dignity Copy link Outline I. High position1. dignĭtas (of any position which carries weight and influence)2. amplĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (stronger than preced.; high distinction)3. hŏnos or -or, ōris, m.4. fastīgium, v. EMINENCE.II. An air of authority and grace1. dignĭtas2. mājestas3. dĕcor, ōris, m. • dignity: I. High position: 1. dignĭtas (of any position which carries weight and influence): to raise from a humble station to the highest d., ex humili loco ad summam d. perducere, Caes.: Cic.: v. rank. 2. amplĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (stronger than preced.; high distinction): Cic.: v. distinction. 3. hŏnos or -or, ōris, m.: v. honour. 4. fastīgium, v. eminence. II. An air of authority and grace: 1. dignĭtas: d. of form, formae d., Suet.: to preserve d. in difficult circumstances, in rebus asperis d. retinere, Cic.: totally to lack d., nullam d. habere, Cic. 2. mājestas: what d. there was in his speech, quanta illi fuit gravitas, quanta in oratione m.! Cic.: the d. and modesty (of women), m. et pudor, Liv.: v. majesty. 3. dĕcor, ōris, m.: v. grace. Phr.: to fall with d., honeste occumbere, Cic.; honeste cadere, Suet.: to act with d., graviter agere, Cic.
DIGNITY Copy link • DIGNITYdignitas (= “alicujus honesta et cultu et honore et verecundia digna auctoritas,” Cic.: his position as honorable, whether from personal advantages or rank in society): honestas (moral worth; a man’s claims to respect founded on his conduct): gravitas (serious, earnest character; a mild dignity, comitate condita gravitas): auctoritas (weight and influence): amplitudo (dignified position in society, whether the consequence of power, rank, wealth, or achievements; in rhetoric = fullness and dignity of expression): majestas (the dignity of a state or ruler). To act with dignity, cum dignitate agere or agere cum dignitate et venustate; honeste se gerere: to preserve one’s dignity, dignitatem retinere or conservare; nihil a dignitate sua discedere: to forget one’s dignity, decoris oblivisci: to think anything beneath one’s dignity, infra se ducere; infra se positum arbitrari; alienum ducere majestate sua; non censere esse majestatis suae; inferius majestate sua reri: to have reached such a height of rank and dignity, in hanc celsissimam sedem dignitatis atque honoris ascendisse: to raise anybody from a low condition to the height of rank and dignity, aliquem ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perducere: he thought it inconsistent both with his own dignity and that of the Roman nation, neque suae neque populi Romani dignitatis esse statuebat (Caes.). A dignity, dignitas (general term): gradus honoris. A very high dignity, summum fastigium; amplissimus dignitatis gradus. Vid: an HONOR, an OFFICE.