Virtus, virtûtis, f. g. pe. pro. Cice. Vertue: strength: puissace valiantnesse: manlinesse: manhoode: prowesse: power: helpe. Merite or desart.Bellandi virtus in perfecto Imperatore quærenda est. Cice. Manlinesse in warsare, &c.Actuosa virtus. Vide Actuosa vita in AGO. Animosa. Sil. Stoute manhoode.Ardua. Sta. Atrox. Sil. Arguta.Plaut. Bellica. Ci. Aspera Sil. Crudelis. Stat.Damnosa alicui virtus.Ouid.Valiantnesse prouing hurtfull to one. Effera virtus. Val. Flac.Expertæ virtutis homo. Tac. A man of tryed vertue.Ferox virtus. Vir. Feruida Catul. Ignea, Lucan. Horrida.Stat. Indomita. Sen. Maior post otia virtus Stat.Spectata virtus belli domiq. Hor. Vertue and manhoode tried both in peace and warre.Temeraria virtus nocet.Ouid. Velox virtus. Sil. Viuida bello virtus. Vir. Affirmare armis virtutem. Tac. Conniti virtute, Vide CONNITOR.Defendere terram patriam armis ac virtute. Lucret. Wyth pomer of war and manhoode.Egressa modum virtus.Stat.Manhoode passing measure.Fracta virtus, Hor.Courage abated.Frænata iuuenum virtus quieuit.Stat.Mira manuum pedumq; virtute fretus. Luc. Trusting to his maruailous swiftnesse offoote, and strength of hand.Bona virtus exilio punita. Sil. Præstans virtute.Virg.Senescit virtus enicta veneno desidiæ, Sil.Courage and manhoode poysoned with ydlenesse, decayeth.Locum virtute secundum tenere. Virgil. Virtute tua.Plaut.By thy aide and helpe Arboris vel equi virtus.Cic.The strength, &c.Virtute formæ id cuenit, te vt deceat quicquid habeas.Plaut.By the grace of thy fauor & beautie it commeth to passe, &c.Mercis virtus.Plaut.The valne of the ware.Verbi vel dictionis virtus. C. The strength & siguification, &c.Vis & virtus dicendi.Cic.The strength and grare of, &c.Orationum virtutes. Quint. The graces of a stile.Disputatrix virtus. Quint. Virtus. Cice. Perfection. In sensibus est sua cuiusque virtus. Cic. Virtus. Cice. Authoritie. Virtus.Cic.Vertue.Omnia summa consequutus est virtute duce, comite fortuna.Cic.Virtus est per se ipsa laudabilis, & sine qua nihil laudari potest.Cic.Virtus animi.Cic.Vir singulari virtute præditus.Cic.Singularis & præstantissima virtus P. Lentuli. Cice. L. Piso qui tanta virtute atque integritate fuit: vt, &c. Cicer.Whiche was of so greate vertue and integritie, that. &c.Pro tuis maximis, charissimisq, virtutibus.Cic.Ornatus virtutibus.Cic.Virtutibus dignum Consulatu iudicate alterum.Cic.Macte virtute, Vide MACTO.India virtuti nulla est via.Ouid.Vertue will passe euerie way.Aditus virtutis.Stat.Præmium virtutis est gloria.Cic.Seculum virtutum sterile. Tac. Acris animi virtus. Lucr. Aeterna virtus, Vide ÆTERNVS.Ardua virtus.Virg.Carnest vertue.Ardens virtus. Hor. Ciuiles virtutes. Quint. Clara & insignis virtus alicuius posteris, Vide INSIGNIS.Egregia virtus.Cic.Gloriosa & memorabilis virtus.Cic.Non est immunis virtus, Vide IMMVNIS, Inexplebilis virtutis veræq: laudis homo.Liu.A man that can not be satisfied with vertue and noble praise.Ingens virtus. Hor. Iugatæ virtutes. Cic.Semper sola libera est virtus.Cic.Manca virtus.Cic.Durior est conditio spectatæ virtutis, qum incogitatæ. Brutus Cice, Veræ virtutis custos. Hor. Accedere virtuti, Vide ACCEDO.Adhibere virtutem, Vide ADHIBEO.Adoleuit virtus, Vide ADOLEO.Amittere virtutem.Cic. Amplexari virtutem. Cicer.Amplificare virtutem laudibus.Cic.Capere virtutem.Plaut.Certare virtute Virgiliana. Plin. Confidere virtuti, Cice.To baue a confidente in his vertue.Contestata virtus, Vide CONTESTOR.Viam virtutis deserere. Hor. To forsake the trade of vertue.Eminere virtutibus. Quint. Extendere virtutem factis.Virg.To increase his glorie by noble actes.Exuere virtutem. Tac. To cast off vertue.Præ se virtutem ferre. Quint. Fingere virtutes. Tc. Habere & perdere virtutem. Cice. Iacent virtutes, Vide IACHO.Imminuta virtus.Cic. Inchoare virtutem. Cic.Inuoluere se sua virture. Hor. To arme himselle with his own vertue, and holde himselfe content therewith, not looking for for tunes aide.Nulla vi labefactari potest virtus.Cic.Laborare virtute ac studijs. Quint. To indeuour, &c.Locare virtutem, Vide Loco, locas, in LOCVS.Studium virtutis monstrare alicui.Stat.Multare virtutem morte. Quint. To put one to death for a vertuous acte.Obsoleseit virtus. Vide Obsolesco in OBSOLHO. Ornatus ex suis virtutibus. Ter. Dressed in his conlonrs.Præstare virtute Cice.Repræsentare virtutem alicuius. Hora. Retinere virtutem. Tac. To keepe his vertue.Parem esse alicui virtute.Ouid.Superare virtute dolores.Ouid.Virtus virtute superatur.Cic. Virtutes pro vitijs, per ironiam aliquando ponuntur. Ter. Virtus. Quint. A propertie.
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virtūs, ūtis (gen. plur. virtutium, App. Mag. 73; Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 34; dat. and abl. VIRTVTEI, Inscr. Corp. Lat. 1, 30 and 34), f. [vir], manliness, manhood, i. e. the sum of all the corporeal or mental excellences of man, strength, vigor; bravery, courage; aptness, capacity; worth, excellence, virtue, etc.: virtus clara aeternaque habetur, Sall. C. 1, 4: ni virtus fidesque vostra spectata mihi forent, id. ib. 20, 2; id. J. 74, 1. I. In gen. A.Lit.: ita fiet, ut animi virtus corporis virtuti anteponatur, Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 38: his virtutibus ornatus, modestiā, temperantiā, justitiā, id. Off. 1, 15, 46; cf.: virtutes continentiae, gravitatis, justitiae, fidei, id. Mur. 10, 23: virtus atque integritas, id. Font. 13, 29: oratoris vis divina virtusque, id. de Or. 2, 27, 120.—B.Transf., of animals, and of inanimate or abstract things, goodness, worth, value, power, strength, etc.: nam nec arboris, nec equi virtus (in quo abutimur nomine) in opinione sita est, sed in naturā, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 45: praedium-solo bono, suā virtute valeat, Cato, R. R. 1, 2: merci pretium statui, pro virtute ut veneat, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 131: navium, Liv. 37, 24, 1: ferri, Just. 11, 13, 11: herbarum, Ov. M. 14, 357: oratoriae virtutes, Cic. Brut. 17, 65: oratio habet virtutes tres, Quint. 1, 5, 1: dicendi (opp. vitium), id. 8, praef. 17: facundiae, id. 12, 3, 9.— II. In partic. A. In the phrase deūm virtute, usu. with dicam, by the aid or merit of the gods, i. e. the gods be thanked (anteclass), Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 65: virtute deūm et majorum nostrūm, id. Aul. 2, 1, 44; id. Capt. 2, 2, 71 dub.; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 85 and 90; so virtute eorum (i. e. majorum), id. Trin. 3, 2, 17.—B.Moral perfection, virtuousness, virtue.1.Lit.: est autem virtus nihil aliud quam in se perfecta et ad summum perducta natura, Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25: virtus est animi habitus naturae modo rationi consentaneus, id. Inv. 2, 53, 159: cum omnes rectae animi affectiones virtutes appellentur ... Appellata est ex viro virtus, etc., id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Inv. 2, 53, 159: nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare ... virtus in usu sui tota posita est, id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: est in eo virtus et probitas et summum officium summaque observantia, id. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.—2.Transf., Virtue, personified as a deity, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 61; 2, 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Phil. 14, 13, 34; Plaut. Am. prol. 42; Liv. 27, 25, 7; 29, 11, 13; Juv. 1, 115 al.—C.Military talents, courage, valor, bravery, gallantry, fortitude (syn. fortitudo), etc.: Helvetii reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cottidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 1, 2; 1, 13: militum, Sall. J. 52, 6; 62, 1: Claudi virtute Neronis Armenius cecidit, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 26: Scipiadae, id. S. 2, 1, 72; cf. id. Epod. 9, 26; 16, 5; id. C. 2, 7, 11.—D.Obstinacy: iniqua, Stat. Th. 11, 1.