mājestas — Lewis & Short
mājestas, ātis, f.major, magnus, q. v.,
I greatness, grandeur, dignity, majesty.
I Lit., of the gods; also the condition of men in high station, as kings, consuls, senators, knights, etc., and, in republican states, esp. freq. of the people (class.).
1 Of the gods:
di non censent esse suae majestatis, praesignificare hominibus, quae sunt futura,Cic. Div. 1, 38, 82 sq.:
primus est deorum cultus deos credere, deinde reddere illis majestatem suam,Sen. Ep. 95, 50:
divinam majestatem asserere sibi coepit,divine majesty, Suet. Calig. 22.—
2 Of men:
consulis,Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
judicum,id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:
regia,Caes. B. C. 3, 106:
ducis,Phaedr. 2, 5, 23:
senatus,Liv. 8, 34:
patria,the paternal authority, id. 8, 7, 3:
inter nos sanctissima divitiarum majestas,Juv. 1, 113.—The sovereign power, sovereignty of the Roman people:
majestatem populi Romani defendere,Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 13:
per majestatem populi Romani subvenite misero mihi,Sall. J. 14, 25: ad tantam magnitudinem Romana majestas cunctorum numinum favore pervenit, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 6: majestatem minuere or laedere, to injure or offend against the majesty, sovereignty of the people:
majestatem minuere est de dignitate, aut amplitudine, aut potestate populi, aut eorum, quibus populus potestatem dedit, aliquid derogare,Cic. Inv. 2, 17, 53; Tac. A. 1, 72:
populi Romani majestatem laedere,Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 13; Amm. 16, 8, 4; 19, 12, 1; 21, 12, 19 al.: crimen majestatis, high-treason; an offence against the majesty, sovereignty of the people:
et crimen majestatis, quod imperii nostri gloriae, rerumque gestarum monumenta evertere atque asportare ausus est,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41, § 88:
legionem sollicitare, res est, quae lege majestatis tenetur,against treason, id. Clu. 35, 97:
condemnatus majestatis,id. ib.:
laesae majestatis accusari,Sen. Contr. 4, 25:
majestatis causā damnatus,Dig. 48, 24, 1:
majestatis judicium,ib. 2, 20:
Lege Julia majestatis tenetur is, cujus ope, consilio adversus imperatorem vel rem publicam arma mota sunt, exercitusve ejus in insidias deductus est,Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.—As a title of honor of the Roman emperors, majesty, Phaedr. 2, 5, 23; Symm. Ep. 19, 16 et saep.—
II Transf., in gen., honor, dignity, excellence, splendor:
majestas et pudor matronarum,Liv. 34, 2:
rex apum nullum habeat aculeum, majestate solā armatus,Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 52: boum, i. e. fine condition, appearance, Varr R. R. 2, 5:
ipsa dierum Festorum herboso colitur si quando theatro,Juv. 3, 173:
templorum,id. 11, 111:
Tyria majestas,the splendor of Tyrian purple, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 79:
quanta illi fuit gravitas! quanta in oratione majestas!Cic. Lael. 25, 96:
loci, i. e. Jovis templi,Liv. 1, 53.