dilucidus
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Latin > English
dilucidus dilucida, dilucidum ADJ :: plain, distinct, lucid
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dīlūcĭdus: a, um, adj. diluceo,
I clear, bright (syn.: clarus, illustris, perspicuus, conspicuus).
I Lit. (rare): zmaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 70.—
II Trop., of speech, clear, plain, distinct, evident (in Cic. and Quint.): oratio, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3: verbis uti, id. Inv. 1, 20 fin.; cf. verba, Quint. 8 prooem. § 26: sermo, id. 5, 14, 33; 11, 1, 53: enuntiatio, id. 7, 3, 2 al.—Comp.: omnia dilucidiora non ampliora facientes, Cic. Or. 5 fin.—Sup. does not occur.—Adv.: dīlūcĭdē.
a (Acc. to no. I.) Clearly, brightly: dilucidius flagrant, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 48.—
b (Acc. to no. II.) Plainly, evidently, distinctly: expedire, Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 52; cf. explicare, Cic. Div. 1, 51, 117: dilucide planeque dicere, id. Or. 23 fin.: rei dilucide magnificandi causa, Auct. Her. 3, 4, 8; cf. dicere, Quint. 8, 6, 52: lex vetat, Cic. Vat. 15 fin.: docere, Liv. 39, 47 al.—Comp., Cels. 2, 4.—Sup., Aug. ad Hier. Ep. 29, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dīlūcĭdus,¹⁶ a, um (dis, lucidus), clair, lumineux, brillant : Plin. 37, 18 || [fig.] clair, net : omnia dilucidiora, non ampliora facientes Cic. Or. 20, éclaircissant tout sans l’amplifier ; cf. Fin. 3, 3 ; Part. 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
dī-lūcidus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar., licht, hell, I) eig.: zmaragdus, Plin. 37, 70. – II) übtr., deutlich, expositio, Cornif. rhet.: verba, Cic.: sermo purus atque dil., Quint.: locorum dilucida ac significans descriptio, Quint.: omnia docentes et dilucidiora, non ampliora facientes, Cic.: quo brevior, eo dilucidior et cognitu facilior narratio erit, Cornif. rhet.
