Lepor, lepôris, pen. prod. m. gen. Quod & Lepos lepôris dicítur. Plautus. Pleasantuesse of speach: the good grace or delectablenesse in speathe, gesture, and doing a thing: pleas grace.Faceto lepôre solers. Plin. Lepos quidam, facetiæque, & eruditio libero digna. Cicero. Facetiarum & vrbanitatis oratorius, non scurilis lepos. Cic.A certaine pleasant grace in meaty sayings seemely for an or atour, and not such as scoffers doe vse.Sermonis lepor.Cic. Lepor drcendi. Cic.Non infaceto lepore. Plin. Disertus leporum ac facetiarum, Catul.Verie good in pleasant sayings and meary conceies.Magous in iocando lepos erat in homine.Cic.The man had a great grace in pleasant iesting. Lepore ac venustate affluens.Cic.Leporem quendam & salem est consecutus.Cic.Nitidus & lcuis lepor. Lucr. A trinune & smooth polishing.Vario distincta lepore omnia. Lucret. All things placed in a trimine and pleasant order.Æternum dare leporem dictis Lucret.Verborum lepores illigantur in co genere, Vide ILLIGO.Persusa lepore omnia corrident. Lucret. All things delight with a marneilous grace.Medjo defonte leporum surgit amari aliquid. Lucr.
LepÛs, léporris, pen. cor. m. g. Varro. An hare.Autiti lepores.Virg.Proni lepores.Ouid.Hares low before.Exagitatus lepus.Ouid.An hare hunced.Solicitus lepus.Ouid.The searefull hare.Velox lepus. Mahilius. Fœcundus lepus. Horat. Venari leporem canibus.Virg.To hunt an hare with hounds.Molles lepores excipere. Propert. Pauidum captare leporem. Horatius. To hunt the fearefull hate. Lepus, Piscis ex lacertorum genere. Plin. A fish that is poyson to a man, and man to him.
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lĕpor and lĕpos, ōris, m. [perh. root lamp-; Gr. la/mpw, lampro/s; cf. Lat. limpidus, lanterna], pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness, charm. I. In gen.: quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur sine omni lepore et sine suavitate, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32: aurea, pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla, Lucr. 2, 502; 4, 1133: omnis vitae lepos, Plin. 31, 7, 41, 88.—II. In partic. A. Of behavior, pleasantness, grace, politeness, amiability: affluens omni lepore ac venustate, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, 142: in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis, id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55. —B. As a term of endearment, = blanditiae, my delight, charmer: respice, o mi lepos, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19; id. Curc. 1, 2, 4.— C. Of speech, pleasantry, wit, humor (so most freq. in Cic.; cf.: sal, facetiae, festivitas): Inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia, Plaut. As. prol. 13: ea esset in homine jucunditas et tantus in jocando lepos ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 27: urbanitatis oratorius, non scurrilis, lepos, id. Brut. 38, 143; cf. id. de Or. 1, 34, 159: floruit admirabili quodam lepore dicendi, id. Ac. 2, 6, 16: inusitatus nostris oratoribus lepos, id. de Or. 2, 23, 98: omnes verborum, omnes sententiarum lepores, id. Or. 27, 96.
lĕpus, ŏris, m. (com., Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, 217; v. infra) [cf. Aeol. and Sicil. le/poris, collat. form of lagw/s, Varr. L. L. 5, 101 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 12; but Curt. compares lepor, lepidus, root in Gr. la/mpw], a hare, Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, 217: lepus multum somni affert, qui illum edit, Cato ap. Diomed. p. 358 P.; Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 31: auritosque sequi lepores, Verg. G. 1, 308: pavidus, Hor. Epod. 2, 35; id. C. 1, 37, 18: dare semesum leporem, Juv. 5, 167.—Of the she-hare: lepus cum praegnans sit, Varr. R. R. 3, 12; Plin. 8, 55, 81, 219; cf.: fecundae leporis, Hor. S. 2, 4, 44 (fecundi, Keller).—Prov.: aliis leporem exagitare, to hunt the hare for others, i. e. to do something of which others reap the advantage, Petr. 131; cf. Ov. A. A. 3, 661: lepus tute es et pulpamentum quaeris? What! you a hare, and hunting for game? —In mal. part., Liv. Andron. ap. Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 36; cf. Don. ad h. l. and Vop. Num. 13. —As a term of endearment: mens pullus passer, mea columba, mi lepus, Plaut. Cas. 1, 50.—II.Transf.A.A poisonous seafish, of the color of a hare, the Aplysia depilans, Linn.; Plin. 9, 48, 72, 155; 32, 1, 3, 8.—B.The constellation Lepus, Cic. Arat. 365; id. N. D. 2, 44, 114; Hyg. Astr. 3, 22; Manil. 5, 159.