integritas

intĕgrĭtas, ātis, f. [integer], the undiminished or unimpaired condition of a thing.

I.

Lit.

A.

Completeness, sound ness:

corporis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34; 5, 14 fin.; cf.:

valetudinis,

id. Tusc. 5, 34: integritatis testes mihi desunt, i. e. testiculi, Phaedr, 3, 11: integritas, freedom from fever, Cels 3, 5:

saporis,

Vitr. 8, 7.—

B.

Transf., the whole (opp. pars):

cum pars movetur, quiescente integritate,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 14, 8; id. S. 7, 16, 12:

universa philosophiae,

id. Somn. Scip. 2, 17, 17.—

II.

Trop.

A.

Of the intellectual powers:

non eandem esse vim neque integritatem dormientium et vigilantium nec mente nec sensu,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

integritas mentis,

soundness of mind, Dig. 28, 1, 2.—

B.

Blamelessness, innocence, integrity:

integritas atque innocentia,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9:

sic provinciae praefuit in pace, ut et civibus et sociis gratissima esset ejus integritas,

id. Lig. 1:

ut omnes aequitatem tuam, temperantiam, severitatem, integritatem laudent,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16:

omnes ita de tua virtute, integritate, humanitate commemorant, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 1, 13:

vitae,

Nep. Phoc. 1.—

C.

Chastity of females:

mulierem summa integritate pudicitiaque existimari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25; cf.

virginitatis,

Flor. 2, 6.—

D.

Purity, correctness of language:

Latini sermonis,

Cic. Brut. 35.