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vărĭĕtas , ātis, f. varius,
I.difference, diversity, variety (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): varietas Latinum verbum est, idque proprie quidem in disparibus coloribus dicitur: sed transfertur in multa disparia: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna; “voluptas etiam varia dici solet, cum percipitur ex multis dissimilibus rebus dissimiliter efficientibus voluptates,Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10: “florum omnium,id. Sen. 15, 54: “Asia varietate fructuum facile omnibus terris antecedit,id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: “ut in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt, sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates,id. Off. 1, 30, 107; cf. id. Div. 2, 44, 92: “varietates vocum,id. ib. 2, 3, 9: “caeli,id. ib. 1, 36, 79: “rerum publicarum,id. Rep. 3, 3, 4: “bellum in multā varietate terrā marique versatum,” i. e. changes, vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21: “(Timaeus) sententiarum varietate abundantissimus,id. de Or. 2, 14, 58: “esse in varietate ac dissensione,variety of opinion, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2: “voluntatis,difference of wish, id. Att. 1, 17, 1: “utilitatis varietates,id. Rep. 1, 32, 49: “nec varietatem natura patitur,id. ib. 3, 11, 18: extimescens varietatem atque infidelitatem exercitūs, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2: “ad varietates annonae horreum fore,vicissitudes, Liv. 7, 31, 1: “figurarum,Quint. 10, 2, 1: “juris,id. 3, 6, 90: “nullum exspirantem versicolori quādam et numerosā varietate spectari proceres gulae narrant,Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66: “cum videamus tot varietates circumagi,fluctuations of fortune, Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.—
II. Transf., varied clothing, colored attire: “circumamictā varietate, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 16, 2: circumamicta varietatibus,Vulg. Psa. 44, 15.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.18.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.17.1
    • Cicero, For Archias, 9.21
    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 6.14
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 44.15
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.14
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.66
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 4.24.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 31
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.32
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.3
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.3
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.1
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 15
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.44
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.30
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 6.90
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 2.1
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