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lepidus1

lepidus1 · adj

pleasant, agreeable, charming, fine, elegant, neat

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, fragments 1 · 47.62/10k
Miles Gloriosus 32 · 25.24/10k
Epistularum 2 · 25/10k
Historiae 8 · 19.72/10k
Letters to and from Brutus 17 · 17.82/10k
Curculio 10 · 16.22/10k
Poenulus 17 · 15.41/10k
Bacchides 14 · 14.19/10k
Casina 11 · 14.17/10k
Stichus 8 · 12.89/10k
Persa 9 · 11.45/10k
Mostellaria 11 · 11.43/10k

Densest 12 of 100 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lĕpĭdus — Lewis & Short

lĕpĭdus, a, um, adj.lepos,

I pleasant, agreeable, charming, fine, elegant, neat (esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; in Cic. very rare).

I In gen.: fui ego bellus, lepidus, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3: nugator, id. Curc. 4, 1, 1: virgo, id. ib. 1, 3, 11: mortalis, id. Truc. 5, 1, 57: o lepidum patrem! Ter. And. 5, 4, 45: ego usa sum benigno et lepido et comi, id. Hec. 5, 3, 39: lepida es, id. ib. 5, 1, 26: forma lepida et liberalis, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 41: mores, id. Most. 2, 3, 12: fama, id. Trin. 2, 2, 98: facinus lepidum et festivum, id. Poen. 1, 2, 95: dies, id. Aul. 4, 8, 4: itan' lepidum tibi visum est, scelus nos irridere? Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17.—Comp.: nos invenies alterum Lepidiorem ad omnes res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 65.—Sup.: pater lepidissime, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 13: o capitulum lepidissimum, id. Eun. 3, 3, 25.—

B In a bad sense, nice, effeminate: hi pueri tam lepidi ac delicati, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—

II In partic., of speech, smart, witty, facetious: lepida et concinna, Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32: scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, Hor. A. P. 273: versus, Cat. 6, 17.—Hence, adv.: lĕpĭdē, pleasantly, agreeably, charmingly, finely, prettily.

1 In gen.: lepide ornata, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 84: stratus lectus, id. ib. 3, 3, 84: hoc effectum lepide tibi tradam, id. Curc. 3, 15: lepide ludificatus, id. Cas. 3, 2, 27: intellexisti, id. Truc. 3, 2, 13: lepide prospereque evenire, id. Ps. 2, 1, 1: ubi lepide voles esse tibi, mea rosa, mihi dicito, when you want to enjoy yourself, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 50.—

2 In partic.

(a) As an affirmative response, yes, very well: lepide licet, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 1.—

(b) As a term of applause, splendidly, excellently: euge, euge, lepide, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85: facete, laute, lepide: nihil supra, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37.—Comp.: nimis lepide fabulare: eo potuerit lepidius pol fieri, Plaut. Mil. 3, 5, 52.—Sup.: lepidissime et comissime, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66.—

(g) Of speech, smartly, wittily, humorously: in quo lepide in soceri mei persona lusit is, qui elegantissime id facere potuit, Lucilius: Quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf. id. Or. 44, 149: in libris multa posuit lepide atque argute reperta, Gell. 13, 10, 3.

2. Lĕpĭdus — Lewis & Short

Lĕpĭdus, i, m.,

I a surname in the gens Aemilia; e. g. M. Aemilius Lepidus, consul 675 A. U. C., an enemy of Sylla, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212.—Another M. Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir with Antony and Octavius, Cic. Mil. 5, 13; id. Phil. 5, 14, 39; v. his letters to Cicero ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34 sq.—Hence,

A Lĕpĭdā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidan: bellum, Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 63 Dietsch.—

B Lĕpĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidian: tumultus, which broke out a year after Sylla's death, in the consulate of M. Æmilius Lepidus, Macr. S. 1, 32.

In the wild

Lepido Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 10.15.1
lepidus Cicero, Letters to Atticus 8.14.3
Lepidus Cicero, Philippicae 5.40
Lepidus Cicero, Letters to Atticus 7.12.4
lepidus Catullus, Carmina elegies.78.2
lepidae Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.20

6 of 604 attestations shown.

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