exquisitus
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exquīsītus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from exquiro.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exquīsītus,¹² a, um, part.-adj. de exquiro, choisi, recherché, distingué, raffiné, exquis : reconditæ et exquisitæ litteræ Cic. Br. 252, connaissances peu accessibles et de qualité rare ; exquisitius dicendi genus Cic. Br. 283, style plus recherché ; exquisitissima verba Cic. Phil. 4, 6, termes excellents.
Latin > German (Georges)
exquīsītus, a, um, PAdi. (v. exquiro), I) ausgesucht, gewählt, vorzüglich, adulator, Tac.: epulae, Plin.: supplicia, Cic.: sententiae, Cic.: doctrina, Cic.: exquisitius dicendi genus, Cic.: exquisitissima comitas, Suet.: exquisitissimi gemmarum colores, Mart. Cap.: exquisitissimis verbis laudare, Cic. – II) gesucht, munditia exquisita nimis, Cic.: verba, Quint.
