courtesy Copy link Outline I. i. q. courteousnessII. A gesture of respect made by girls • courtesy: I. i. q. courteousness: q. v. Phr.: acts of c., offĭcia, orum, Cic.: by c. (as opp. to rightful title), (?) gratiâ non jure; per honorem: v. kindness, favour. II. A gesture of respect made by girls: (?) genuum flexio: but usu. salutatio (puellae) will be sufficiently accurate: v. salutation. To make a c., *genibus flexis salutare (genua submittere is to fall upon the knees: v. kneel).
COURTESY Copy link • COURTESY 1. Courteousness; Vid: A kindness, officium: munus: beneficium: To do or show anybody a courtesy, alicui officium praestare; beneficio aliquem afficere; gratum alicui facere; gratificari alicui: I shall esteem it a great courtesy if you will, etc., gratum or gratissimum mihi feceris, si, etc.; beneficium mihi feceris, si, etc. The common courtesys of life, officia urbana: to dismiss a man with all possible courtesy, dimittere aliquem cum bona gratia. 2. = kurt-se), *genuum flexio. To make a courtesy, Georges gives genua flexa submittere (after Ov., Met., 4, 340; but it is there = “to fall down on her knees “) perhaps *flexis poplitibus salutare; or from context, salutare (aliquem) only.