graphic Copy link Outline 1. expressus (represented closely)2. mănĭfestus (as if placed before the eyes)3. signĭfĭcans, ntis4. perh. vīvĭdus • graphic: 1. expressus (represented closely): a full and g. representation of anything, alicujus rei solida et expressa imago (opp. to a mere sketch), Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69: in narration full and g., in narratione plenus atque ex., Quint. 9, 4, 38. Simly., to give a g. delineation, aliquid ita exprimere verbis, ut cerni potius videatur quam audiri, Quint. 9, 2, 40: v. to represent. 2. mănĭfestus (as if placed before the eyes): this figure has something more g. about it, habet haec figura manifestius aliquid, [non enim narrari res sed agi videtur], Quint. 9, 2, 44. 3. signĭfĭcans, ntis: v. expressive. 4. perh. vīvĭdus: v. vivid. Phr.: than which no picture could be more g., quod nulla expressius pictura signaret, Macr. Sat. 5, 13, med. (N.B.--Not graphĭcus: cf. Vitr. 4, 4, extr.)