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“nicety” in Latin
cūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowaccūrātiōaccuracy, exactness, carefulnesssubtīlitāsfineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness; keenness, acuteness; exactness, subtletydīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to cuppēdiaa taste for delicacies; delicaciesaccūrātēcarefully, precisely, exactlydīligenterdiligently, carefully
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
nicety
Accuracy, cura, accuratio (the latter Cic., Brut., 67, 238, mira accuratio in componendis rebus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) cura et diligentia: subtilitas (acuteness, subtilty; e.g., with mathematical nicety, geometrica subtilitate docere aliquid): sometimes diligentia (close application and attention). With the greatest nicety, accuratissime, exactissime, or sometimes diligentissime: nicety of style, loquendi elegantia; urbanitas (opposed to rustica asperitas): niceties of words, argutiae; spinae; dumeta (hair-splitting distinctions, especially in philosophy). PROV., I shall not stand upon niceties, per me sint omnia protinus alba (Persius).
Niceties = delicacies, etc, cuppedia (plur.) or cuppediae; cibi delicatiores; res ad epulandum exquisitissimae; bonae res (Nep., Ages., 8, 5); gulae irritamenta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for nicety?
- The usual Latin words for “nicety” are cūra, accūrātiō, subtīlitās; also dīligō, cuppēdia, accūrātē. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.