liquid (adj.) Copy link Outline I. FlowingII. Clear, transparent1. lĭquĭdus (both of fluid bodies and sounds)2. pellūcĭdus • liquid (adj.): I. Flowing: lĭquĭdus (less freq. līq-): cf. Lucr. 2, 452, fluido quae corpore liquida constant, i. e. they are liquid, because consisting of particles that move freely about: l. perfumes, l. odores, Hor. See also fluid. II. Clear, transparent: 1. lĭquĭdus (both of fluid bodies and sounds): l. honey, l. mel, Virg. G. 4, 101: the l. aether, l. aether, Virg. Of sounds, l. vox, Virg. G. 1, 410: Hor.: v. clear. 2. pellūcĭdus: v. transparent.