“character” in Latin

mark, impression, nota: signum: character (especially a mark stamped or burned on an animal).

sum of such marks, making up the peculiar character of anything, alicujus rei natura atque vis: *peculiaris forma atque indoles: the character of a writer (with reference to style), stilus: scribendi genus (only prae- and post-classical, character, except in Varr.). Hence,

character of a person, natura: indoles: ingenium: animus (the three first, the original cast of the individual’s mind: animus, his whole moral and intellectual nature): mores (his moral character), vita (his kind of life): persona (the part he plays, as it were, on the theatre of civil life, Cic., Lael., 1, 4; Quint., 10. 1, 55). Vid: All these expressions denote only a part of the whole character: to denote the whole, join, indoles animi ingeniique (Liv., 10, 17); natura et mores, mores naturaque; ingenium ac mores, vita moresque; mos et natura (e.g., of a people, gentis): goodness of character, bonitas: a gentle, kind, affable character, comitas; humanitas; ingenium lene, liberale: a harsh, inexorable character, ingenium durum atque inexorabile: an affable, complaisant character, mores faciles: an elevated character, animus magnus, excelsus, altus; altitudo animi: a fickle character, ingenium mobile: a many-sided character, ingenium multiplex: of a mild character, mitis ingenio: of a firm character, constans: to see a man’s character at once by his face, alicujus mores naturamque ex oculis pernoscere (Cic.): to form one’s character, mores conformare. A peculiarity of character, proprietas: a fault of character, morum vitium.

Official dignity, appellatio: nomen: dignitas: munus. To be clothed with the character of an ambassador, legationes administrare, agere; legationibus fungi: to accept the character of an ambassador, legationum obire mumis (Cic.., Phil., 9, l, 3).

Good character. Vid: REPUTATION.