I.beauty.
I. Lit.: “ut corporis est quaedam apta figura membrorum cum coloris quādam suavitate eaque dicitur pulchritudo,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 31: “simulacri,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72; cf. “corporis,” id. Off. 1, 28, 98: “pulchritudinis duo genera sunt, quorum in altero venustas est, in altero dignitas, venustatem muliebrem dicere debemus, dignitatem virilem,” id. ib. 1, 36, 130: “pulchritudinis habere verissimum judicium,” id. Inv. 2, 1, 3: “equi,” Gell. 3, 9, 8: “urbis,” Flor. 2, 6, 34: “flammae,” Suet. Ner. 38: “operis,” Plin. Ep. 10, 46, 3.—
II. Trop., beauty, excellence: “oratoris,” Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71: “verborum,” Quint. 3, 7, 12: “orationis,” Petr. 2: “honestum suā pulchritudine specieque laudabile,” Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 38: “splendor pulchritudoque virtutis?” id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.: “ut Isocratis memorat pulchritudo,” i. e. the charming writer, Amm. 30, 8, 6.—
III. Transf., a beauty, i. e. a beautiful thing; in plur.: “pulchritudines,” i. e. beautiful jewels, Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 129.
