honesty Copy link Outline 1. prŏbĭtas2. sincērĭtas (freedom from guile and insincerity)3. fĭdes, ĕi, f. (good faith) • honesty: 1. prŏbĭtas: Cic.: v. uprightness. 2. sincērĭtas (freedom from guile and insincerity): Phaedr. 4, 13, 3. Join: probitas sinceritasque, Gell. 14, 2, ad init. 3. fĭdes, ĕi, f. (good faith): a man of well-known and tried h., vir notaeque et expertae f., Gell. l. c.: justice in matters of trust is called h., justitia creditis in rebus f. nominatur, Cic. Part. 22, extr.
HONESTY Copy link • HONESTYprobitas: integritas: sanctitas (moral purity): innocentia (blameless life): fides (fidelity). (The words are found in this connection and order.) integritas et fides: sinceritas (candor, guilelessness): probitas et ingenuitas: simplicitas (plainness, straightforwardness, in behavior): animus apertus (open-heartedness). ☞ Honestas is more than the English honesty = virtue as displaying itself in virtuous and noble sentiments; Döderlein. It may, however, be used for it when “honesty” is used in a very strong sense.