varietas

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

varietās ātis, f

varius, difference, diversity, variety : varietas . . . proprie in disparibus coloribus dicitur, sed transfertur in multa disparia: florum omnium: sententiarum varietate abundantissimus.— A kind, variety, species, sort : in omni varietate artium excellere: varietates vocum.— Fig., difference, variance, disagreement, dissension : esse in varietate ac dissensione, division : cum fieret sine ullā varietate discessio, i. e. a unanimous vote.—A change, vicissitude, inconstancy, fickleness : bellum in multā varietate versatum, i. e. vicissitudes : quiin eius (i. e. fortunae) varietate sunt versati, have experience of its fickleness : ad varietates annonae horreum fore, vicissitudes , L.