cĕlē^brĭtas — Lewis & Short
cĕlē^brĭtas, ātis, f.id..
I A great number, a multitude, a large assembly, a numerous concourse or gathering, a crowd (syn. frequentia; opp. solitudo;
in good prose): in multitudine et celebritate judiciorum,Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 4; cf. Tac. A. 16, 29: odi celebritatem; fugio homines;
esset mihi ista solitudo non amara,Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1; cf. id. ib. 12, 13, 1; id. Off. 3, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 2, 18: in celebritate versari, to live in society, Nep. praef. §
6: virorum ac mulierum,Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 65:
audientium,Quint. 1, 2, 29 al.:
loci,Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 7; Tac. A. 3, 9:
viae,Cic. Att. 3, 14, 2; Tac. H. 2, 64:
totius Graeciae,Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9.—
II Meton.
A A festal celebration, a solemnity:
supremi diei,a solemn procession for the dead, Cic. Mil. 32, 86; cf. Liv. 30, 38, 12.—
B Fame, renown, celebrity:
celebritas sermonis hominum,Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:
causa celebritatis et nominis,id. Off. 2, 13, 44:
famae,id. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:
nominis,Sall. H. Fragm. 5, 6, p. 243 Gerl.; Suet. Gram. 23:
in docendo,Gell. 7, 17, 1:
aeris,Plin. 34, 1, 2, § 2; v. Sillig N cr.