virtute

virtute (plural virtutes)

1. virtue

virtūte f

1. ablative singular of virtūs
2. By virtue, character, excellence, courage, or manliness.

   "Virtute et armis" is Mississippi's state motto.

   "Virtute et industria" is the city motto of Bristol.

• virtute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be virtuous: virtute praeditum, ornatum esse (opp. vitiis obrutum esse)
    
  • (ambiguous) to live as scrupulously moral a life as ever: nihil ex pristina virtute remittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonum in virtute ponere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deviate from the path of virtue: a virtute discedere or deficere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    
  • (ambiguous) moral precepts: praecepta de moribus or de virtute
    
  • (ambiguous) to give moral advice, rules of conduct: de virtute praecipere alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
    
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2008.

Borrowed from Latin virtūs, virtūtem. See also the older inherited form, vârtute.

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virtute f (plural virtuți)

1. virtue, virtuousness
2. quality, bravery