I.clean, cleanly, nice, neat, elegant.
I. Lit. (class.; “syn.: lautus, nitidus, purus): supellex,” Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 7: “caena,” id. C. 3, 29, 14: “ager,” Gell. 19, 12, 8: “mundissimum cubile desiderat (animal),” Col. 7, 9, 14: “jam intus mundissimumst,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7.—Poet., with abl., = ornatus: Ostia munita est: idem loca navibus pulchris Munda facit, adorned, Enn. ap. Tert. p. 258 Müll. (Ann. v. 146 Vahl.).—
B. Transf.
1. Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel: “cultus justo mundior,” too elegant dress, Liv. 8, 15.— As subst.: mundus , i, m. (sc. homo), an elegant or nice person, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.—
2. Of quality, not coarse, fine (post-class.): “annonae, of wheat,” Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42, 3: “panis,” id. ib. 37, 3.—
II. Trop.
A. Of speech, neat, fine, elegant (poet. and in postclass. prose): “verba, Ov A. A. 3, 479: versus, quibus mundius nihil reperiri puto,” Gell. 19, 9, 10: “in Gallos mundius subtiliusque est, quam cum Gallis aut contra Gallos,” id. 17, 2 med.—
B. Subst.: mun-dum , i. n., only in the phrase: in mundo (esse or habere), in readiness (ante-class.): tibi vita seu mors in mundo est, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Ann. v. 457 Vahl.: “in mundo pro palam et in expedito ac cito, Charis.): nempe habeo in mundo,” Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 46: “mihi in mundo sunt virgae,” id. As. 2, 1, 16; 2, 2, 50: “nescio quid vero habeo in mundo,” id. Stich. 3, 2, 23; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85 Ritschl.—
C. In eccl. Lat., morally pure, upright, free from sin: “cor mundum crea in me, Deus,” Vulg. Psa. 50, 12: “beati mundo corde,” id. Matt. 5, 8.—Hence, adv., in two forms (both, for the most part, anteand post-class.).—
a. mundē , cleanly, neatly, prettily: “(copia) in suo quaeque loco sita munde,” Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 5: verrite aedes, spargite munde, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 183 P.: “parum munde et parum decenter,” Sen. Ep. 70, 20: “munde facti versus,” Gell. 10, 17, 2: “quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,” Cato, R. R. 66, 1.—
2. Trop., decently, with propriety: “dicere,” App. Mag. p. 296, 14.
