proportion (subs) Copy link Outline 1. portio, ōnis, f. (to be used in all adverbial phrr., though not capable of standing as equivalent for the Eng. in technical sense2. only as technical term, prōportio, ōnis (a coinage ventured by Cic. after the Gk., ἀναλογία)3. expr. by rătio (relation) with depend. gen.4. symmetria (due measurement of the parts of a figure or work in relation to each other and the whole) • proportion (subs): 1. portio, ōnis, f. (to be used in all adverbial phrr., though not capable of standing as equivalent for the Eng. in technical sense: cf. infr.): in p. (proportionally), pro portione, Cic. Verr. 4, 21, 46: in p. to the (magnitude of the) subject, pro p. rerum, id. de Or. 2, 79, 320: in a certain (defined) p., pro rata p., [also, pro rata parte], Plin. 11, 15, 15: to observe the same p., eandem servare p., Curt. 7, 11, med. 2. only as technical term, prōportio, ōnis (a coinage ventured by Cic. after the Gk., ἀναλογία): Cic. Tim. 4, fin. (audendum est enim, quoniam haec primum a nobis novantur): Varr. L. L. 10, init. (where however only the form proportione, occurs: which need imply no nom. case proportio): Vitr. 3, 1, init. (thus defined, Proportio est ratae partis membrorum in omni opere totiusque commodulatio, ex qua ratio efficitur symmetriarum). 3. expr. by rătio (relation) with depend. gen.: the p.s (of measurement) which appear to be necessary in all works, mensurarum rationes quae in omnibus operibus videntur necessariae esse, Vitr. 3, 1, 5; cf. ib. § 1, ratio symmetriarum. 4. symmetria (due measurement of the parts of a figure or work in relation to each other and the whole): Vitr. 1, 2, 3, sq.: Plin.: v. symmetry. Phr.: to be in perfect p. (of the parts of a building), convenientissimum habere commensuum responsum, Vitr. 3, 1, 3. cf. ib. § 4, ita natura composuit corpus hominis, uti pro portionibus membra ad summam ejus figurationem respondeant: to promise [so much] to the privates, and in p. to the centurions, [tantum] militibus polliceri, et pro rata parte centurionibus, Caes. B. C. 1, 17, fin.: Cic.: the subs. is sometimes omitted (not in Cic.), whence we get, pro rata: Liv. 45, 40, med.
proportion (v.) Copy link • proportion (v.): pro portione [alicujus rei] facere, describere, etc.: v. subs.
PROPORTION Copy link • PROPORTION 1. Comparative relation, proportio (explained by Vitr., 3, 1, 1, est ratae partis membrorum in omni opere totiusque commodulatio): commensus (the proper quantity determined by measurement: also, with genitive, proportionis; Vid: Vitr. 3, 1, 2): symmetria (the whole whose parts are in proportion, Vitr. 1, 2, 4, ex ipsius operis membris conveniens consensus ex partibusque separatis ad universae figurae speciem ratae partis responsus; and 8, 1, 3, expressed by circumlocution; ad universam totius magnitudinis ex partibus singulis convenientissimus commensuum responsus. Pliny says the Latin language has no corresponding word, 34, 8, 19, no. 6, §65): congruentia aequalitasque (correspondence and equality of parts, with reference to the whole; Vid: Plin., Ep., 2, 5, 11). The proportion (symmetry) of anybody’s figure, limbs, convenientia partium; apta membrorum compositio; membrorum omnium competentia (Gell.); membrorum aequitas et commoditas (Suet., Oct., 79, of the body): his other limbs were without exception, in the exactest proportion (i. e., to the breadth of his shoulders), ceteris quoque membris usque ad imos pedes fuit aequalis et congruens (Suet., Tiberius, 68, init.): in proportion, proportione; aequaliter; congruenter: built in proportion, proportione constructus (of a body): in perfect proportion, omnibus membris usque ad imos pedes aequalis et congruens (of a person; Suet., Tiberius, 68, init.): to be (to be made, etc.) in proportion, inter se cum quodam lepore consentire; suos habere commensus proportionis; proportionibus ad summam figurationem corporis respondere (of the members of the body; Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 28, 98; Vit., 3, 1, 2 and 4): in proportion to, ad (with accusative of thing): pro: pro rata parte. Sometimes by ut est, etc. In proportion to the times, ut tum erant tempora. Fixed part, rata pars. Analogy, analogia: proportio (Varr. and Cic.): similitudo (likeness). 2. v. *justa ratione describere: pro rata parte ratione distinguere (Cic., Rep., 6, 18): well proportioned, proportione constructus (of bodies): perfectly well proportioned, omnibus membris usque ad imos pedes aequalis et congruens (after Suet., Tib., 68, init; of a man): to be well proportioned [Vid: “to be made in PROPORTION”]. To be beautifully proportioned in all its details, ad universam totius magnitudinis summam ex partibus singulis convenientissimum habere commensuum responsum (of the details, etc., of a temple, Vitr. 3, 1, 3).