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(adj.adv.) : perspĭcŭus, a, um, adj.perspicio
* Transparent, clear (syn. tralucidus).
* Lit.: aquae,Ov. M. 5, 588: sal,Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79: calix,Mart. 4, 86, 2: gemma,id. 8, 68, 5: nives,i.e. crystals,Stat. S. 3, 3, 94.
* Trop., evident, clear, manifest, perspicuous (very freq. and class.; syn. evidens): quasi vero hoc perspicuum sit constetque inter omnes,Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 11: quid potest esse tam apertum, tamque perspicuum,id. ib. 2, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 7, 18: adultera tenui veste perspicua,known by,Sen. Contr. 2, 15 fin.: perspicuum est, quod, etc.,Vulg. Gen. 26, 9.—Hence, adv.: per-spĭcŭē, evidently, clearly, manifestly, perspicuously: plane et perspicue expedire aliquid,Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 19: aperte et perspicue,Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 20: perspicue falsa,id. Cael. 11, 26: dilucide atque perspicue,Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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