NEAT Copy link • NEAT 1. adj., nitidus (the proper word, Herzog, Quint., 10, p. 105): comtus (both words, either of appearance, or of style, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) nitidus et comtus; lepidus (pretty, full of humor; e.g., dictum, puella): elegans (elegant in appearance and in manner): a neat little gentleman, ad unguem factus homo (Hor., Sat., 1, 5, 32): juvenis barba et coma nitidus, totus de capsula (Sen., Ep., 115, 2): neat behavior, morum elegantia. 2. s. A single head of cattle, bos; taurus: but ☞ rarely used in this way except in phrases, such as neat’s tongue, neat’s foot, lingua bovis; pes bovis, tauri. Horned cattle, pecus bubulum; boves (plur.); armenta boum.