• FRANK

1. liber (not checking his tongue from respect of persons, fear of consequences, etc. ☞ The “liber, ‘ if he carries his freeness of speech beyond the above meaning, becomes “maledicus;” Vid: Quint., 2, 12, 4): apertus (open, without deceit, of persons and their character; opposed to tectus): simplex (straightforward). (The words are found in this connection and order.) apertus et simplex: candidus (pure; of character): ingenuus (open, honest, as becomes a free-born man): simulationum nescius (unable to act a part). To be frank with anybody, alicui aperte, quod sentio, loqui (Cic.); se aperire or se patefacere alicui: to make a frank avowal of one’s opinion, [Vid: “I will tell you FRANKLY what I think”] (☞ memorem libertatis vocem mittere, Liv., 3, 36, does not apply to ordinary occasions). To be frank with you; Vid: “to speak FRANKLY.

2. s. Vid: To FRANK.

3. v. (a letter), *nomine inscripto epistolam a vecturae pretio immunem facere (to write upon it the name of a person who can exempt it from postage): *epistolae perferendae mercedem persolvere (to pay the postage) to any place, ad locum. A letter is franked, *epistola a vecturae pretio immunis est.