elaborate (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. accūrātus (with which all possible care has been taken)2. ēlăbōrātus (done with labour) • elaborate (adj.): 1. accūrātus (with which all possible care has been taken): an e. speech, ac. oratio, Cic.: e. and studied addresses, ac. et meditatae orationes, Cic. Join also: accurata et polita oratio; accuratius et exquisitius [dicendi genus], Cic. 2. ēlăbōrātus (done with labour): not to let an (over) e. elegance appear, ne e. concinnitas appareat, Cic. Join: ornati et elaborati versus, Cic. Phr.: e. elegance of style, anxia orationis elegantia, Gell.: an e. work (in good sense), *liber diligenter accurateque scriptus (R. and A.): a most e. and learned work, *liber vario genere doctrinarum ac summa scribendi diligentia insignis: he had an accomplished elegance of style without being painfully e., loquendi (erat) accurata et sine molestia diligens elegantia, Cic. Brut. 38, 143.