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cĕlē^brĭtas , ātis, f. id..
I. A great number, a multitude, a large assembly, a numerous concourse or gathering, a crowd (syn. frequentia; opp. solitudo; “in good prose): in multitudine et celebritate judiciorum,” Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 4; cf. Tac. A. 16, 29: odi celebritatem; fugio homines; “esset mihi ista solitudo non amara,” Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 13, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 18: in celebritate versari, to live in society, Nep. praef. § “6: virorum ac mulierum,” Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65: “audientium,” Quint. 1, 2, 29 al.: “loci,” Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 7; Tac. A. 3, 9: “viae,” Cic. Att. 3, 14, 2; Tac. H. 2, 64: “totius Graeciae,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9.—
II. Meton.
A. A festal celebration, a solemnity: “supremi diei,” a solemn procession for the dead, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; cf. Liv. 30, 38, 12.—
B. Fame, renown, celebrity: “celebritas sermonis hominum,” Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20: “causa celebritatis et nominis,” id. Off. 2, 13, 44: “famae,” id. Tusc. 1, 12, 28: “nominis,” Sall. H. Fragm. 5, 6, p. 243 Gerl.; Suet. Gram. 23: “in docendo,” Gell. 7, 17, 1: “aeris,” Plin. 34, 1, 2, § 2; v. Sillig N cr.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (19):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 14.1.7
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.2.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 3.14.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 3.7.1
    • Cicero, For Milo, 32.86
    • Tacitus, Annales, 16.29
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.9
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.64
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 34.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 38.12
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.26
    • Cicero, De Republica, 6.19
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.12
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.3
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.13
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 2.18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 2.29
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 7.17.1
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