Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

The word honest could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

hŏnestāmentum, i, n. [honesto], an ornament, grace (rare; not in Cic.): nullo honestamento eget virtus, Sen. Ep. 66, 2.
In plur.: omnia honestamenta pacis, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2: morum, App. Mag. p. 276: orationis, Gell. 10, 26, 4; Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 4.

hŏnestas, ātis, f. [honestus], honorableness.

  1. I. (Acc. to honestus, I.) Honorable consideration which a man enjoys, honor, reputation, character, respectability, credit, opp. to turpitudo (class.; cf.: existimatio, dignitas).
    1. A. Lit.: quid est honestas nisi honor perpetuus ad aliquem secundo populi rumore delatus. Lact. 3, 8, fin.: unde pudor, continentia, fuga turpitudinis, appetentia laudis et honestatis? Cic. Rep. 1, 2; cf.: fugiendae turpitudinis adipiscendaeque honestatis causa, id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; Gell. 1, 3, 23 sq.: nihil esse in vita magnopere expetendum nisi laudem atque honestatem, Cic. Arch. 6, 14; cf.: omnia, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, tranquillitas animi atque jucunditas, id. Lael. 22, 84; id. Phil. 7, 5, 14: cogita, ea nobis erepta esse, quae hominibus non minus quam liberi cara esse debent, honestatem, dignitatem, honores omnes, id. Fam. 4, 5, 2: quas familias honestatis amplitudinisque gratia nomino, on account of their character, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15: honestate spoliatus, id. Rab. Post. 16, 44; cf.: omni jure atque honestate interdictus, Q. Metell. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 7: fautor infimi generis hominum, odio alienae honestatis, Liv. 1, 47, 11: honestatem omnem amittere, consideration, respect, Cic. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: in eoque (officio) et colendo sita vitae est honestas omnis et in negligendo turpitudo, id. Off. 1, 2, 4; Gell. 1, 3, 24: honestati alicujus convenire (with subj. clause), Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2.
      In plur. (= honores): ceteris ante partis honestatibus atque omni dignitate fortunaque aliquem privare, Cic. Mur. 40, 87.
    2. B. Transf., concr.: causa, in qua omnes honestates civitatis, omnes aetates, omnes ordines una consentiunt, honorable, reputable persons, Cic. Sest. 51, 109.
  2. II. (Acc. to honestus, II.)
    1. A. Honorableness of character, honorable feeling, honor, honesty, probity, integrity, virtue (class.): ubi est autem dignitas, nisi ubi honestas? Cic. Att. 7, 11, 1: nemo est inventus tam perditus, tam ab omni non modo honestate sed etiam simulatione honestatis relictus, qui, etc., id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23 and 24: (qui summum bonum) suis commodis, non honestate metitur … honestatem propter se expetere, id. Off. 1, 2, 5 and 6; cf.: cum omnis honestas manet a partibus quatuor, quarum, etc., id. ib. 1, 43, 152; and: habes undique expletam et perfectam formam honestatis, quae tota his quatuor virtutibus continetur, id. Fin. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 3, 8, 26: et in laude justitia utilitasque tractantur, et in consiliis honestas, id. 3, 4, 16: sunt qui tradant tanta eum (Staberium Erotem) honestate praeditum, ut, etc., such an honorable, noble character; Fr. honnēteté, Suet. Gramm. 13: quod factum causā publicae honestatis vindictam exspectat, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 21.
    2. B. Transf., of things, beauty, grace (very rare): testudinis, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2: si est honestas in rebus ipsis, de quibus dicitur, exsistit ex rei natura quidam splendor in verbis, id. de Or. 3, 31, 125.

hŏnestē, adv., v. honestus fin.

hŏnestĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [honestus], honorableness, virtue (ante-class. for honestas, II.): tua honestitudo Danaos decipit diu, Att. ap. Non. 121, 1 (Trag. Fr. v. 501 Rib.): horrida Europae, id. ib. 120, 31 (Fragm. Tr. v. 16 Rib.).

hŏnesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [honestus], to clothe or adorn with honor; to honor, dignify; to adorn, grace, embellish (class.; cf. honoro), with personal or inanimate objects.

    1. 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.

    • hŏnestus, a um, adj. [honos, honor, qs. furnished or clothed with honor], full of honor, honorable.

    1. I. Regarded with honor, enjoying respect or consideration, honored, distinguished, honorable, respectable, noble, = honoratus: qui me honore honestiorem fecit, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 32: cum honos sit praemium virtutis judicio studioque civium delatum ad aliquem; qui eum sententiis, qui suffragiis adeptus est, is mihi et honestus et honoratus videtur, etc., Cic. Brut. 81, 281: satis honestam honoratamque imaginem fore, Liv. 36, 40, 9: magnus atque honestus, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 4; cf.: salvi et honesti, id. ib. 11, 2, 2: honestus homo et nobilis, Cic. Mur. 36, 75: cum honesto aliquo homine, id. Fam. 16, 9, 4: amplae et honestae familiae, illustrious and honorable families, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: homines honestis parentibus ac majoribus nati, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 85: bonis parentibus atque honesto loco natus, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: cum Sabinas honesto ortas loco virgines rapi jussit, id. Rep. 2, 7: loco natus honesto, Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 2: Polla, Nursiae honesto genere orta, Suet. Vesp. 1: equite Romano in primis honesto et ornato, distinguished, eminent, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 1; 13, 31, 1: eques Romanus, id. ib. 13, 62; cf.: erant complures honesti adulescentes, senatorum filii et ordinis equestris, Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 3: publicani, homines honestissimi atque ornatissimi, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: homo honestissimus, Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6: milites honestissimi sui generis, id. B. C. 1, 20, 1: virginis honestae vaticinatione, Suet. Galb. 9 et saep.: quia deus auctor culpae honestior erat, Liv. 1, 4, 2: tam grave, tam firmum, tam honestum municipium, Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 2: honestissimus conventus, Quint. 1, 2, 9: ut honestiore judicio conflictere? more honorable, Cic. Quint. 13, 44: dies honestissimus nobis, id. Fam. 1, 2, 2: atque erit illa mihi mortis honesta dies, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 34: honesta paupertas, Vell. 129, 3: omnium honestarum rerum egens, not able to live suitably to his rank, Sall. J. 14, 17: honestis manibus omnia laetius proveniunt, i. e. of generals (cf. shortly before: ipsorum tunc manibus imperatorum colebantur agri), Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 19.
      As substt.
        1. 1. hŏnestĭōres, um, m., men of noble birth: qui hominem castraverit … sive is servus sive liber sit, capite punitur: honestiores publicatis bonis in insulam deportantur, Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13; 1, 21, 4 sq.; opp. humiliores, id. ib. 5, 25, 1 sq.; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 2, 2; 8, 4, 2.
        2. 2. hŏnestum, i, n., honorable conduct, morality, virtue: nec honesto quicquam honestius, Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 25: rigidi servator honesti (Cato), Luc. 2, 389.
    2. II. Bringing or deserving of honor, honorable, respectable, creditable, worthy, virtuous, decent, proper, becoming.
      1. A. In gen.: ut (civium vita) opibus firma, copiis locuples, gloria ampla, virtute honesta sit, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 1: in convivio moderato atque honesto, id. Mur. 6, 13: aequa et honesta postulatio, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 7: honestum ac probabile nomen, id. Caecin. 25, 71; cf.: ut honesta praescriptione rem turpissimam tegerent, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4: causas abeundi quaerat honestas, Lucr. 4, 1181: certatio, Cic. Lael. 9, 32: honestam rem actionemve aut non suscipere aut, etc., id. ib. 13, 47: res, causa (opp. turpis), Auct. Her. 1, 3, 5; cf.: honesta res dividitur in rectum et laudabile, id. 3, 2, 3: hominum honestissimorum testimoniis non credere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: homines honestissimi, id. ib. 17, 49: quod omnium sit votum parentum, ut honestiores quam sint ipsi, liberos habeant, Quint. 1, 1, 82: soror, virtuous, chaste, Hor. S. 2, 3, 58: vita honestissima, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; so in sup.: labor, Quint. 12, 7, 10: praecepta, id. 12, 2, 27: testimonia, id. 5, 11, 37: vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent, Cic. Rep. 3, 9: honestum quibusdam rapto vivere, Quint. 3, 7, 24: honestius est de amicorum pecunia laborare quam de sua, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2: ut neque rectum neque honestum sit, nec fieri possit, ut, etc., id. Lael. 21, 76: honestum et rectum, id. ib. 22, 82: honestum id intellegimus, quod tale est, ut, detracta omni utilitate, sine ullis praemiis fructibusve per se ipsum possit jure laudari, id. Fin. 2, 14, 45; cf. id. Inv. 2, 53, 159; id. Leg. 1, 18, 48: si maritus uxorem suam in adulterio deprehensam occidit … non inique aliquid ejus honestissimo calori permittitur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 10, 1: mores honestos tradere, Juv. 6, 239.
        As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., honesty, integrity, virtue (cf.: honor, virtus, etc.): quandoquidem honestum aut ipsa virtus est aut res gesta virtute, id. Fin. 5, 23, 66; cf.: sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, ut, etc., id. Off. 3, 3, 13; 1, 4, 14: formam quidem ipsam et tamquam faciem honesti vides, id. ib. 1, 5, 14: omnis honesti justique disciplina, Quint. 12, 2, 1: honesti praesens imago, id. 12, 1, 28: quo (honesto) detracto quid poterit beatum intellegi? Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: de honesto ac bono, Quint. 2, 2, 5: honesta ac turpia, Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44; 1, 17, 46: honestis similia sunt quaedam non honesta, id. Ac. 2, 16, 50: in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium, Quint. 12, 1, 4: de honestis, justis, utilibus quaestiones, id. 3, 6, 41.
        Prov.: honesta mors turpi vita potior, Tac. Agr. 33: imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis, Juv. 6, 444: honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium, Pub. Syr. 217 Rib.
      2. B. In partic., of personal appearance, noble, fine, handsome, beautiful (mostly poet.): ille erat honesta facie et liberali, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 15; 2, 1, 24; cf.: ita me di ament, honestus est. id. ib. 3, 2, 21: erat forma praeter ceteras honesta, id. And. 1, 1, 96: facies, Suet. Tib. 68: caput, Verg. A. 10, 133; id. G. 2, 392: asini, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2: (equi), Verg. G. 3, 81: ager honestior, Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2: tunc ora rigantur honestis Imbribus (i. e. lacrimis), Stat. Th. 2, 234.
        As subst.: hŏnestum, i, n., beauty: nec, si quid honesti est, jactat habetque palam, quaerit, quo turpia celet, = si quid pulchri habent, Hor. S. 1, 2, 84.
        Hence, adv.: hŏ-nestē.
        1. 1. (Acc. to I.) Honorably, nobly (very rare): honeste natus, of noble birth, Suet. Aug. 43.
          Far more freq. and class.,
        2. 2. (Acc. to II.) Decently, becomingly, properly, creditably, virtuously: neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 69; id. Rud. 2, 3, 77: sic volo Te ferre (aquam) honeste, ut ego fero, id. ib. 2, 5, 7: unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste, Hor. S. 2, 7, 12: ut videamur vestiti esse honeste, Varr. L. L. 8, § 31 Müll.: (Lucretia) tum quoque jam moriens, ne non procumbat honeste, Respicit, Ov. F. 2, 833: (Caesar) sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet, Suet. Caes. 82; Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 26: valde se honeste gerunt, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13: honestius hic, quam Q. Pompeius, id. Off. 3, 30, 109: quae in nostris rebus non satis honeste, in amicorum fiunt honestissime, id. Lael. 16, 57: aliquid recte honesteque dicere, id. Rep. 1, 2: beate et honeste vivere, id. ib. 4, 3: honeste vivere (opp. turpiter), Quint. 5, 10, 24: facere ac dicere (opp. turpiter), id. 11, 1, 14; 10, 5, 13: tam jejuna fames, cum possit honestius tremere, etc., Juv. 5, 10. iste quidem veteres inter ponetur honeste, fairly, properly, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 43: fastigium nunc honeste vergit in tectum inferioris porticus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, 14.