I.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.
