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dilucidus

dilucidus · adj

clear, bright

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Where it lives

Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 10 · 10.21/10k
Timaeus 1 · 2.37/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
Orator 3 · 1.62/10k
De Inventione 5 · 1.51/10k
Lucullus 2 · 1.11/10k
Phormio 1 · 0.92/10k
Institutio Oratoria 13 · 0.76/10k
De Oratore 4 · 0.66/10k
Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 3 · 0.6/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dīlūcĭdus — 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.

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