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perspĭcŭĭtas , ātis, f. perspicuus,
I.transparency, clearness.
I. Lit.: “vitrea perspicuitas,” Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 141; 37, 5, 20, § 79.—
II. Trop., evidentness, clearness, perspicuity: nihil est clarius ἐναργεία, perspicuitatem, aut evidentiam nos, si placet, nominemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17: “perspicuitas argumentatione elevatur,” id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: “perspicuitas in verbis praecipuam habet proprietatem,” Quint. 8, 2, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.4
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.1
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