I.greatness, size, bulk, magnitude (class.).
I. Lit.
A. Silvestres apes minores sunt magnitudine, in size, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 19: “mundi,” Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154: “maris Aegaei,” id. Fin. 3, 14, 45: “fluminis,” Caes. B. C. 1, 49: “corporum,” id. B. G. 1, 39: “ad fabae magnitudinem,” of the size of, as large as, Cels. 5, 25, 4: “habebat ursos ferociae ac magnitudini suae simillimos,” Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 5: “Goliath quidam, vir mirae magnitudinis et roboris,” Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 34, 3: “elephantus ferus infinitae magnitudinis ultro se obtulit,” Just. 15, 4, 19.—Plur.: “magnitudines regionum,” Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5.—
B. Of number and amount, a great number, great quantity, abundance, great amount: “copiarum,” Nep. Dat. 1: “fructuum,” Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95: “pecuniae,” id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: “quaestus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., greatness, vastness, extent: “magnitudo et vis amoris,” Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2: “acerbitatis et odii,” id. Deiot. 11, 30: “beneficii,” id. Fam. 1, 7, 2: “periculi,” id. Quint. 2, 6: “doloris,” Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 24: “ingenii,” id. 25, 2, 3, § 7: “animi,” greatness of soul, Cic. Part. 23, 81.— Rhetorically: vocis, the strength or compass of the voice, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 20.— Of time: dierum ac noctium magnitudines, length, Plin 36, 10, 15, § 72.—
B. In partic., rank, dignity (post-Aug.): “imperatoria,” Tac. A. 16, 23: “infra tuam magnitudinem,” beneath your dignity, id. ib. 14, 54. —Hence, in late Lat., as a title of honor, highness, excellency: “magnitudo tua,” Cassiod. Var. 9, 13; Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2.
