EXPRESS Copy link • EXPRESS 1. adj., expressus: apertus: perspicuus (clear): certus: definitus (fixed, definite): in these express words, his ipsis verbis; diserte (☞ not disertis verbis; which is not Latin); expresse (e.g., conscriptus): under the express condition that, that not etc., ea conditione ut, ne, etc. 2. s. tabellarius data, opera, missus :cursor data opera dimissus (Vid: Plin., Ep., 3, 17, 2; 7, 12, 6). To send an express, data opera mittere tabellarium. 3. v. To signify, declare, exprimere: significare (to signify, to indicate): verbis declarare, demonstrare, significare, verbis, or dicendo exprimere (to signify or indicate by words). To express fully or accurately by words, verbis consequi, exsequi; exprimere aliquid: to express a meaning, sententiam efferre verbis: to express one’s feelings, animi sensum exprimere (to give an accurate representation of them, Cic., Or., 55, 185; Suet., Oct., 86); sensa exprimere dicendo (Cic., De Or., 1, 8, 32): to express anything in good Latin, Latine dicere aliquid aptis verbis. To express one’s self, loqui, dicere (to speak); verbis uti (to use such and such words); scribere (to write); to express one’s self in Latin, Latina lingua loqui; Latine loqui, dicere, scribere: to be able to express one’s self well in Latin, Latine scire: to express one’s self correctly, apte dicere; aptis uti verbis: to express one’s self elegantly and in a polished manner, ornate politeque dicere: to express one’s self with spirit, luculente dicere, scribere: Plato frequently expresses himself thus, Plato saepe hanc orationem usurpat: on this point Metrodorus expresses himself still better, quod idem melioribus etiam verbis Metrodorus: well expressed, verbis apte comprehensus et conclusus. To press out, exprimere.