variety Copy link Outline 1. văriĕtas2. văriantia3. dīversĭtas (of different, contradictory things)4. multĭtūdo5. vĭcissĭtūdo • variety: 1. văriĕtas: Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10: Asia exceeds all lands in the v. of its productions, Asia varietatibus fructuum omnibus terris antecedit, id. Manil. 6, 14: still greater v. is found in men's minds, in animis exsistunt majores etiam v., id. Off. 1, 30, 107. 2. văriantia: Lucr. 1, 654. 3. dīversĭtas (of different, contradictory things): v. of plans, consiliorum d., Tac. H. 4, 76: v. difference. 4. multĭtūdo: the v. of things exported, m. earum rerum quae exportentur, Cic. Manil. 6, 14. 5. vĭcissĭtūdo: v. of seasons, anniversariae (coeli) v., id. N. D. 2, 38, 97: v. variation, change. Phr.: a v. of things, res variae, diversae: v. various.
VARIETY Copy link • VARIETYvarietas (the proper word): vicissitudo (change of fortune, seasons; day and night). Variety of weather, caeli varietas: variety in expression, eloquendi varietas: variety of opinion [Vid: “DIFFERENCE of opinion”]: variety of day and night, vicissitudines dierum atque noctium: variety of seasons, vicissitudines anniversariae. Vid: also CHANGE.