The corpus record — Latin

generositas

generositas · f

nobility

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Where it lives

Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5 · 0.64/10k
De Anima 1 · 0.42/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k
Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

gĕnĕrōsĭtas — Lewis & Short

gĕnĕrōsĭtas, ātis, f.generosus,

I nobility, excellence, goodness (post-Aug.): in ipsa ove satis generositatis ostenditur brevitate crurum, ventris vestitu, i. e. noble breed or race, Plin. 8, 48, 75, § 198: caprarum, id. 8, 50, 76, § 202: taurorum, id. 8, 45, 70, § 181: antea Caecubo erat generositas celeberrima, id. 14, 6, 8, § 61; Col. Arb. 1, 3; 3, 6, 4; Pall. Oct. 3; Vulg. Sap. 8, 3.—

II High spirit, boldness: leonis, Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 50.

In the wild

generositatem Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.6.4
generositatis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.50
generositas Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.16.p1
generositas Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.45.p2
generositatem Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.36.3
generositatis Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.4.2

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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