festīvus Copy link Outline I. Lit.B. Subst.II. Transf.A. In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome ...B. In partic.1. Of behavior, character, etc., jovial ...2. As a term of endearment3. Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty ...1. Joyously, gayly, cheerfully2. Transf. *a. Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully ...b. Humorously, facetiously, wittily.(a). Form festive(b). Form festiviter ⓘfēstīvē: adverbialfēstīve: masc/neut voc sg • festīvus, a, um, adj. [1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence], lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus). I. Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.): ludi, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf. alea, Gell. 18, 13, 1: locus, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9: facinus lepidum et festivum, id. ib. 1, 2, 95: hospitium in lepido loco, id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.: festivissimum convivium, Just. 38, 8 fin.—* B. Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity: in vindemiarum festivo, Lampr. Heliog. 11.— II. Transf. A. In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty: luculenta atque festiva femina, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17: nonne igitur sunt ista festiva? Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38: aedes festivissimae, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93: area parvula sed festiva, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4: copia librorum, Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1: opera, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. — B. In partic. 1. Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear: quod te isti facilem et festivum putant, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29: puer, Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.: quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius, id. Fam. 6, 4, 3: filius, id. Fl. 36, 91: homo, id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. — 2. As a term of endearment: o mi pater festivissime! Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so, festivum caput! id. ib. 2, 3, 8.— 3. Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty: dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108: poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius, id. Pis. 29, 70: oratio, id. de Or. 3, 25, 100: acroama, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.). * 1. Joyously, gayly, cheerfully: loco in festivo sumus festive accepti, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.— 2. Transf. * a. Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. — b. Humorously, facetiously, wittily. α. Form festive: agere fabellam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3: crimen contexere, id. Deiot. 6, 19: dissolvere argumentum, id. Div. 2, 15, 35: aliquid odorari, id. Att. 4, 14, 2: tradere elementa loquendi, id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent: quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.— β. Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset ἀκώλυτος, Gell. 1, 2, 7: respondere, id. 1, 22, 6.—Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).
festus Copy link Outline I. Lit.A. Adj. .1. With expressions of time2. Transf., of everything relating to holidaysB. Subst.II. Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive ... ⓘfēstī | ve: masc/neut gen sg · masc nom/voc plFēstī | ve: masc gen sg · masc nom/voc pl • festus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. bhas, shine; lengthened from bha-; Gr. φα-, φαίνω, v. for; cf. feriae (fes-iae)], orig., of or belonging to the holidays (in opp. to the working-days), solemn, festive, festal, joyful, merry. I. Lit. A. Adj. (syn.: sollennis, fastus). 1. With expressions of time: festo die si quid prodegeris, profesto egere liceat, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 10: die festo celebri nobilique, id. Poen. 3, 5, 13: qui (dies) quasi deorum immortalium festi atque sollennes, apud omnes sunt celebrati, Cic. Pis. 22, 51: Syracusani festos dies anniversarios agunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: dies festus ludorum celeberrimus et sanctissimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 151; id. Fin. 5, 24, 70: lux, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 42; Hor. C. 4, 6, 42: tempus, id. Ep. 2, 1, 140; Juv. 15, 38: observare festa sabbata, id. 6, 159.—Hence, 2. Transf., of everything relating to holidays: chori, Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 8: clamores, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 24: corona, Ov. M. 10, 598; cf. fronde, Verg. A. 4, 459: dapes, Hor. Epod. 9, 1: mensae, Sil. 7, 198; Val. Fl. 3, 159: lusus, Mart. 1, 1: pagus, Hor. C. 3, 18, 11: urbs, gay, merry, Sil. 11, 272; 12, 752: theatra, Ov. M. 3, 111: Lares, Mart. 3, 58, 23: licentiae, of the holidays, Quint. 6, 3, 17: pax, Ov. M. 2, 795; Plin. 14, 1, 1, § 23: plebs, Tac. A. 2, 69: domus ornatu, id. ib. 3, 9: ritus, id. H. 5, 5: omina, id. A. 5, 4: cespes, Juv. 12, 2: janua, id. 12, 91.—As a term of endearment: mi animule, mea vita, mea festivitas, meus dies festus, etc., my holiday, Plaut. Cas. 1, 49.— B. Subst.: festum, i, n., a holiday, festival; a festal banquet, feast (poet. and late Lat. for dies festus): cur igitur Veneris festum Vinalia dicant, Quaeritis? Ov. F. 4, 877; 1, 190; id. M. 4, 390: forte Jovi festum Phoebus sollenne parabat, feast, id. F. 2, 247: cum dii omnes ad festum magnae matris convenissent, Lact. 1, 21, 25.—In plur.: Idaeae festa parentis erunt, Ov. F. 4, 182: festa venatione absumi, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 91; Ov. M. 4, 33; 10, 431; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; id. Ep. 2, 2, 197; Vulg. Exod. 23, 14 al.; Greg. Mag. Homil. in Evang. 2, 26, 10; Lact. 1, 22, 24.— II. Meton., public, solemn, festal, festive, joyous (post-Aug. and rare): dolor, Stat. S. 2, 7, 134: festior annus, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 3: festissimi dies, Vop. Tac. 11: aures, i. e. gladdened, Claud. B. G. 206 (but in Stat. S. 2, 7, 90 the right read. is fata).
Festus Copy link Outline I. Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D. ...II. Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, ... ⓘFēstī | ve: masc gen sg · masc nom/voc pl • Festus, i, m., a Roman surname. I. Sex. Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian of the fourth century A. D., author of a lexicographical work, De verborum significatione, in twenty books, of which only the last nine, in a very imperfect form, remain to us; with an abstract of the whole compiled by Paulus Diaconus in the eighth century. (Edited by Ottfr. Müller.)— II. Portius Festus, Governor of the Roman Province of Judea, Vulg. Acts, 25, 32 al.
fēstīvē Copy link Outline 1 joyeusement :2 avec agrément, avec grâce, ingénieusement : • fēstīvē (festivus), 1. joyeusement : Pl. Ps. 1254 2. avec agrément, avec grâce, ingénieusement : Cic. Dej. 19 ; Div. 2, 35, etc.
fēstus Copy link ⓘfēstī | ve: masc/neut gen sg · masc nom/voc plFēstī | ve: masc gen sg · masc nom/voc pl • 1 fēstus, a, um (cf. feriæ), de fête, qui est en fête, solennel : dies festus Cic. Pis. 51 ; Fin. 5, 70, jour de fête ; dies festus ludorum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 151, jour de fête avec jeux, cf. Arch. 13 || joyeux, gai : festi clamores Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 17, 24, cris d'allégresse ; festior annus Claud. 3 Cons. Hon. 3, année plus heureuse || -tissimus Vop. Tac. 11.
Fēstus Copy link ⓘfēstī | ve: masc/neut gen sg · masc nom/voc plFēstī | ve: masc gen sg · masc nom/voc pl • 2 Fēstus, ī, m., v. Fest. p. vii, liste des auteurs cités.
fēstum Copy link ⓘfēstī | ve: neut gen sg • fēstum, ī, n. (festus), jour de fête, fête : Ov. F. 4, 877 ; Plin. 6, 91.
fēstīvus Copy link ⓘfēstīvē: adverbialfēstīve: masc/neut voc sg • fēstīvus, a, um (festus), où il y a fête, gai, amusant, divertissant : locus Pl. Mil. 83, lieu de réjouissance || agréable, charmant [à voir, à entendre], gracieux : Pl. Mil. 958 ; Cic. Par. 38 ; librorum festiva copia Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1, aimable collection de livres ; festivum caput Ter. Ad. 261, l'aimable garçon ! || [en parl. du style] gai, enjoué, fin, spirituel : Cic. Off. 1, 108 ; de Or. 3, 100 || -vior Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3 ; -vissimus Ter. Ad. 983.
festive Copy link FESTIVE Adu. [τερπνῶς] Cic. Q. Fratr. 2, 15 Quamquam a te actam fabellam video esse festiue, nullo modo probaui. […] 🗁 Page Scan
festus Copy link ⓘfēstī | ve: masc/neut gen sg · masc nom/voc plFēstī | ve: masc gen sg · masc nom/voc pl FESTVS a, um. Adi. [ἑορταῖος, ἑορτάσιμος] Sollemniter laetum et feriatum significat, inquit Nonius 5, 18. […] 🗁 Page Scan
festum Copy link ⓘfēstī | ve: neut gen sg FESTVM i. n. [ἑορτὴ, πανήγυρις, τελετὴ] Sollemne festum Ouid. Fast. 2, 247. […] 🗁 Page Scan
festivus Copy link ⓘfēstīvē: adverbialfēstīve: masc/neut voc sg FESTIVVS a, um. Adi. [εὐτράπελος, εὐτερπὴς, τερπνὸς] Iucundum et lepidum significat. […] 🗁 Page Scan
FESTUS Copy link ⓘfēstī | ve: masc/neut gen sg · masc nom/voc plFēstī | ve: masc gen sg · masc nom/voc pl FESTUS ↗Open in new tab (festus)
festive Copy link Outline 1. festus (strictly, appertaining to, or proper for, a festival)2. festīvus (more freq. in secondary sense; gay, joyous)3. cĕlebrātus (of days, etc.; attended by numbers) • festive: 1. festus (strictly, appertaining to, or proper for, a festival): a f. season, f. tempus, Hor.: the f. wreath (given in token of victory), f. corona, Ov. Met. 10, 598: cf. Virg. Aen. 4, 459. In gen. sense, f. peace, f. pax, Plin. 14, 1, ad init.: Plin. jun.: see also, festival (subs.). 2. festīvus (more freq. in secondary sense; gay, joyous): in a f. place (the theatre), in f. loco, Pl. Mil. 2, 1, 5: v. merry. 3. cĕlebrātus (of days, etc.; attended by numbers): a more f. day, dies celebratior, Ov. Met. 7, 430: cf. Liv. 3, 63, med.: and festival, subs. (1). Phr.: in f. attire, candidatus (white being the festive colour), Pl. Rud. 1, 5, 13: in f. attire and wearing a wreath, candidatus coronatusque, Suet. Aug. 98: also, candide vestitus [lauteque exornatus], Pl. Cas. 4, 1, 10; albatus (opp. to atratus), Cic. Vat. 13, 31.
FESTIVE Copy link • FESTIVEfestivus: festus (IMPROP.; Statius): laetus (Vid: PROP. word; cheerfully excited): hilarus: hilaris (cheerfully disposed; both of persons and the disposition of their mind; then of things, as day, etc.): festival attire or garb; Vid. FESTIVAL, adjective.