lĕpor — Lewis & Short
lĕpor and lĕpos, ōris, m.perh. root lamp-; Gr. la/mpw, lampro/s; cf. Lat. limpidus, lanterna,
I pleasantness, agreeableness, attractiveness, charm.
I In gen.:
quasi salsa muriatica esse autumantur sine omni lepore et sine suavitate,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32:
aurea, pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore Saecla,Lucr. 2, 502; 4, 1133:
omnis vitae lepos,Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.—
II In partic.
A Of behavior, pleasantness, grace, politeness, amiability:
affluens omni lepore ac venustate,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:
in quo mihi videtur specimen fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis,id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55. —
B As a term of endearment, = blanditiae, my delight, charmer:
respice, o mi lepos,Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19; id. Curc. 1, 2, 4.—
C Of speech, pleasantry, wit, humor (so most freq. in Cic.; cf.:
sal, facetiae, festivitas): Inest lepos ludusque in hac comoedia,Plaut. As. prol. 13:
ea esset in homine jucunditas et tantus in jocando lepos ut, etc.,Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 27:
urbanitatis oratorius, non scurrilis, lepos,id. Brut. 38, 143; cf. id. de Or. 1, 34, 159:
floruit admirabili quodam lepore dicendi,id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:
inusitatus nostris oratoribus lepos,id. de Or. 2, 23, 98:
omnes verborum, omnes sententiarum lepores,id. Or. 27, 96.