splendid Copy link Outline I. In proper sense1. splendĭdus (resplendent, making a great show)2. ēmĭnens, ntis (striking, standing out from the rest)3. lautus (of furniture, entertainments, etc.)4. amplus (on a large, grand scale, magnificent, distinguished)5. magnĭfĭcusII. Colloq., excellent • splendid: I. In proper sense: 1. splendĭdus (resplendent, making a great show): s. achievements, s. facta, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237 (but see infr. 4): s. geniuses, s. ingenia, Cic. de Off. 1, 8, 26. 2. ēmĭnens, ntis (striking, standing out from the rest): s. eloquence, e. eloquentia, Tac. Dial. 25: s. passages (in a poem), eminentia, Quint. (R. and A.). 3. lautus (of furniture, entertainments, etc.): s. furniture, l. supellex, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 165: a very s. [sumptuous] entertainment, lautissima coena, Plin. Ep. 9, 17. Join: magnificus et lautus, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, fin. 4. amplus (on a large, grand scale, magnificent, distinguished): no shows more s. or more popular, nullum munus amplius aut gratius P. Romano, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, extr.: a very s. mansion, perh. domus amplissima atque ornatissima (domus ampla, simply a spacious, fine house): s. achievements, amplissimae res gestae, Cic. Att. 8, 9. 5. magnĭfĭcus: v. magnificent. II. Colloq., excellent: insignis: cf. Phaedr. 1, 11, 14: praeclārus: v. fine, excellent.