perspicuitas

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οὐ σύ με λοιδορεῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ τόπος → it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing (Aesop)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

perspĭcŭĭtas: ātis, f. perspicuus,
I transparency, clearness.
I Lit.: vitrea perspicuitas, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 141; 37, 5, 20, § 79.—
II Trop., evidentness, clearness, perspicuity: nihil est clarius ἐναργεία, perspicuitatem, aut evidentiam nos, si placet, nominemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17: perspicuitas argumentatione elevatur, id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: perspicuitas in verbis praecipuam habet proprietatem, Quint. 8, 2, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

perspĭcŭĭtās, ātis, f. (perspicuus),
1 transparence : Plin. 37, 141