(adjective) : dīlūcĭdus, a, um, diluceo
* Clear, bright (syn.: clarus, illustris, perspicuus, conspicuus).
* Lit. (rare): zmaragdi,Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 70.
* 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.
* (Acc. to no. I.) Clearly, brightly: dilucidius flagrant,Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 48.
* (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.

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