Habere qualitatem

Latin Construction

habere qualitatem.

1. To have a particular quality.

Loci

• αʹ Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.2:

Putavi oportere de varietatibus et discriminibus usus earum quasque haberent in aedificiis qualitates exponere.

I thought I should expound on their various kinds and the differences in their use, and what qualities they have in buildings.

• βʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.109:

Odor murrae habet qualitatem, unde et nomen.

The smell has a myrrhy quality, whence also its name.