DECIDED Copy link • DECIDEDdijudicatus (by a judicial sentence): decisus (e.g., quibus omnibus rebus actis atque decisis, Cic.: decisa negotia, Hor., ; jam decisa quaestio, Ulp.). Also, of course, by the participles of the other verbs under DECIDE: certus, exploratus (certain, ascertained; e.g., a decided victory, victoria certa or explorata): destinatus (defined, fixed; e.g., opinio, sententia): a decided opinion, stabilis certaque sententia (opposed to errans et vaga sententia, Cic.); certa destinataque sententia (Cic.): destinata opinio (Liv.): to give a decided opinion, *certam sententiam expromere: never to give a decided opinion, nullam rem aperte judicare. As adjective, firm, resolute, firmus: stabilis: constans. (The words are found in this connection and order.) firmus et stabilis et constans: promptus (also with animi, or animo in Tac., ; ready; hence, vigorous, etc.): a decided character, animus promptus, certus. A person of decided character, qui nunquam inops est consilii (Liv.); *cui, quid consilii capiat, or quid faciat, semper promptum est (after Cic.): to be of a decided character, in rebus excogitandis promptum esse; in ipso negotio or ex tempore consilium capere (of the decision of character which can see what is to be done, and carry it out firmly). Clear, unequivocal, clarus: certus: manifestus: perspicuus: evidens. The most decided proofs of his guilt, indicia atque argumenta certissima (Cic.): to be a decided proof, indicio esse (with subordinate clause; how, what, quam, qualis, etc.): to announce anything to anybody as decided, pro cerlo perscribere aliquid ad aliquem: a decided likeness, expressa effigies or imago.