bare (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Uncovered, naked1. nūdus2. mĕrus (rare). a b. foot, pes m., Juv. Phr.II. DestituteIII. Mere, simple1. mĕrus2. nūdusIV. Plain, unadorned; of style. pressus, Cic. • bare (adj.): I. Uncovered, naked 1. nūdus: with b. head (bareheaded), capite nudo, Sall.: b. footed, nudis pedibus, Hor.: b. benches, n. subsellia, Cic.: she sat on the b. ground, sedit humo n., Ov. 2. mĕrus (rare). a b. foot, pes m., Juv. Phr.: to lay b. the natures of things, rerum naturas persecare, Cic.; rerum naturam expandere, Lucr.: v. to unfold. II. Destitute: nūdus (with abl. or gen.): places b. of vegetation, loca n. gignentium, Sall.: v. destitute. III. Mere, simple: 1. mĕrus: nothing except b. hope, nihil nisi spes m., Ter.: the money was received on his b. word of honour, m. fide accepta pecunia est, Apul. 2. nūdus: the b. anger of Caesar, n. ira Caesaris, Ov.: b. names of places, locorum n. nomina, Plin. IV. Plain, unadorned; of style. pressus, Cic.: Quint.: v. plain, meagre.