magnĭtūdo — Lewis & Short
magnĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.id.,
I greatness, size, bulk, magnitude (class.).
I Lit.
A Silvestres apes minores sunt magnitudine, in size, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19:
mundi,Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:
maris Aegaei,id. Fin. 3, 14, 45:
fluminis,Caes. B. C. 1, 49:
corporum,id. B. G. 1, 39:
ad fabae magnitudinem,of the size of, as large as, Cels. 5, 25, 4:
habebat ursos ferociae ac magnitudini suae simillimos,Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 5:
Goliath quidam, vir mirae magnitudinis et roboris,Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 34, 3:
elephantus ferus infinitae magnitudinis ultro se obtulit,Just. 15, 4, 19.—Plur.:
magnitudines regionum,Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5.—
B Of number and amount, a great number, great quantity, abundance, great amount:
copiarum,Nep. Dat. 1:
fructuum,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95:
pecuniae,id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:
quaestus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22.—
II Trop.
A In gen., greatness, vastness, extent:
magnitudo et vis amoris,Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:
acerbitatis et odii,id. Deiot. 11, 30:
beneficii,id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:
periculi,id. Quint. 2, 6:
doloris,Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 24:
ingenii,id. 25, 2, 3, § 7:
animi,greatness of soul, Cic. Part. 23, 81.— Rhetorically: vocis, the strength or compass of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20.— Of time: dierum ac noctium magnitudines, length, Plin 36, 10, 15, § 72.—
B In partic., rank, dignity (post-Aug.):
imperatoria,Tac. A. 16, 23:
infra tuam magnitudinem,beneath your dignity, id. ib. 14, 54. —Hence, in late Lat., as a title of honor, highness, excellency:
magnitudo tua,Cassiod. Var. 9, 13; Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2.