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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=subtilis subtile, subtilior -or -us, subtilissimus -a -um ADJ :: fine-spun, fine; slender, delicate, exact; minutely thorough; strict, literal
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>subtīlis</b>: e, adj. sub-[[tela]]; and [[therefore]], [[prop]]., [[woven]] [[fine]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> [[fine]], not [[thick]] or [[coarse]], [[thin]], [[slender]], [[minute]] (syn. [[tenuis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in postAug. [[prose]]; not in Cic.): quae [[vulgo]] volitant subtili praedita filo, Lucr. 4, 88: [[ventus]] subtili corpore [[tenuis]], id. 4, 901; cf. id. 3, 195; Cat. 54, 3: [[acies]] gladii, Sen. Ep. 76, 14: [[farina]], Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 74: [[mitra]], Cat. 64, 63: [[ignis]], Lucr. 6, 225: subtilia et minuta [[primordia]] rerum, id. 4, 122; 4, 114.— Subst.: subtīlĭa, ĭum, n. plur., [[fine]] [[goods]] or stuffs, Vulg. Isa. 19, 9: indui te subtilibus, id. Ezech. 16, 10.—Comp.: [[harundo]], Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: [[semen]] raporum, id. 18, 13, 34, § 129.—Sup.: [[sucus]] subtilissimus, Plin. 11, 5, 4, § 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of the senses, [[fine]], [[nice]], [[acute]], [[delicate]], exqui [[site]] ([[rare]]): [[palatum]], Hor. S. 2, 8, 38: subtilior [[gula]], Col. 8, 16, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[fine]], [[nice]], [[precise]], [[exact]], [[accurate]], [[keen]], [[subtle]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[elegans]], [[concinnus]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[sollers]] subtilisque [[descriptio]], Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121: [[definitio]], id. de Or. 1, 23, 109: [[observatio]], Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 132: [[sententia]], id. 18, 17, 46, § 165: [[argumentatio]], id. 2, 108, 112, § 247: [[quaestio]], id. 11, 16, 16, § 46: [[Graecia]], Manil. 4, 718.—Comp.: reliquae (epistulae) subtiliores erunt, [[more]] [[particular]], Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3.—Sup.: quae ([[curatio]] [[manus]]) [[inter]] subtilissimas haberi potest, Cels. 7, 7, 13: [[inventum]], Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 40: [[Democritus]], subtilissimus antiquorum, Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., of [[taste]] or [[judgment]], [[fine]], [[keen]], [[delicate]], [[exquisite]] (syn.: [[sagax]], [[acutus]]): judicium, Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242; cf.: [[subtilis]] veterum judex, id. S. 2, 7, 101: [[sapiens]] subtilisque [[lector]], Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 7: vir [[subtilis]], [[dispositus]], [[acer]], [[disertus]], id. ib. 2, 11, 17; 4, 17, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in rhet., of [[speech]] or of the [[speaker]], [[plain]], [[simple]], [[unadorned]] (syn. [[simplex]]): [[genus]] dicendi, Cic. Or. 21, 69; cf.: acutissimum et subtilissimum dicendi [[genus]], id. de Or. 2, 23, 98: [[oratio]], id. Or. 5, 20; cf. id. ib. 23, 78: Stoicorum non ignoras, [[quam]] [[sit]] subtile vel spinosum [[potius]] dicendi [[genus]], id. Fin. 3, 1, 3: subtile [[quod]] ἰσχνὸν vocant, Quint. 12, 10, 58: [[disputator]], Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3: [[quis]] [[illo]] (Catone) in docendo edisserendoque subtilior? id. Brut. 17, 65: oratione [[limatus]] [[atque]] [[subtilis]], id. de Or. 1, 39, 180; cf. id. de Or. 3, 8, 31: [[Lysias]] [[subtilis]] [[scriptor]] [[atque]] [[elegans]], id. Brut. 9, 35; Quint. 10, 1, 78: [[praeceptor]], id. 1, 4, 25; 12, 10, 51.—Hence, adv.: subtīlĭter, [[finely]], [[minutely]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: [[subtiliter]] insinuatus ad parvas partes aër, Lucr. 6, 1031: conexae res, [[closely]], [[intimately]], id. 3, 739: dividere aliquid, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67: fodere, [[lightly]], [[superficially]], Pall. Febr. 21 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., [[finely]], [[acutely]], [[minutely]], [[accurately]], [[subtly]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> In gen.: [[subtiliter]] judicare, [[finely]], [[acutely]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127: de re publicā [[quid]] ego [[tibi]] [[subtiliter]]? tota periit, [[minutely]], [[particularly]], id. Att. 2, 21, 1; cf.: haec ad te scribam [[alias]] subtilius, id. ib. 1, 13, 4: [[subtiliter]] exsequi numerum, Liv. 3, 5: de aliquā re [[subtiliter]] disserere, Cic. Fl. 17, 41: aliquid persequi, id. de Or. 1, 21, 98; cf.: id persequar subtilius, id. Rep. 2, 23, 42: subtilius haec disserunt, id. Lael. 5, 18: subtilius ista quaerunt, id. ib. 2, 7 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In partic., in rhet., [[plainly]], [[simply]], [[without]] [[ornament]]: humilia [[subtiliter]] et magna [[graviter]] et mediocria [[temperate]] dicere, Cic. Or. 29, 100: [[versute]] et [[subtiliter]] dicere, id. ib. 7, 22: privatas causas agere subtilius: capitis aut famae ornatius, id. Fam. 9, 21, 1: [[magnifice]] an [[subtiliter]] dicere, Quint. 8, 3, 40.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>subtīlis</b>,¹¹ e ([[tela]]),<br /><b>1</b> fin, délié, menu, subtil : subtile [[filum]] Lucr. 4, 88, fil délié ; subtili corpore Lucr. 4, 901, d’une matière déliée ; [[subtilis]] [[acies]] gladii Sen. Ep. 76, 14, tranchant bien affilé d’une épée ; [[ignis]] [[subtilis]] Lucr. 6, 225, feu subtil<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> fin, délicat : [en parl. du palais] Hor. S. 2, 8, 38 ; [du goût, du jugement] Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242 ; S. 2, 7, 101 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 14, 7 ; <b> b)</b> fin, pénétrant, d’une précision [[stricte]] : [[sollers]] subtilisque [[discriptio]] partium Cic. Nat. 2, 121, adroite et sagace distribution des parties du corps ; [[subtilis]] [[definitio]] Cic. de Or. 1, 109, définition [[stricte]] ; subtiliores epistulæ Cic. Att. 5, 14, 3, lettres [[plus]] minutieuses ; <b> c)</b> [en parl. du style] simple, sans apprêt : [[oratio]] Cic. Or. 78, style simple, sobre ; [[Lysias]], [[subtilis]] [[scriptor]] [[atque]] [[elegans]] Cic. Br. 35, [[Lysias]], écrivain sobre et châtié &#124;&#124; subtilissimus Cic. de Or. 2, 98.
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{{Georges
|georg=subtīlis, e (aus *[[sub]]-texlis untergewebt, feingewebt, zu tēla), I) [[fein]], [[dünn]], [[zart]], 1) eig. (Ggstz. [[crassus]], [[spissus]], verb. [[crassus]] spissusque), [[filum]], Lucr. u. [[Auson]].: [[bestis]] (= [[vestis]]), Edict. Diocl.: [[mitra]], Catull.: [[corpus]], Lucr. u. Sen.: [[ignis]], Lucr.: [[farina]], Plin.: [[vestis]] subtilior, Solin.: [[capillus]] [[flavus]] et [[solito]] subtilior, Vulg.: [[semen]] subtilius, Plin.: [[sucus]] subtilissimus, Plin.: poet., [[Graecia]], [[zart]], [[schlank]], Manil. – 2) übtr.: a) im allg., [[fein]], [[genau]], [[akkurat]], [[gründlich]], [[descriptio]], [[akkurat]], [[genau]], Cic.: [[venustas]], [[fein]], [[geschmackvoll]], Cic.: [[sententia]], [[ein]] feiner, vortrefflicher [[Gedanke]], Plin.: epistulae subtiliores, genauer, ausführlicher, Cic.: [[inventum]] subtilissimum, Plin.: curationes subtilissimae, Cels. – b) insbes., v. [[Ausdruck]] – gefallend [[durch]] genaue Bestimmtheit und schmucklose Einfachheit, [[schlicht]], [[einfach]] [[schön]], [[einfach]], [[oratio]], Cic.: dicendi [[genus]], Cic.: subtile, [[quod]] ἰσχνόν vocant, Quint. – v. Rednern u. Schriftstellern, [[subtilis]] oratione, Cic. (vgl. [[subtilis]] deductā oratione [[Menelaus]], [[Auson]].): [[Lysias]] [[subtilis]] [[atque]] [[elegans]], Quint.: [[Lysias]] [[egregie]] [[subtilis]] [[scriptor]] [[atque]] [[elegans]], Cic.: [[praeceptor]], Quint. – II) [[von]] den Sinneswerkzeugen = feinfühlend, -schmeckend, 1) eig.: [[palatum]], Hor.: subtilior [[gula]], Colum. – 2) übtr., vom ästhetischen [[Geschmack]] u. [[Urteil]] = feinfühlend, [[fein]] unterscheidend, [[fein]], [[iudicium]], Cic. u. Hor.: veterum [[iudex]], Hor.: [[sapiens]] subtilisque [[lector]], Plin. ep.: [[sagax]] et [[admodum]] [[subtilis]] ingenio, [[ein]] [[gar]] feiner [[Kopf]], Eutr.: [[Democritus]] subtilissimus omnium, der feinste [[Forscher]], Sen. – / Vulg. [[Schreibung]] [[soubtilis]], Edict. Diocl. 7, 48.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=subtilis, e. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: [[細]]。[[尖]]。[[聰明]]。[[巧者]]
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