION Copy link • ANIMATIONby circumlocution, e.g., by genitive animandi, etc. (animatio, Tert., etc., in Cic., metonymically). Liveliness, vis: gravitas: vehementia (all three of animation in speaking): alacritas, etc.