settled (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. certus (sure, certain)2. explōrātus (found sure)3. confessus (placed beyond all doubt)4. rătus (definitely fixed and ratified) • settled (adj.): 1. certus (sure, certain): to inquire why they swear in s. words, come together at a s. time, and depart at a s. time, quaerere cur in c. verba jurent, cur c. tempore conveniant, c. discedant, Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132: s. boundaries, certi limites, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 170. 2. explōrātus (found sure): a great and almost s. hope, magna et prope e. spes, Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20: a s. peace, pax e., ib. 7, 6, 16: a s. plan, ratio e., id. N. D. 1, 23, 64. 3. confessus (placed beyond all doubt): a s. thing, res c., id. Verr. 3, 56, 130. 4. rătus (definitely fixed and ratified): that our friendship and alliance may be s. for ever, ut amicitia societasque nostra in aeternum rata sit, Tac. H. 4, 64, med.: a s. and fixed command, jussum r. atque firmum, Cic. Caecin. 33, 96. Phr. it is a s. point with philosophers, inter omnes philosophos constat: v. AGREED ON, TO BE to consider anything as s., pro explorato habere, Caes. B. G. 6, 5 the matter is not yet s.d, adhuc sub judice lis est, Hor. A. P. 77.