varietas

vărĭĕtas, ātis, f. [varius], difference, diversity, variety (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): varietas Latinum verbum est, idque proprie quidem in disparibus coloribus dicitur: sed transfertur in multa disparia: varium poëma, varia oratio, varii mores, varia fortuna;

voluptas etiam varia dici solet, cum percipitur ex multis dissimilibus rebus dissimiliter efficientibus voluptates,

Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 10:

florum omnium,

id. Sen. 15, 54:

Asia varietate fructuum facile omnibus terris antecedit,

id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 14:

ut in corporibus magnae dissimilitudines sunt, sic in animis exsistunt majores etiam varietates,

id. Off. 1, 30, 107; cf. id. Div. 2, 44, 92:

varietates vocum,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9:

caeli,

id. ib. 1, 36, 79:

rerum publicarum,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

bellum in multā varietate terrā marique versatum,

i. e. changes, vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21:

(Timaeus) sententiarum varietate abundantissimus,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 58:

esse in varietate ac dissensione,

variety of opinion, id. N. D. 1, 1, 2:

voluntatis,

difference of wish, id. Att. 1, 17, 1:

utilitatis varietates,

id. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

nec varietatem natura patitur,

id. ib. 3, 11, 18: extimescens varietatem atque infidelitatem exercitūs, changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:

ad varietates annonae horreum fore,

vicissitudes, Liv. 7, 31, 1:

figurarum,

Quint. 10, 2, 1:

juris,

id. 3, 6, 90:

nullum exspirantem versicolori quādam et numerosā varietate spectari proceres gulae narrant,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66:

cum videamus tot varietates circumagi,

fluctuations of fortune, Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6.—

II.

Transf., varied clothing, colored attire:

circumamictā varietate, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 16, 2: circumamicta varietatibus,

Vulg. Psa. 44, 15.