claritudo

clārĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [clarus], clearness, brightness (access. form of claritas; in lit. signif. very rare; trop. in Sall. a few times, in Tac. very freq., but not in Cic., Cæs., Quint., or Suet.).

I.

Lit.

A.

Of objects affecting the sight:

fulgor et claritudo deae (sc. lunae),

Tac. A. 1, 28; cf. Lact. 2, 9, 12.—

* B.

Of objects affecting the hearing:

vocis,

Gell. 6, 5, 1 Hertz.—

II.

Trop. (cf. claritas, II. B.), renown, celebrity, splendor, fame, reputation: inclitissima, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 82, 7:

artes animi, quibus summa claritudo paratur,

Sall. J 2, 4:

in tantam claritudinem pervenire,

id. ib. 7, 4:

eminere claritudine,

Vell. 2, 130, 1:

Caesarum,

Tac. A. 12, 2: principis, id ib. 16, 24:

materni generis,

id. ib. 2, 43; cf. id. ib. 14, 47:

familiae,

id. ib. 15, 35:

militiae,

id. ib. 4, 6:

studiorum,

id. ib. 12, 8:

virtutum,

id. ib. 15, 65:

nominis,

id. ib. 15, 71 al.