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|lnetxt=clarus clara -um, clarior -or -us, clarissimus -a -um ADJ :: clear, bright, gleaming; loud, distinct; evident, plain; illustrious, famous
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>clārus</b>: a, um, adj. kindr. [[with]] Germ. klar; Engl. [[clear]]; cf. [[clamo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[clear]], [[bright]] (opp. [[obscurus]], [[caecus]]; [[very]] freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of [[composition]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Relating to the [[sight]], [[clear]], [[bright]], [[shining]], [[brilliant]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[luce]] clarā et candidā, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49: ut mulierum famam multorum oculis lux clara custodiat, [[open]] [[day]], Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; cf.: frequentissimā celebritate et clarissimā [[luce]] laetari, id. Cael. 20, 47: [[lumen]], Lucr. 3, 1: oculorum lumina, id. 4, 825; cf.: mundi lumina (i.e. sol et [[luna]]), Verg. G. 1, 5: oculi, [[Cato]], R. R. 157, 10: incendia, Verg. A. 2, 569: [[lucerna]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 48: scintillae [[ignis]], Lucr. 6, 163: fulmina, id. 6, 84: [[vestis]] [[splendor]], id. 2, 52: [[color]], id. 5, 1258; cf.: [[color]] clarissimus, id. 2, 830: [[candor]], id. 4, 232: loca, id. 5, 779 al.: [[caelum]], Tac. A. 1, 28: nox, id. Agr. 12: [[pater]] [[omnipotens]] [[clarus]] intonat, in the [[clear]] [[sky]], Verg. A. 7, 141 Serv.; cf. Cic. Arat. 4: [[sidus]], Hor. C. 4, 8, 31: clarissimae gemmae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62; cf. lapides, Hor. C. 4, 13, 14: [[vitrum]], Ov. M. 4, 355: purpurarum sidere clarior [[usus]], Hor. C. 3, 1, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: speculo, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 112 dub.: argento clari delphines, Verg. A. 8, 673: rutilis squamis, id. G. 4, 93: ferrugine, id. A. 9, 582; cf. id. ib. 11, 772 Wagn.: [[auro]] gemmisque [[corona]], Ov. M. 13, 704; 2, 2; 11, 359: [[albo]] Lucifer [[exit]] [[Clarus]] equo, id. ib. 15, 190: claraeque coruscis Fulguribus taedae, Lucr. 5, 295 al. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., of the [[wind]] (cf.: [[albus]], [[candidus]], and in Gr. λαμπρὸς [[ἄνεμος]]; v. Lidd. and Scott under [[λαμπρός]]), [[making]] [[clear]], i. e. [[bringing]] [[fair]] [[weather]]: [[aquilo]], Verg. G. 1, 460 Forbig. ad loc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Relating to the [[hearing]], [[clear]], [[loud]], [[distinct]]: clarā voce vocare, Lucr. 4, 711; Cic. Clu. 48, 134; id. Caecin. 8, 22; Liv. 7, 31, 12; 42, 25, 12; Ov. M. 3, 703: [[lectio]], Cels. 1, 2: clariore voce, Caes. B. G. 5, 30; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 19: [[sonor]], Lucr. 4, 567: [[clamor]], Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 27: [[plausus]], id. As. Grex. 6: [[plangor]], Ov. M. 4, 138: [[latratus]], id. ib. 13, 806: [[ictus]], id. ib. 2, 625: [[strepitus]], Suet. Vit. Luc.: vox (opp. obtusa), Quint. 11, 3, 15; 9, 4, 136 Spald.: [[spiritus]], id. 11, 3, 55; cf. id. 11, 3, 41 and 82: syllabae clariores, id. 8, 3, 16.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Clear, [[manifest]], [[plain]], [[evident]], [[intelligible]] (syn.: [[planus]], [[apertus]], [[perspicuus]], [[dilucidus]], etc.): vide ut mi haec certa et clara attuleris, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; cf.: omnia non properanti clara certaque erunt, Liv. 22, 39, 22: clara res est, [[quam]] dicturus [[sum]], totā Siciliā celeberrima [[atque]] notissima, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61; 2, 5, 38, § 101; id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78: [[luce]] sunt clariora nobis tua consilia, id. Cat. 1, 3, 6: id [[quod]] est [[luce]] clarius, id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90: si ea, quae dixi, [[sole]] ipso inlustriora et clariora sunt, id. Fin. 1, 21, 71; id. Div. 1, 3, 6: caecis hoc [[satis]] clarum est, Quint. 12, 7, 9: [[lumen]] eloquentiae, id. 3, 8, 65; cf. id. 12, 10, 15; 11, 1, 75: in narrando (T. [[Livius]]) clarissimi candoris, id. 10, 1, 101 Spald. and Frotsch.: Massinissam regem [[post]] LXXXVI. annum generasse filium clarum est, Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 61: somno clarius, Ov. F. 3, 28: exempla, Tac. Or. 8; id. A. 4, 11: documenta, id. ib. 6, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Brilliant, [[celebrated]], [[renowned]], [[illustrious]], honorable, [[famous]], [[glorious]], etc. (cf.: [[illustris]], [[insignis]], [[eximius]], [[egregius]], [[praestans]], [[nobilis]]; a favorite epithet, esp. in the [[sup]]., [[like]] fortissimus, designating the [[highest]] [[praise]] of the [[honor]]-[[loving]] Roman; [[hence]], a [[standing]] [[title]], at all times, of [[distinguished]] [[public]] characters, as consuls, proconsuls, pontifices, senators, etc.): [[nobilitas]], Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 28; opp. to [[obscurus]], Lucr. 1, 639; so Quint. 5, 10, 26: clari viri [[atque]] magni, [[Cato]] ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66; Cic. Sest. 69, 144: [[certe]] non tulit ullos haec [[civitas]] aut gloriā clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154: vir fortissimus et clarissimus, id. Verr. 1, 15, 44; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 58, § 153; id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; id. Clu. 48, 134: exempla clara et inlustria, id. Div. 2, 3, 8: [[pugna]] clara et [[commemorabilis]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 111: pax clarior majorque [[quam]] [[bellum]] fuerat, Liv. 10, 37, 4: [[animus]] [[abunde]] [[pollens]] potensque et [[clarus]], Sall. J. 1, 3; so, [[facundia]] clara pollensque, id. ib. 30, 4: clara et magnifica, id. ib. 4, 8: clari potentesque fieri, id. C. 38, 1: [[familia]], Tac. A. 2, 37; 3, 76: majores, id. ib. 4, 61: [[pater]] si in Equestri gradu [[clarus]], clarior [[vitricus]], Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 4: clarissimi consules, id. ib. 7, 33, 8: generis clarissimus [[auctor]], Ov. P. 2, 9, 19: clarissima [[civitas]], Nep. Thras. 2, 1: [[apud]] Germanicos [[quoque]] ([[Titus]]), Tac. H. 2, 77: scriptores, id. A. 1, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: clariores gloriā, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154;<br /> v. [[supra]]: [[arte]] medicinae, Quint. 3, 6, 64: eloquendi suavitate, id. 10, 1, 83: sententiis, id. 10, 1, 90: [[Juppiter]] giganteo [[triumpho]], Hor. C. 3, 1, 7: agendis causis, id. Ep. 1, 7, 47: [[Ajax]] toties servatis Achivis, id. S. 2, 3, 194: [[bello]], Tac. Agr. 29; id. H. 3, 44: [[gens]] memoriā nominis, id. ib. 1, 67: [[Cluvius]] [[Rufus]] eloquentiā, id. ib. 4, 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With in: in [[arte]] tibiarum, Quint. 2, 3, 3; cf.: clarissimi in eā scientiā, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 11: in litteris, Quint. 1, 6, 35: in agendo, id. 12, 10, 49: in [[foro]], id. 10, 5, 14: in contionibus, id. 12, 2, 7; 12, 10, 49.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex: ex doctrinā [[nobilis]] et [[clarus]], Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23.—（ε) With ob: ob obscuram linguam, Lucr. 1, 639: ob id [[factum]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 32; cf.: [[urbs]] clara ob insignem munimento naturali locum, Liv. 24, 39, 8.—（ζ) With ab: Trojanoque a [[sanguine]] [[clarus]] [[Acestes]], Verg. A. 1, 550.—（η) With gen.: artis ejus, Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a [[title]]: clarissimus vir, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 1: clarissimi consules, Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 8; cf. Dig. 49, 14, 18; Lampr. Elag. 4; Alex. Sev. 21 al.: [[permitto]] [[tibi]] vir clarissime [[Veiento]] (a [[senator]]), dicere, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19; so, [[ordo]] = [[senatorius]], Vop. Aur. 18 fin.; cf. also Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Meton., of the wives of [[such]] [[distinguished]] [[public]] characters: clarissimae feminae, Dig. 1, 9, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[notorious]]: [[minus]] clarum putavit [[fore]] [[quod]] de armario [[quam]] [[quod]] de sacrario esset ablatum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; 2, 1, 19, § 50; 2, 4, 12, § 29: ecquid hoc totā Siciliā clarius, ecquid indignius? etc., id. ib. 2, 5, 7, § 16: [[populus]] (sc. Campanus), luxuriā superbiāque [[clarus]], Liv. 7, 31, 6.—Hence, adv.: clārē (freq. and class.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[sight]] (acc. to I. A.), [[brightly]], [[clearly]]: [[clare]] oculis [[video]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 35: [[clare]] [[fulgens]] [[caesaries]], Cat. 66, 9: occidere, of a [[star]], Col. 11, 2, 52.—Comp.: clarius micare, Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43: nitere, Stat. S. 4, 1, 4. —Sup.: clarissime lucere, Vitr. 9, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[hearing]] (acc. to I. B.), [[clearly]], [[distinctly]], [[plainly]], [[aloud]]: [[clare]] recitare, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30: plaudite, id. Am. fin.; cf. id. Bacch. fin.: dic, Ter. And. 4, 4, 15 Ruhnk.: gemere, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3: res [[clare]] enuntiare, Quint. 8, 3, 62: sonare, id. 11, 3, 55: exscreare, id. 11, 3, 160: maledicere, Suet. Vit. 14 et saep.: [[palam]] et [[clare]], id. Claud. 3; cf. Mart. 7, 92, 5.—Comp.: clarius fabulari, Suet. Calig. 22.—Sup.: pisces clarissime audiunt, Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193; Vitr. 5, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mentally (acc. to II. A.), [[distinctly]], [[intelligibly]], [[clearly]]: [[clare]] [[atque]] evidenter ostendere, Quint. 8, 3, 86; cf. id. 4, 1, 1: aliquid intellegere, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 16. —Comp.: eo clarius id [[periculum]] apparet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2; so, clarius intellegi, Quint. 2, 5, 7: clarius elucebit, id. 12, 1, 26: clarius ostendemus, id. 2, 17, 25 al.— Sup., Quint. 9, 1, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Morally (acc. to II. B.), [[illustriously]], honorably ([[very]] [[rare]]): clarius exsplendescebat, Nep. Att. 1, 3.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>clārus</b>,⁶ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> clair, brillant, éclatant : in clarissima [[luce]] Cic. Off. 2, 44, au milieu de la [[plus]] éclatante lumière ; clarissimæ gemmæ Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 62, pierres précieuses du [[plus]] vif éclat &#124;&#124; [poét.] : [[clarus]] [[Aquilo]] Virg. G. 1, 460, le clair Aquilon = qui rend le ciel clair &#124;&#124; [avec abl.] : (dant) claram [[auro]] gemmisque coronam Ov. M. 13, 704, (ils offrent) une couronne que l’or et les pierreries font étinceler &#124;&#124; clara voce Cic. Clu. 134, d’une voix éclatante, [[sonore]] ; clariore voce Cæs. G. 5, 30, 1, d’une voix [[plus]] éclatante ; clara, obtusa [[vox]] Quint. 11, 3, 15, voix claire, sourde [clara, [[suavis]] Cic. Off. 1, 133, voix claire, agréable]<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] clair, net, intelligible, [[manifeste]] : [[luce]] sunt clariora [[nobis]] tua consilia Cic. Cat. 1, 6, tes projets sont pour nous [[plus]] clairs que le jour ; [[res]] erat clara Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 101, le fait était patent ; [[non]] [[parum]] [[res]] erat clara Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, la chose était assez connue, cf. 4, 27 ; 4, 41, etc. &#124;&#124; clarum [[est]] avec prop. inf. Plin. 7, 61, c’[[est]] un fait connu que, on sait que &#124;&#124; (T.&nbsp;[[Livius]]) in narrando clarissimi candoris Quint. 10, 1, 101, (Tite Live) dont les récits ont une limpidité si transparente<br /><b>3</b> brillant, en vue, considéré, distingué, [[illustre]], <b> a)</b> [en parl. des pers.] : clari et honorati viri Cic. CM 22, hommes en vue et revêtus des charges publiques ; ex [[doctrina]] [[nobilis]] et [[clarus]] Cic. Rab. Post. 23, que sa science a fait connaître et illustré ; [[gloria]] clariores Cic. de Or. 2, 154, auxquels la gloire a donné [[plus]] de lustre ; [[populus]] [[luxuria]] superbiaque [[clarus]] Liv. 7, 31, 6, peuple connu pour son faste et sa fierté &#124;&#124; clarissimus artis [[ejus]] Plin. 37, 8, le [[plus]] brillant de (dans) cet art &#124;&#124; clarissimus, clarissime [cf. excellence, altesse, etc.] [titre donné à l’époque impériale aux [[gens]] de qualité] ; <b> b)</b> [en parl. des choses] : &#124;&#124; [[dies]] clarissimus Cic. Læl. 12, la journée la [[plus]] brillante ; [[oppidum]] clarum Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 86, ville [[illustre]] [[urbs]] clarissima Cic. Pomp. 20 ]; clarissima [[victoria]] Cic. Off. 1, 75, la victoire la [[plus]] brillante.|
|[poét.] : [[clarus]] [[Aquilo]] Virg. G. 1, 460, le clair Aquilon=qui rend le ciel clair||[avec abl.] : (dant) claram [[auro]] gemmisque coronam Ov. M. 13, 704, (ils offrent) une couronne que l’or et les pierreries font étinceler||clara voce Cic. Clu. 134, d’une voix éclatante, [[sonore]] ; clariore voce Cæs. G. 5, 30, 1, d’une voix [[plus]] éclatante ; clara, obtusa [[vox]] Quint. 11, 3, 15, voix claire, sourde [clara, [[suavis]] Cic. Off. 1, 133, voix claire, agréable]<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] clair, net, intelligible, [[manifeste]] : [[luce]] sunt clariora [[nobis]] tua consilia Cic. Cat. 1, 6, tes projets sont pour nous [[plus]] clairs que le jour ; [[res]] erat clara Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 101, le fait était patent ; [[non]] [[parum]] [[res]] erat clara Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, la chose était assez connue, cf. 4, 27 ; 4, 41, etc.||clarum [[est]] avec prop. inf. Plin. 7, 61, c’[[est]] un fait connu que, on sait que||(T.&nbsp;[[Livius]]) in narrando clarissimi candoris Quint. 10, 1, 101, (Tite Live) dont les récits ont une limpidité si transparente<br /><b>3</b> brillant, en vue, considéré, distingué, [[illustre]], <b> a)</b> [en parl. des pers.] : clari et honorati viri Cic. CM 22, hommes en vue et revêtus des charges publiques ; ex [[doctrina]] [[nobilis]] et [[clarus]] Cic. Rab. Post. 23, que sa science a fait connaître et illustré ; [[gloria]] clariores Cic. de Or. 2, 154, auxquels la gloire a donné [[plus]] de lustre ; [[populus]] [[luxuria]] superbiaque [[clarus]] Liv. 7, 31, 6, peuple connu pour son faste et sa fierté||clarissimus artis [[ejus]] Plin. 37, 8, le [[plus]] brillant de (dans) cet art||clarissimus, clarissime [cf. excellence, altesse, etc.] [titre donné à l’époque impériale aux [[gens]] de qualité] ; <b> b)</b> [en parl. des choses] :||[[dies]] clarissimus Cic. Læl. 12, la journée la [[plus]] brillante ; [[oppidum]] clarum Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 86, ville [[illustre]] [[urbs]] clarissima Cic. Pomp. 20 ]; clarissima [[victoria]] Cic. Off. 1, 75, la victoire la [[plus]] brillante.
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{{Georges
|georg=clārus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. ([[calo]], [[clamo]]; vgl. [[clarigo]]), [[klar]], [[hell]] (Ggstz. [[obscurus]], [[caecus]]), I) eig.: A) [[für]] den [[Gesichtssinn]], [[hell]], [[glänzend]], leuchtend, [[locus]], Cic.: [[gemma]], Cic.: [[sol]], Quint.: [[vitrum]], Ov.: sidere clarior, Hor.: olore clarior, [[Auson]].: [[stella]] clarissima, Cic.: [[luce]] od. [[luci]] [[claro]], s. [[lux]]. – poet., [[aquilo]] c., hellmachend, aufklärend, Verg. georg. 1, 460. – B) [[für]] den [[Gehörsinn]], [[hell]], [[laut]], weithinschallend, clarā voce, Cic. u.a.: clariore voce, Caes.: clara [[vox]] (Ggstz. obtusa [[vox]]), Quint.: [[clamor]], [[plausus]], Plaut.: [[plangor]], Ov. – II) übtr.: A) [[geistig]] [[klar]], [[deutlich]], [[verständlich]], vide ut mi [[haec]] certa et clara attuleris, Ter.: ea [[quae]] sunt clara ipsa per [[sese]], Cic.: labamus mutamusque sententiam clarioribus [[etiam]] in rebus, Cic.: [[luce]] clariora, Cic.: Masinissam regem [[post]] LXXVI annum generasse filium clarum est, Plin. – B) [[durch]] [[einen]] [[Vorzug]] od. [[Fehler]] hervorstechend, 1) [[durch]] [[einen]] [[Vorzug]] ([[durch]] [[Geburt]], [[Geschlecht]], [[Reichtum]], [[Amt]], [[Talent]] usw.) hervorleuchtend, hervorstechend, [[angesehen]], [[groß]], [[ausgezeichnet]], [[glänzend]] u. in diesem Sinne [[berühmt]], a) v. Pers., [[vir]] fortissimus et clarissimus, Cic.: [[clarus]] gloriā, Cic.: disciplinā clarissimus, Vell.: [[clarus]] in [[philosophia]] et [[nobilis]], Cic.: [[clarus]] in [[arte]] tibiarum, Quint.: ex [[doctrina]] [[nobilis]] et [[clarus]], Cic.: [[clarus]] ob id [[factum]], Hor.: [[clarus]] Troiano ab sanguine, Verg.: clarissimus [[artis]] [[eius]], Plin. – dah. (zur Kaiserzt.) clarissimus, [[ähnlich]] unserem Erlaucht, Exzellenz, stehender [[Titel]] hoher Staatsbeamten, [[wie]] Konsuln, Prokonsuln, Pontifices, Senatoren usw., Plin. ep., ICt. u.a.: u. so clarissimus [[ordo]], ICt. u. Vopisc.: clarissimae feminae, Frauen hoher Staatsbeamten, ICt. – b) v. Lebl.: [[oppidum]], Cic.: mortes, Cic.: clarior [[pax]], Liv.: [[victoria]] clarissima, Cic.: [[urbs]] clara ob insignem munimento naturali locum, Liv.: clarum ad memoriam [[imperium]], [[ewig]] denkwürdige Ausübung der [[Gewalt]], Liv. – 2) im üblen Sinne = [[bekannt]], [[berüchtigt]], [[non]] [[enim]] [[parum]] [[res]] erat clara, Cic. Verr. 4, 29: [[illa]] [[oppugnatio]] fani antiquissimi [[quam]] clara [[apud]] omnes, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 50: [[populus]] luxuriā superbiāque [[clarus]], Liv. 7, 31, 6: [[Philippus]] [[aut]] [[Alexander]] ceterique [[exitio]] gentium clari, Sen. nat. qu. 3. praef. § 5.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=clarus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: 明者。光。貴。出名。Causis agendis (''abl''.) clarus 保官司出名。
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