expression Copy link Outline I. Pressing outII. The act of giving expression toIII. VerbalIV. Of the features, in works of art, etc.1. vultus, ūs (e. of the countenance)2. argūtiae, arum (movement, grace and life) • expression: I. Pressing out: expressio (e. g. mellis): Pall.: Vitr. II. The act of giving expression to: expr. by verb: joy beyond e., *gaudia majora quam quae (ut) verbis exprimi possint: v. to express. III. Verbal: vox, verba: v. word, language. Phr.: for we use the e., "to give up the ghost," nam agere animam [et efflare] dicimus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 19: how often he uses the e., "both consul and Antony," quam crebro usurpat et consul et Antonius! Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 70: to make use of an e. of Solon's, ut Solonis dictum usurpem, Cic.: cf. Lucr. 1, 61. IV. Of the features, in works of art, etc.: 1. vultus, ūs (e. of the countenance): the countenance of Socrates wore always the same e., erat in Socrate semper idem v., Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31: v. features. 2. argūtiae, arum (movement, grace and life): he (Parrhasius) was the first to paint e. ("play") of countenance, primus argutias vultus dedit, Plin. 35, 10, 36 § 5 (elsewhere Plin. has animi perturbationes pingere, to paint e. of feeling, ib. § 19). Phr.: to sing with e., *apte ad animos hominum commovendos canere; animi motus (perturbationes) canendo bene exprimere: the head is the principal thing for e. (in a speaker), praecipuum est caput ad significationem, Quint. 11, 3, 68.
EXPRESSION Copy link • EXPRESSIONThe act of expressing, enunciatio (of a thought): the art of expression., ars enunciatrix. Speech, word, etc., employed in expressing sentiments, vox: verbum: vocabulum (a word; SYN. in WORD): oratio (the compass of many words or expressions; a speech): a legal expression, vocabulum forense: a military (nautical) expression, vocabulum militare or castrense; vocabulum nauticum: lofty expressions, verba splendida: polished expressions, verba exculta: choice expressions, verba lecta, quaesita, or exquisita; dicendi lumina: studied expressions, verba apparata: unnatural expressions, far-fetched expressions, contortiones orationis: most suitable, most significant expressions, verba maxime cujusque rei propria: to use flattering expressions to anybody, honorifico erga aliquem sermone uti: I have no suitable expression for anything, verbis satis dicere non possum: that for which it is difficult to find an expression, res ad eloquendum difficilis. Of the eyes, in painting, etc., argutiae (the free expression in the human face which shows the individual character of the person; also powerful expression in a picture): eyes in which there is expression, oculi arguti. Without any expression, languens, languidus (of style, etc.); iners (of the eye, in poetry).