moral (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Relating to morals or ethicsII. Conformed to what is right1. sanctus (of irreproachable character)2. prŏbus3. bĕnĕ (mĕlius, optĭmē) mōrātus (of good m. character)4. ēmendātus (free from blemish)III. Supported by reasonable grounds. as opp. to demonstrable • moral (adj.): I. Relating to morals or ethics: ēthĭcus, mōrālis: v. ethical. II. Conformed to what is right: 1. sanctus (of irreproachable character): (persons) of highly m. and conscientious nature, natura sancti et religiosi, Cic. R. Com. 15, 44. Join: frugalissimi, sanctissimi, id. Fl. 29, 71; neque integrior neque sanctior, id. Off. 1, 53, 229. 2. prŏbus: v. upright. 3. bĕnĕ (mĕlius, optĭmē) mōrātus (of good m. character): Join. probi, bene morati, boni viri, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, extr. 4. ēmendātus (free from blemish): an irreproachably m. and elevated character, vir emendatus et gravis, Plin. Ep. 3. 3, 5. a person of more m. life, homo emendatioris vitae, Ulp. Dig. 4, 3, 11. Phr.: (a person) of a good m. character, cujus probantur mores, instituta et vita, Cic. l. c. init. See also virtuous. III. Supported by reasonable grounds. as opp. to demonstrable: Phr. at amounts to a m. certainty, *verisimillimum est; tantum non necessario demonstratur: v. probable, necessary.
moral (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Drift, application of a fableII. Only pl., morals, as a domain of human life1. mōres, um, m.2. offĭcium (moral duty) • moral (subs.). I. Drift, application of a fable: expr. by significare, pertinere, etc.: the m. of this fable is that ..., haec significat fabula ..., Phaedr. 2, 8, 27: what is the m. of this story, hoc quo pertineat, id. 3, 1, 7: the m. of this fable is, 'handsome is that handsome does,' nihil agere quod non prosit fabella admonet, id. 3, 17, 13: so with docere, demonstrare, id. See also lesson. II. Only pl., morals, as a domain of human life: 1. mōres, um, m.: what avail laws, powerless without m.s, quid leges sine moribus vanae proficiunt? Hor. Od. 3, 24, 35: to treat of human life (character) and m.s, de hominum vita et moribus disputare, Cic. Br. 8, 31 (v. character): under pretence of reforming (public) m.s, specie morum corrigendorum, Suet. Tib. 59: the supervision of m.s, praefectura morum, id. Caes. 76; also, morum regimen, id. Aug. 27, fin. See also ethics. (N.B.--Mores form the subject matter of the science called ethice or philosophia moralis.) 2. offĭcium (moral duty): esp. pl.: what they have written on the subject of m.s, quae de officiis tradita ab illis et praecepta sunt, Cic. Off. 1, 2, 4: comp. title of Cic.'s work, De Officiis: no precepts in the field of m.s (duty, moral obligation), nulla officii praecepta, id. 1, 2, 5.
MORAL Copy link • MORALmoralis, quod ad mores pertinet (relating to manners; ☞ moralis, never = morally good, is a philosophical term, proposed by Cic., De Fat., 1, init., and afterward generally used in the Silver Age): bene or recte moratus, comparative melius moratus, superlative optime moratus (well-disposed, morally good): probus (good): honestus (virtuous; of persons and actions): *quod ad mores formandos pertinet (that relates to the formation of manners; of writings, etc.): moral goodness, honestum; decus, -oris, neuter: moral precepts, *de moribus praecepta: moral behavior, recti mores; vita honesta: to be led purely by moral motives, nulla alia re, nisi honestate duci: moral freedom, motus animorum voluntarius: we are not under any moral necessity, nihil impedit, quominus id, quod maxime placet, facere possumus: to consider anything in a moral point of view, aliquid refene ad mores: moral *philosophy, philosophiae pars moralis (proposed by Cic., De Fat. 1, 1, for the Greek ἠθική, and after him generally adopted; Vid: Sen., Ep., 89, 9, sq.; Tac., Dial., 30, 3; Quint., 6, 2, 8); philosophia, in qua de hominum vita et moribus disputatur (Cic., Brut., 8, 31); haec omnis, quae est de vita et de moribus philosophia (as Cic., Tusc., 3, 4, 8); philosophia quae virtutis, officii et bene vivendi disciplinam continet (Cic., Pis., 29, 71); ea pars philosophiae, qua mores conformari putantur (after Cic., Fin., 4, 2, 4). Probable, opposed to absolutely certain. Moral certainty, veri similitude: probabilitas magna (Cic., Acad., 2, 24) or maxima. In moral questions we ought to act upon moral certainty, *in rebus, quae ad mores pertinent, ipsam veri similitudinem sequi dehemus (☞ Cic., Acad., 2, 33, 107) or rem assensu nostro comprobatam actio sequi debet (ib.).
Moral Copy link Outline I. Sittenlehre:a. übh.: doctrina de moribus ...b. = Moralphilosophie, ...II. einzelne Lehre: praeceptum. ... Moral, I. Sittenlehre: a. übh.: doctrina de moribus (Sittenvorschriften übh.). descriptio expetendarum fugiendarumque rerum (Angabe dessen, was man erstreben und was man meiden soll). ratio rectae honestaeque vitae. via vitae (Art, wie man tugendhaft leben soll). doctrina bene vivendi. ars vitae (Lehre über ein tugendhaftes Leben). virtus (die Tugend selbst). officium. officia (Pflicht, Pflichten). M. in Versen, versus honestum aliquid monentes. vieles im Seneka ist um der M. willen zu lesen, multa in Seneca morum gratiā legenda sunt: alle M. untergraben. officium omne pervertere. b. = Moralphilosophie, w. s. II. einzelne Lehre: praeceptum.