persubtilis

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Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-subtīlis: e, adj.
I Lit., very fine or delicate, very subtle: animus persubtilis atque minutis Perquam corporibus factus, Lucr. 3, 179.—
II Trop., very ingenious: oratio, Cic. Planc. 24, 58.