I.transparent, clear (syn. tralucidus).
I. 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.—
II. 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.
