“Grace” in Latin

Gratia, -ae (f.); the Graces, Gratiae, -arum, and Charites, -um (f.)

Beauty, gratia (charm; e.g., in the manner of representing anything; of style; Vid: Quint., 10, 1, 65, and 96): pulchritudo: venustas: forma: species [SYN. in BEAUTY]: elegantia (grace, as consisting in tasteful selection): decor (poetical; e.g., Tibullus, Ov.; and post-Augustan prose, especially in Quint.): lepos (grace in words, style, speech, conversation; Vid: Herzog, Sall., Cat., 25, 5, p. 130): venus (charm, etc., ; not Cic.). Refined grace, exculta quaedam elegantia (Quint.); subtilis venustas: a peculiar grace, proprius decor (Quint.): female grace, muliebris venustas: grace and fulness of expression, suavitas dicendi et copia: to have a natural grace in conversation, etc., nativus quidam lepos in aliquo est. Graces of style, dicendi veneres: meretricious graces of style, lenocinia (Quint., Praef., 8, 26; opposed to ornamenta): the grace of the Attic dialect, gratia sermonis Attici: studied grace, venustas in gestu (Auct., Her., 3, 15, 16; too theatrical for an orator; opposed to turpitudo): without grace, insuavis; invenustus; injucundus: full of grace, suavitatis or jucunditatis plenus; venustate affluens. [Vid: GRACEFUL].

Favour, gratia: favor: beneficium [Vid: FRAVOR]. By the grace of God, *favente Deo; juvante Deo; *Dei beneficio (the first expressing “favor;” the second, “help;” the last, a benefit conferred).

Pardon, venia: indulgentia (a particular favor or indulgence shown to anybody, as Suet., Vit., 5, of a prince toward a favorite): misericordia (mercy, pity): impunitas (impunity offered to, or obtained by anybody [Vid: AMNESTY]: gratia (favor bestowed on anybody). To sue for grace, veniam delicti precari (with regard to a crime); veniam praeteritorum precari (for the past, e.g., on account of rebellion); suum periculum deprecari (in imminent danger, death, etc.): to obtain grace, impetrare veniam: veniam invenire; from anybody, ab aliquo [Vid. PARDON, s.] . There is no more grace to be hoped, sublata est spes veniae.

Thanks, Vid :; also, laudes gratesque (a prayer of praise and thanks).

As title; e.g., “Your grace!” *Tu, vir generosissime! princeps (imperator) clementissime! clementia vestra! (the last two were used in addressing the Roman Emperors; Vid: Gesneri Thes.).

Grace personified as a goddess, Charis (Χάρις), or, pure Latin, Gratia: the Graces, Charites (Χάριτες), or, pure Latin, Gratiae.

To embellish, to adorn, ornare: exornare: adornare: excolere: distinguere: vestire aliqua re [SYN. in ADORN]. To grace a narrative, narrationem gratia et venere exornare: the things or objects that grace the life of man, res, quae vitam instruunt: to grace anything by the mode of relating it, aliquid verbis exornare, or oratione exornare: to grace (e.g., a company) with one’s presence, praesentia sua (of one) or frequentia (of several persons) ornare aliquem: to grace anybody (= be an honor to him), honori, decori or ornamento esse; alicui perhonorificum esse.

To favor, Vid: GRACEFUL, venustus (charming and captivating the senses): lepidus (connected with λεπτός, PROP. = light; hence of a light, airy grace; lepidi mores, Plaut.; dictum, Hor., In Auct. Her., lepida et concinna [opposed to magna et pulchra] = prettinesses; petty gracefulnesses of style that soon weary): decorus (poetical and in post-Augustan prose, especially the historians; not in this sense in Cic.): elegans: concinnus et elegans: comtus: nitidus et comptus: bellus [SYN. in ELEGANT]. Sometimes suavis: dulcis. To be graceful, habere suavitatem: conjunctum esse suavitate: to be exceedingly graceful, mirifica esse suavitate; affluere venustate: to render graceful, alicui rei venustatem afferre, or amoenitatem suppeditare: a graceful attitude, formosus habitus (e.g., in throwing a spear): a noble and graceful exterior, ad dignitatem apposita species et forma: of a graceful shape or form, forma or specie venusta (only of persons): a very graceful female, mulier venustissima; mulier forma or specie venustissima; mulier omnibus simulacris emendatior (Petronius, 126, 13): a graceful delivery (of a speaker), suaviloquentia (Cic., Brut., 15, 58): Vid: ELEGANT.