regularity Copy link Outline I. Orderly arrangement1. ordo, ĭnis, m. (due arrangement; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 40)2. mŏdĕrātio3. symmetria (συμμετρία, for which acc. to Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65, there exists no Latin equiv.)II. Evenness, unbroken succession1. constantia2. aequābīlĭtas • regularity: I. Orderly arrangement: 1. ordo, ĭnis, m. (due arrangement; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 40): to reduce from disorder to r., ex inordinato in ordinem adducere, Cic. Tim. 3: the r. and methodical arrangement of all things which are done, o. et modus omnium quae fiunt, id. Off. 1, 5, 14: the disturbance of method and r., perturbatio rationis atque o., id. Par. 3, ad fin. 2. mŏdĕrātio: the r. of rhythm and scansion, m. numerorum et pedum, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254. 3. symmetria (συμμετρία, for which acc. to Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65, there exists no Latin equiv.): without r. and proportion, sine s. et proportione., Vitr. 3, 1, 1: in the same pass. (q. v.) he uses commodulatio: v. symmetry, proportion. Phr.: harmony and r., congruentia aequalitasque, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, ad fin.: shapeliness and r. of limb, commoditas aequitasque membrorum, Suet. Aug. 79, ad fin.: a polished r. of periods, ornata sententiarum concinnitas, Cic. Brut. 95, 325. II. Evenness, unbroken succession: 1. constantia: the marvellous r. (of the heavenly bodies) which surpasses belief, admirabilis incredibilisque c., Cic. N. D. 2., 21, 55: to preserve r. and order in one's actions., conservare c., ordinem, in factis, id. Off. 1, 4, 14. 2. aequābīlĭtas: v. uniformity.
REGULARITY Copy link • REGULARITYordo (due arrangement): constantia (quality of not changing): apta membrorum composite (regular adjustment of the parts of the body).