honestus

== Latin == === Etymology === By surface analysis, honor / honōs (“honor, esteem”) +‎ -tus (forming adjectives). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔˈnɛs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈnɛs.tus] === Adjective === honestus (feminine honesta, neuter honestum, comparative honestior, superlative honestissimus); first/second-declension adjective full of or regarded with honor; honorable, of high birth, noble, distinguished, respectable, eminent Synonym: inhonestus bring or deserving honor; worthy, creditable, respectable; decent, virtuous (of one's appearance) fine, handsome, beautiful, becoming, noble ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “honestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “honestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "honestus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “honestus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.