honourable Copy link Outline I. Enjoying honour1. hŏnestus2. hŏnōrātus (that is in the enjoyment of honour, whether deserving it or not; whereas honestus implies desert)3. amplus (stronger than preced. = distinguished)II. Doing or conferring honour1. hŏnōrĭfĭcus2. hŏnōrābĭlis, e (rare)3. expr. by hŏnos (freq.)III. In moral sense, consistent with true h. or virtue1. hŏnestus2. bŏnus (as gen. term)3. pulcher, chra, chrum (like Gk. καλός) • honourable: I. Enjoying honour: 1. hŏnestus: distinguished and h. plebeian families, amplae et h. familiae plebeiae, Cic. Mur. 7, 15: Liv. 2. hŏnōrātus (that is in the enjoyment of honour, whether deserving it or not; whereas honestus implies desert): illustrious and h. men, clari et h. viri, Cic. Sen. 7, 22. Sometimes the antithesis between honestus and honoratus is insisted on, cf. Cic. Br. 81, 281: Liv. 3. amplus (stronger than preced. = distinguished): Cic. II. Doing or conferring honour: 1. hŏnōrĭfĭcus: comp. -centior, -centissimus: h. mention, h. mentio, Cic.: very h. terms, honorificentissima verba, Cic. Very h., perhonorificus, Cic. 2. hŏnōrābĭlis, e (rare): Cic. Sen. 18, 63. 3. expr. by hŏnos (freq.): it was very h. to my friend Milo, that ..., honori summo nostro Miloni fuit, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58 (cf. L. G. § 297): to be regarded as very h., summo in h. esse, Cic. (v. honour): to receive an h. discharge (of soldiers), cum honore dimitti, Tac. H. 4, 46, fin. III. In moral sense, consistent with true h. or virtue: 1. hŏnestus: an h. emulation, h. certatio, Cic. Am. 9, 32: comp. honour (V., 2). 2. bŏnus (as gen. term): to get money in an h. manner, pecuniam b. modo invenire, Plin. 7, 43, 45: v. good, upright. 3. pulcher, chra, chrum (like Gk. καλός): a most h. example, pulcherrimum exemplum, Caes. B. G. 7, 77. Join: maximum atque pulcherrimum [facinus], Sall. Cat. 20. See also glorious.