speciose
Dictionary entries
- Entry →speciosus, speciosa -um, speciosior -or -us, speciosissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beautiful/handsome/good-looking; attractive/appealing; presentable/respectable;; spectacular/brilliant/impressive/splendid; showy/public; plausible, specious;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →speciose, speciosius, speciosissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attractively, gracefully; strikingly, impressively; speciously, plausibly;
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...sunt. Ceteri, etiam si uana gloriae imagine teneantur, speciose tamen errant; licet auaros mihi, licet iracundos enumeres..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Denique quod cuique visum erit vehementer dulciter speciose dictum, solvat et turbet: abierit omnis vis iucunditas decor. Solvit..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...amplificatio laudanda, quae uirtus ei contraria, quid speciose tralatum, quae figura uerborum, quae leuis et quadrata, uirilis tamen..."
