(adj.adv.) : clārus, a, um, adj.kindr. with Germ. klar; Engl. clear; cf. clamo
* Clear, bright (opp. obscurus, caecus; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of composition).
* Lit.
* Relating to the sight, clear, bright, shining, brilliant, etc.
* Trop.
* Relating to the hearing, clear, loud, distinct: clarā voce vocare,Lucr. 4, 711; Cic. Clu. 48, 134; id. Caecin. 8, 22; Liv. 7, 31, 12; 42, 25, 12; Ov. M. 3, 703: lectio,Cels. 1, 2: clariore voce,Caes. B. G. 5, 30; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 19: sonor,Lucr. 4, 567: clamor,Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 27: plausus,id. As. Grex. 6: plangor,Ov. M. 4, 138: latratus,id. ib. 13, 806: ictus,id. ib. 2, 625: strepitus, Suet. Vit. Luc.: vox (opp. obtusa),Quint. 11, 3, 15; 9, 4, 136 Spald.: spiritus,id. 11, 3, 55; cf. id. 11, 3, 41 and 82: syllabae clariores,id. 8, 3, 16.
* Lit.
* Clear, manifest, plain, evident, intelligible (syn.: planus, apertus, perspicuus, dilucidus, etc.): vide ut mi haec certa et clara attuleris,Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 1 Ruhnk.; cf.: omnia non properanti clara certaque erunt,Liv. 22, 39, 22: clara res est, quam dicturus sum, totā Siciliā celeberrima atque notissima,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61; 2, 5, 38, § 101; id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78: luce sunt clariora nobis tua consilia,id. Cat. 1, 3, 6: id quod est luce clarius,id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90: si ea, quae dixi, sole ipso inlustriora et clariora sunt,id. Fin. 1, 21, 71; id. Div. 1, 3, 6: caecis hoc satis clarum est,Quint. 12, 7, 9: lumen eloquentiae,id. 3, 8, 65; cf. id. 12, 10, 15; 11, 1, 75: in narrando (T. Livius) clarissimi candoris,id. 10, 1, 101 Spald. and Frotsch.: Massinissam regem post LXXXVI. annum generasse filium clarum est,Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 61: somno clarius,Ov. F. 3, 28: exempla,Tac. Or. 8; id. A. 4, 11: documenta,id. ib. 6, 22.
* Trop.
* With abl.: clariores gloriā,Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; v.supra: arte medicinae,Quint. 3, 6, 64: eloquendi suavitate,id. 10, 1, 83: sententiis,id. 10, 1, 90: Juppiter giganteo triumpho,Hor. C. 3, 1, 7: agendis causis,id. Ep. 1, 7, 47: Ajax toties servatis Achivis,id. S. 2, 3, 194: bello,Tac. Agr. 29; id. H. 3, 44: gens memoriā nominis,id. ib. 1, 67: Cluvius Rufus eloquentiā,id. ib. 4, 43.
* With in: in arte tibiarum,Quint. 2, 3, 3; cf.: clarissimi in eā scientiā,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 11: in litteris,Quint. 1, 6, 35: in agendo,id. 12, 10, 49: in foro,id. 10, 5, 14: in contionibus,id. 12, 2, 7; 12, 10, 49.—*
* As a title: clarissimus vir,Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 1: clarissimi consules,Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 8; cf. Dig. 49, 14, 18; Lampr. Elag. 4; Alex. Sev. 21 al.: permitto tibi vir clarissime Veiento (a senator), dicere,Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19; so, ordo = senatorius,Vop. Aur. 18 fin.; cf. also Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 12.
* Meton., of the wives of such distinguished public characters: clarissimae feminae,Dig. 1, 9, 8.
* In a bad sense, notorious: minus clarum putavit fore quod de armario quam quod de sacrario esset ablatum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; 2, 1, 19, § 50; 2, 4, 12, § 29: ecquid hoc totā Siciliā clarius, ecquid indignius? etc.,id. ib. 2, 5, 7, § 16: populus (sc. Campanus), luxuriā superbiāque clarus,Liv. 7, 31, 6.—Hence, adv.: clārē (freq. and class.).
* Of sight (acc. to I. A.), brightly, clearly: clare oculis video,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 35: clare fulgens caesaries,Cat. 66, 9: occidere,of a star,Col. 11, 2, 52.—Comp.: clarius micare,Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43: nitere,Stat. S. 4, 1, 4. —Sup.: clarissime lucere,Vitr. 9, 4.
* Of hearing (acc. to I. B.), clearly, distinctly, plainly, aloud: clare recitare,Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 30: plaudite, id. Am. fin.; cf. id. Bacch. fin.: dic,Ter. And. 4, 4, 15 Ruhnk.: gemere,Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3: res clare enuntiare,Quint. 8, 3, 62: sonare,id. 11, 3, 55: exscreare,id. 11, 3, 160: maledicere,Suet. Vit. 14 et saep.: palam et clare,id. Claud. 3; cf. Mart. 7, 92, 5.—Comp.: clarius fabulari,Suet. Calig. 22.—Sup.: pisces clarissime audiunt,Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193; Vitr. 5, 3.
* Mentally (acc. to II. A.), distinctly, intelligibly, clearly: clare atque evidenter ostendere,Quint. 8, 3, 86; cf. id. 4, 1, 1: aliquid intellegere,Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 16. —Comp.: eo clarius id periculum apparet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 2; so, clarius intellegi,Quint. 2, 5, 7: clarius elucebit,id. 12, 1, 26: clarius ostendemus,id. 2, 17, 25 al.— Sup., Quint. 9, 1, 19.
* Morally (acc. to II. B.), illustriously, honorably (very rare): clarius exsplendescebat,Nep. Att. 1, 3.

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