speciosissime
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
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quae missa optime est hastam speciosissime contortam ferri videmus, et arcu derigentium tela quo certior manus..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nare", licet hoc Vergilius in apibus ac Daedalo speciosissime sit usus. Metaphora enim aut vacantem locum occupare debet..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...copias cum elephantis LX productas in aciem quam speciosissime potuit instruxit ac paulo longius progressus ab suis munitionibus..."
