definite

τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adj.

P. and V. σαφής.

Exact: P. and V. ἀκριβής.

Well-defined, fixed: P. and V. βέβαιος.

dēfīnītē¹⁵ (definitus), d’une manière déterminée, précise, distincte : Cic. de Or. 2, 118 ; Balbo 32.

dēfīnītē, Adv. m. Superl. (definitus), abgegrenzt = mit gehöriger, bestimmter Begrenzung, mit spezieller Beziehung, bestimmt, ausdrücklich, speziell, qui nihil (potest) partite, definite, distincte dicere, Cic.: ›belli‹ autem ›ferias‹ festive magis dixit, quam aperte atque definite, Gell.: nec magis (te) distincte definiteque designat, qui etc., Plin. pan.: vel separatim (ohne spezielle Beziehung, im allgemeinen, abstrakt) dicere solemus de genere universo vel definite (mit spezieller Beziehung, konkret) de singulis temporibus, hominibus, causis, Cic.: lex Gellia et Cornelia, quae definite potestatem Pompeio civitatem donandi dederat, Cic.: Superl., definitissime credite, Ps. Augustin. serm. app. 77, 4.

definite ADV :: precisely, definitely, distinctly, clearly; expressly, in particular instances