ingĕnŭĭtas, ātis, f. [ingenuus].
I The condition of a free-born man or gentleman , good birth : ornamenta ingenuitatis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113: assertus in ingenuitatem, Suet. Aug. 74; Tac. Or. 32.—
II Trop., a mode of thinking worthy of a freeman , noble-mindedness , frankness , ingenuousness , noble demeanor : prae se probitatem quandam et ingenuitatem ferre, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 66: praestare ingenuitatem et ruborem, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242.