hŏnōrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [honor + facio],
that does honor , honorable (class.): numquam ab eo mentio de me nisi honorifica, Cic. Phil. 2, 15, 39: cum tu a me rebus amplissimis atque honorificentissimis ornatus esses, id. Fam. 5, 2, 1: orationem meam in te honorificam fuisse, id. ib. § 3: honorificentissima verba, id. Phil. 14, 11, 29: seria partitur (Domitius Marsus) in tria genera, honorificum, contumeliosum, medium, Quint. 6, 3, 108; cf. id. ib. § 6: si quid honorificum pagina blanda sonat, Mart. 10, 45, 2: P. Clodius in senatu sub honorificentissimo ministerii titulo M. Catonem a re publica relegavit, Vell. 2, 45, 4.— Comp. : honorificentius est, Nep. Eum. 1, 5.—Adv.: hŏnōrĭfĭcē , honorably , with honor or respect , honorably : aliquid de aliquo honorifice praedicare, Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 33: respondere alicui, id. ib. 7, 8, 23: consurgitur, id. Verr. 2, 4, 62, § 138: promittere (with large), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44: iratus, quod ... nihil in se honorifice neque publice neque privatum factum esset, that no honors had been shown him , Liv. 42, 1, 7.— Comp. : ut nemini sit triumphus honorificentius quam mihi salus restitutioque perscripta, Cic. Pis. 15, 35: nec liberalius nec honorificentius se potuisse tractari, id. Fam. 13, 27, 2.— Sup. : aliquem honorificentissime appellare, id. ib. 6, 6, 10: litterae tuae cum amantissime tum honorificentissime scriptae, id. Att. 14, 13, B, 2.