evidens
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-vĭdens: entis, adj. video, of things (like perspicuus),
I apparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clear (good prose; most freq. since the Aug. per.; syn. perspicuus, manifestus, apertus, dilucidus): flos (lappae) non evidens, sed intus occultus, Plin. 21, 17, 64, § 104: si quid est evidens, de quo inter omnes conveniat, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 4; cf. id. Ac. 2, 6, 18: perspicuae et evidentes res, id. ib. 2, 15; cf. res (opp. dubia), Liv. 39, 34: causae (opp. obscurae), Cels. praef. fin.: expositio, Quint. 4, 2, 64: probatio, id. 5, 10, 7: argumentum, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: signum, Suet. Ner. 6: prodigia, id. Caes. 81; cf. portenta, id. Ner. 46: signum, Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 35 et saep.—Comp., Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; id. Lael. 8, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Quint. 9, 2, 52 al.—Sup., Liv. 8, 9; Quint. 4, 2, 65; Suet. Caes. 54; id. Aug. 97: sapor, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 43 al.; cf. of persons: auctores, i. e. the most trustworthy, most credible, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 41.—Adv.: ēvĭdenter, evidently, manifestly, etc., Liv. 6, 26; 34, 54; 42, 29 fin.; Quint. 8, 3, 86 al.—Comp., Dig. 18, 5, 5.—Sup., Suet. Tib. 45; Dig. 23, 3, 57 et saep.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēvĭdēns,¹² tis (ex, video),
1 visible, apparent : flos non evidens Plin. 21, 64, fleur non apparente
2 clair, manifeste, évident : evidentes res Cic. Ac. 2, 18, choses évidentes, cf. Nat. 3, 9 ; quod in homine multo est evidentius Cic. Læl. 27, et cet instinct se manifeste encore bien plus clairement dans l’homme
3 digne de foi : [en parl. de choses] Cic. Top. 97 ; [de pers.] evidentissimi Græciæ auctores Plin. 19, 41, les auteurs grecs les plus dignes de foi
