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pĕr-urbānus , a, um, adj.,
I.very polite, pleasant, or witty.
I. Lit.: “L. Torquatus elegans in dicendo, toto genere perurbanus,” Cic. Brut. 68, 239: “C. Lucilius et doctus et perurbanus,” id. de Or. 1, 16, 72.—
II. Transf., with a bad accessory signif., over-fine, over-polite: “cum rusticis potius quam cum his perurbanis,” Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3. —Adv.: pĕrurbānē , very elegantly: “respondere,” Sid. Ep. 5, 17 fin.
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, Letters to Atticus, 2.15.3
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.16
    • Cicero, Brutus, 68.239
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