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antīquĭtas , ātis, f. antiquus,
I.the quality of being antiquus, age, antiquity (class., but only in prose).
II. Spec., ancient time, antiquity.
B. Meton.
1. The occurrences of antiquity, the history of ancient times, antiquity: “tenenda est omnis antiquitas,Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18: “memoria antiquitatis,id. Brut. 59, 214: “antiquitatis iter,id. de Or. 1, 60, 256 al.: “antiquitatis amator,Nep. Att. 18, 1 Bremi and Dähne; cf. id. ib. 20 al.—In plur., a title of historical or archœological works, antiquities; cf. Plin. praef.; Gell. 5, 13: “Varro in antiquitatibus rerum humanarum scripsit, etc.,id. 11, 1 et saep. —
3. The condition or state of former times (eccl. Lat.): “Et soror tua Sodoma et filiae ejus revertentur ad antiquitatem suam,Vulg. Ezech. 16, 55 ter.
II. Esp., with the access. idea of moral excellence (cf. antiquus, II. C.), the good old times, the honesty of the good old times, integrity, uprightness, etc.: “P. Rutilius documentum fuit virtutis, antiquitatis, prudentiae,Cic. Rab. Post. 10: “his gravissimae antiquitatis viris probatus,id. Sest. 3: “haec plena sunt antiquitatis,id. Planc. 18, 45; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 209: “exemplar antiquitatis,Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 1.
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