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Luxury
(972 words)
[German version] (
luxuria; Greek τρυφή;
tryphḗ). In the centre of the Latin terminology around luxury, the noun
luxus stands together with its derivatives
luxuria and
luxuries. The word
luxus denotes first a crossing of the line or an excess, a spontaneous un-wished-for growth, especially an excess in lifestyle. The connotation here is clearly negative, whereas
magnificentia has rather the meaning of ‘splendour’ and ‘expenditure’. The general term luxury encompasses other terms, such as
lautitia,
apparatus,
sumptus. Luxury is considered a vice in Latin literature, because it is connected with boasting and was…
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Brill’s New Pauly
Storage economy
(2,351 words)
[German version] I. Ancient Near East The creation of stores, esp. of less per…
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Brill’s New Pauly
Liberalitas, largitio
(1,766 words)
[German version] A. Etymology and development of the word's meaning The term
liberalitas (=
li.) denotes, on an abstract level, an attribute (cf. Sen. Dial. 7,24,3:
... quia a libero animo pro…
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Brill’s New Pauly
Munificentia
(1,102 words)
[German version] A. Definition The Latin term
munificentia is derived from
munificus (‘one who carries out the duties of office’, ‘munificent’), an adjective in turn derived from
munia (
munus ) and
facere. The term
munificientia, used by Sallustius to characterise Caesar's generosity (Sall. Catil. 54,2), is found neither in Caesar nor in Cicero (but cf.
munificentissimus: Cic. Q. Rosc. 22). In Sallustius and Livy (Liv. 5,3,8)
munificentia describes the gifts or favours bestowed on or granted to the people in order to acquire
gratia (‘influence’, ‘esteem’). Like
liberalitas ,
munifi…
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Munus, Munera
(5,302 words)
I. Etymology and definition [German version] A. Definition As demonstrated by Benveniste [1] Lat.
munus, derived from the root
mei, to ‘(ex)change’, is closer related to exchange rather than gift. Varro, in his proposed etymology of
munus (Varro, Ling. 5,179:
munus, quod mutuo animo qui sunt, dant officii causa; alterum munus, quod muniendi causa imperatum; cf. [5. 141]), emphasised in his first example the reciprocity of giving; in his second example
munus referred to a contribution towards fortification purposes. The grammarian Verrius Flaccus, a contemporary of …
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