accurate Copy link Outline I. Careful, studied1. dīlĭgens, ntis (strictly careful)2. exactus3. subtīlis, e • accurate: I. Careful, studied: q. v. II. Exact and correct in calculation, etc. 1. dīlĭgens, ntis (strictly careful): Myron is more a. in the symmetry (of his works), M. in symmetria diligentior, Plin: the most a. naturalists say, diligentissimi naturae tradunt, Plin.: to examine a thing with a. nicety, aliquid diligenti subtilitate exigere, Plin. 2. exactus: v. exact. 3. subtīlis, e: an a. definition, s. definitio, Cic: a. observation, s. observatio, Plin. Phr.: an a. copy, exemplum summa cura et diligentia exscriptum, Cic.