The corpus record — Latin

honesto

honesto · v. a

to clothe

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Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
In L. Catilinam 3 · 2.39/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 3 · 1.98/10k
Pro L. Murena 2 · 1.9/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Pro P. Sulla 1 · 1.07/10k
Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
Catilina 1 · 0.94/10k
De Officiis 3 · 0.89/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 1 · 0.59/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

hŏnesto — Lewis & Short

hŏnesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id.,

I to clothe or adorn with honor; to honor, dignify; to adorn, grace, embellish (class.; cf. honoro), with personal or inanimate objects.

1 With personal objects quom me tanto honore honestas, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 106; 2, 1, 50; cf.: quod non dignos homines honore honestatos videbam, Sall. C. 35, 3 Kritz.: tantam laudem, quantā vos me vestris decretis honestatis, nemo est assecutus, Cic Cat 4, 10, 20: Saturnini imagine mortem ejus honestare, id. Rab. Perd. 9, 24; id. Sull. 29, 81; id. Off. 1, 39, 139: haec famigeratio Te honestet, me autem collutulet, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 67: ad eum augendum atque honestandum, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21: a quibus, si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur, diligenter observari videmur et coli, are honored by being accompanied through the basilica, id. Mur. 34, 70: summi viri Gracchorum et Flacci sanguine non modo se non contaminarunt, sed etiam honestarunt, id. Cat. 1, 12, 29: quem vultus honestat, Dedecorant mores, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 26; cf.: arma auro et argento distincta corpus rarae magnitudinis honestabant, Curt. 8, 44, 7: ingens corpus erat (Navii), et arma honestabant, Liv. 26, 5, 16.—

II With inanimate objects: nec domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda est, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139: L. Pauli currum rex nobilissimus Perses honestavit, id. Cat. 4, 10, 21: caput (avis) plumeo apice honestante (with distinguere), Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 3; cf. Curt. 8, 13: formam pudor honestabat, id. 6, 2; 3, 6 fin.: exornatio est, qua utimur rei honestandae et locupletandae causa, adorn, Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 7.

In the wild

honestatisque Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.56
honestes Plautus, Captivi 2.1
honestabat Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 6.2.6
honestante Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.2
honestavit Cicero, De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 86
honestaverit Statius, Silvae 4.pr

6 of 33 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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