• thorough: germānus, v. perfect, No. V.: this is the best gen. equiv.: other adjs. may sometimes expr. the idea, as, subtīlis: v. exact, precise; sŏlĭdus, v. sound, genuine: the latter is used for t. by many modern writers, but often incorrectly: the superl. of an adj., or a compd. with per expr. the notion in many passages: a t. scholar, vir doctissimus or perdoctus: in com. or colloq. language tri- has a like force: a t.-paced knave, trifurcifer: see also thoroughly. Phr.: t. friendship, vera et perfecta amicitia, Cic. Am. 6, 22: nothing worthy of t. knowledge, nihil magna cognitione dignum, id. Fin. 5, 19, 50.