varietās ātis, f
varius, difference, diversity, variety: varietas . . . proprie in disparibus coloribus dicitur, sed transfertur in multa disparia: florum omnium: sententiarum varietate abundantissimus.—A kind, variety, species, sort: in omni varietate artium excellere: varietates vocum.— Fig., difference, variance, disagreement, dissension: esse in varietate ac dissensione, division: cum fieret sine ullā varietate discessio, i. e. a unanimous vote.—A change, vicissitude, inconstancy, fickleness: bellum in multā varietate versatum, i. e. vicissitudes: qui in eius (i. e. fortunae) varietate sunt versati, have experience of its fickleness: ad varietates annonae horreum fore, vicissitudes, L.
