chăracter Copy link Outline I. An instrument for branding or marking ...II. Usu., the mark or sign burned or imprinted. ...A. Prop.B. Trop., a characteristic, mark, character ... ⓘchăractēr: masc nom/voc sg • chăracter, ēris, m., = χαρακτήρ. I. An instrument for branding or marking, etc.: character est ferrum coloratum, quo notae pecudibus inuruntur, χαρακτήρ autem Graece, Latine forma dicitur, Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 7.— II. Usu., the mark or sign burned or imprinted. A. Prop. (esp. upon animals): quadrupedia charactere signare, Col. 11, 2, 14; Pall. Jan. 16: characterem infigere alicui, Aug. Contr. Cresc. 1, 30.— B. Trop., a characteristic, mark, character, style, etc. (only ante- and postclass.): Luciliano charactere libelli, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17; Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 1; Diom. p. 481 P. (cf. Cic. Or. 39, 134; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 5; and Gell. 7, 14, 1, in which passages it is written as Greek).
chăractēr Copy link Outline 1 fer à marquer les bestiaux : || marque au fer :2 [fig.] caractère, particularité d'un style : satires dans la manière de Lucilius ... ⓘchăractēr: masc nom/voc sg • chăractēr, ēris, m. (χαρακτήρ), 1. fer à marquer les bestiaux : Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 7 || marque au fer : Col. Rust. 11, 2, 14 2. [fig.] caractère, particularité d'un style : Luciliano charactere libelli Varro R. 3, 2, 17, satires dans la manière de Lucilius [en grec d. Cic. Or. 134].
character Copy link ⓘchăractēr: masc nom/voc sg CHARACTER, eris. m. [χαρακτὴρ] Signum, insigne, proprie quidem insculptum, a verbo [χαράσσω, vnde et [χάραξ, in quantum fossam aut sulcum significat: deinde latius ad alia quoque signa extenditur, v. g. quae animanti, vel alii rei imprimuntur, vt dignosci possit. […] 🗁 Page Scan
character Copy link Outline I. A written or engraved symbolII. Moral qualities, taken collectively1. mōres, um, m.2. hăbĭtus, ūs (i. e. peculiar constitution)3. nātūra (natural disposition)4. ănĭmusIII. Reputation; esp. of a good kind1. existĭmātĭo (esteem, repute)2. hŏnestas (honourable c.)IV. Peculiar or specific nature (of things)1. prŏprĭĕtas2. cŏlor (fig.)3. hăbĭtus, ūsV. Office, capacity1. persōna2. partes, ium3. nŭmĕrusVI. A part or personage; esp. in a drama1. partes, ium, f.2. persōna • character: I. A written or engraved symbol: chăractēr, ēris, m.: Aug.: v. letter. II. Moral qualities, taken collectively: 1. mōres, um, m.: to become acquainted with the entire life, disposition, and c. of any one, totam vitam, naturam, moresque alicujus cognoscere, Cic.: a speech pourtrays the c. of the speaker, mores oratoris effingit oratio, Cic.: you have c., eloquence, a good name, sunt (tibi) mores et lingua fidesque, Hor. 2. hăbĭtus, ūs (i. e. peculiar constitution): the prudent man does not judge from his own c., but from some external circumstance, prudens non ex ipsius habitu, sed ex aliqua re externa judicat, Cic.: Phaedr. 3. nātūra (natural disposition): a beneficent c., benefica n., Cic.: Hor. 4. ănĭmus: i. e. disposition, temper: q. v. Phr.: a man whose c. is such as reason requires, vir ita moratus ut ratio postulat, Cic. III. Reputation; esp. of a good kind: 1. existĭmātĭo (esteem, repute): a needy man, without c., without property, homo egens, sine ex., sine censu, Cic.: to injure any one's c., alicujus ex. offendere, Cic. 2. hŏnestas (honourable c.): which families I name on account of their c. and respectability, quas familias honestatis amplitudinisque gratia nomino, Cic. Phr.: of good c., hŏnestus: v. honourable, respectable: a person of most infamous c., homo flagitiosissimus, Cic. (Sall. has the abstract flagitium = flagitiosus: "flagitiorum atque facinorum catervae," Cat. 14): to bear a very bad c., flagrare rumore malo, Hor. S. 1, 4, 125: Cic.: to have got a c. for roguery, turpi fraude innotuisse, Phaedr.: to care nothing for c., fortune, or danger, fidem, fortunas, pericula vilia habere, Sall.: v. reputation. IV. Peculiar or specific nature (of things): 1. prŏprĭĕtas: the c. of a soil or climate, terrae, coeli p., Liv.: v. characteristic. 2. cŏlor (fig.): what after all, said he, is that c. of refinement (to which you refer)? qui est, inquit, iste tandem urbanitatis c.? Cic.: v. complexion. 3. hăbĭtus, ūs: the c. of a speech, h. orationis, Cic.: v. characteristic. V. Office, capacity: 1. persōna: to assume the c. of a plaintiff, petitoris p. capere, Cic.: to represent the c. of another, alienam p. ferre, Liv. 2. partes, ium: the c. of a (single) actor, actoris partes, Hor.: v. inf. 3. nŭmĕrus: in the c. of a soldier, numero militis, Caes. VI. A part or personage; esp. in a drama: 1. partes, ium, f.: he who will play the principal c. will be Phormio, primas p. qui aget, is erit Phormio, Ter.: the second or inferior c., p. secundae (or simply secundae), Cic.: Plin. 2. persōna: the c. of a parasite, parasiti p., Ter.: Gell.
CHARACTER Copy link • CHARACTERmark, impression, nota: signum: character (especially a mark stamped or burned on an animal). sum of such marks, making up the peculiar character of anything, alicujus rei natura atque vis: *peculiaris forma atque indoles: the character of a writer (with reference to style), stilus: scribendi genus (only prae- and post-classical, character, except in Varr.). Hence, character of a person, natura: indoles: ingenium: animus (the three first, the original cast of the individual’s mind: animus, his whole moral and intellectual nature): mores (his moral character), vita (his kind of life): persona (the part he plays, as it were, on the theatre of civil life, Cic., Lael., 1, 4; Quint., 10. 1, 55). Vid: All these expressions denote only a part of the whole character: to denote the whole, join, indoles animi ingeniique (Liv., 10, 17); natura et mores, mores naturaque; ingenium ac mores, vita moresque; mos et natura (e.g., of a people, gentis): goodness of character, bonitas: a gentle, kind, affable character, comitas; humanitas; ingenium lene, liberale: a harsh, inexorable character, ingenium durum atque inexorabile: an affable, complaisant character, mores faciles: an elevated character, animus magnus, excelsus, altus; altitudo animi: a fickle character, ingenium mobile: a many-sided character, ingenium multiplex: of a mild character, mitis ingenio: of a firm character, constans: to see a man’s character at once by his face, alicujus mores naturamque ex oculis pernoscere (Cic.): to form one’s character, mores conformare. A peculiarity of character, proprietas: a fault of character, morum vitium. Official dignity, appellatio: nomen: dignitas: munus. To be clothed with the character of an ambassador, legationes administrare, agere; legationibus fungi: to accept the character of an ambassador, legationum obire mumis (Cic.., Phil., 9, l, 3). Good character. Vid: REPUTATION.