persubtilis
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
persubtīlis,¹⁵ e, très subtil : Lucr. 3, 179 || très ingénieux : Cic. Planc. 58.
Latin > German (Georges)
per-subtīlis, e, I) sehr sein, sehr zart, animus, Lucr. 3, 179. – II) bildl., sehr sein = sehr durchdacht, quoniam tua fuit perelegans et persubtilis oratio, Cic. Planc. 58.
