perspicuous Copy link Outline 1. dīlūcĭdus (clear, distinctly intelligible)2. perspĭcuus (the most precise and critical term)3. illustris (a degree beyond the preceding) • perspicuous: 1. dīlūcĭdus (clear, distinctly intelligible): p. language, d. oratio, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3: Quint. Also, lūcĭdus: p. arrangement, l. ordo, Hor. A. P. 41: Quint. 4, 2, 31. 2. perspĭcuus (the most precise and critical term): Quint. l. c., et pass. 3. illustris (a degree beyond the preceding): p. (or luminous) exposition, i. expositio, Quint. 9, 2, 2. (Luculentus = full of light, brilliant, excellent: planus, plain and straightforward.)