cardinal (subs.) Copy link • cardinal (subs.): *cardĭnālis; purpŭrātus: a c.'s hat, tiara cardinalis: to be made a c., in sanctum cardinalium (or, purpuratorum patrum) collegium cooptari, M. L.
cardinal (adj.) Copy link • cardinal (adj.): v. chief, principal. Phr.: the c. numbers, cardinales numeri, Prisc.: the c. winds, cardinales venti, Serv.: the c. virtues, *virtutes primariae (?); virtutes eae quae quasi fontes universae honestatis sunt.
CARDINAL Copy link • CARDINAL 1. s. *cardinalis: *purpurattus pontiticis Romani: cardinal -bishop, *episcopus cardinalis: cardinal’s hat, *tiara cardinalis: cardinalship, *dignitas cardinalis: to be promoted to the cardinalship, *in sacrum purpuratorum collegium cooptari. 2. adj. Cardinal virtues, quatuor partes or fontes honestatis; quatuor partes, a quibus omnis honestas manat: genera quatuor, ex quibus honestas officiumque manat: quatuor loci, in quos honosti natura vinque dividitur (Cic., Off., 1, 6, 18, and 43, 152; 1, 18, 61; 3, 25, 96): all morality springs from one or other of the cardinal virtues, omne, quod honestum est, id quatuor partium oritur ex aliqua (ibid., 1, 5, 14).