generosus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

generōsus adj.with comp.and sup.

genus, of noble birth, well-born, noble, eminent : stirps: sanguine Teucri Anaxarete, O.: nemo generosior est te, H.: existumo fortissimum quemque generosissimum, S.: atria, O.— Of a good kind, noble, superior, excellent : pecus, V.: generosum requiro (vinum), H.: flos, O.: Insula metallis, V.—Fig., noble-minded, magnanimous, generous : rex: generosum dicere hunc, Iu.— Noble, dignified, honorable : ortus amicitiae: virtus: forma.

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