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ingĕnŭĭtas , ātis, f. id..
I. The condition of a free-born man or gentleman, good birth: “ornamenta ingenuitatis,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113: “assertus in ingenuitatem,” Suet. Aug. 74; Tac. Or. 32.—
II. Trop., a mode of thinking worthy of a freeman, noble-mindedness,frankness, ingenuousness, noble demeanor: “prae se probitatem quandam et ingenuitatem ferre,” Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 66: “praestare ingenuitatem et ruborem,” Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242.
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 (4):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.113
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 74
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.59
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.66
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