Latin

Adjective

honestum

1. nominative neuter singular of honestus

References

• honestum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “honestum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning): vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducere
    
  • (ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow virtue; to flee from vice: honesta expetere; turpia fugere
    
  • (ambiguous) of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus