I.fitly, skilfully put together or joined, well adjusted, beautiful (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. of discourse).
I. Object.
A. Prop.: “sat edepol concinna est (virgo) facie,” Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 77: “Samos ( = venusta, elegans),” pretty, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2: “tectorium,” Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1: helicis folia angulosa et concinniora (for εὐρυθμότερα, in Theophr. H. P. 3, 18), Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 148: “heluo,” elegant, Cic. Pis. 10, 22.—
B. Trop., of discourse, beautiful, elegant, polishcd, neat, striking, etc.: “(oratio) concinna, distincta, ornata, festiva, etc.,” Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 100: “sententiae non tam graves et severae quam concinnae et venustae,” id. Brut. 95, 325; cf.: “concinnae sententiae (opp. probabiles),” id. Or. 19, 65; and: “concinnae acutaeque sententiae,” id. Brut. 78, 272: “versus,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74: “sermo,” id. S. 1, 10, 23: “reditus ad rem aptus et concinnus,” Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203: “transgressio verborum, id est hyperbaton,” Quint. 9, 3, 91.—
2. Transf. to the person: “alii in eādem jejunitate concinniores, id est, faceti, florentes etiam et leviter ornati,” Cic. Or. 6, 20; Nep. Epam. 5, 1: “concinnus et elegans Aristo,” Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 13; cf. “also of the painter Nicophanes: elegans et concinnus (pictor),” Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111. —
II. Subject. ( = commodus, II.): concinnus alicui, suited to, fit, appropriate for; of persons, suiting one's self to, courteous, pleasing, etc. (rare): viris Venus ut concinnior esset, * Lucr. 4, 1276: “concinnus amicis,” Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—*
B. Concinnum est = commodum est: “age, age, ut tibi maxime concinnum est,” it is pleasing, agreeable, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 33.—Adv.
1. In the form concinnē , fitly, beautifully: “concinne et lepide vestita,” Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38. —Of discourse, elegantly, neatly, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 81; id. N. D. 2, 27, 69; id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49.—Comp.: “eloqui,” Aus. Grat. Act. ad Gratian. 8: saliunt aquae, Fronto de Orat. 1, p. 242 Mai.—Sup. of the adj. and adv. apparently not in use.—
2. In the form concinnĭter , Gell. 18, 2.