stiffness
stiffness
subs.
P. στερεότης, ἡ.
Stiffness of the muscles: Ar. and P. τέτᾰνος, ὁ ; see numbness.
Obstinacy: P. σκληρότης, ἡ, αὐθάδεια, ἡ, Ar. and V. αὐθᾱδία.
Ceremoniousness: P. and V. τὸ σεμνόν.
subs.
P. στερεότης, ἡ.
Stiffness of the muscles: Ar. and P. τέτᾰνος, ὁ ; see numbness.
Obstinacy: P. σκληρότης, ἡ, αὐθάδεια, ἡ, Ar. and V. αὐθᾱδία.
Ceremoniousness: P. and V. τὸ σεμνόν.
STIFFNESS
rigor (rigidity; also in painting sculpture etc.): mores asperi or duri (Quint. formal and unpleasant manners).
rigor (rigidity; also in painting sculpture etc.): mores asperi or duri (Quint. formal and unpleasant manners).
stiffness:
I. Lit.:
1. rĭgor, ōris, m.: s. of the neck, cervicis r., Plin. 28, 12, 22: s. of expression (in portraits), vultus r., id. 35, 9, 35.
2. firmĭtas, tātis, f. (in a good sense): the s. of the wood resists the blow, ictum f. materiae sustinet, Caes. B. C. 2, 11.
II. Fig.: S. of manner, etc.:
1. rĭgor: old-*fashioned s., antiquus r., Tac. H. 1, 18.
2. arrŏgantia: he had got rid of all harshness and stiffness, tristitiam et arr. exuerat, id. Agr. 9. Phr.: he had no official s. about him, nulla erat potestatis persona, ib.
I. Lit.:
1. rĭgor, ōris, m.: s. of the neck, cervicis r., Plin. 28, 12, 22: s. of expression (in portraits), vultus r., id. 35, 9, 35.
2. firmĭtas, tātis, f. (in a good sense): the s. of the wood resists the blow, ictum f. materiae sustinet, Caes. B. C. 2, 11.
II. Fig.: S. of manner, etc.:
1. rĭgor: old-*fashioned s., antiquus r., Tac. H. 1, 18.
2. arrŏgantia: he had got rid of all harshness and stiffness, tristitiam et arr. exuerat, id. Agr. 9. Phr.: he had no official s. about him, nulla erat potestatis persona, ib.