evident Copy link Outline 1. ăpertus (open and obvious to all)2. mănĭfestus3. perspĭcuus (to be seen at once)4. ēvĭdens, ntis (that speaks for itself, self-evidencing) • evident: 1. ăpertus (open and obvious to all): what can be so e. and obvious as ..., quid potest esse tam a. tamque perspicuum, quam ..., Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4: to separate things e. from things doubtful, res secernere a. a dubiis, Lucr. 2. mănĭfestus: v. manifest. 3. perspĭcuus (to be seen at once): what can be so e., quid potest esse tam apertum tamque p., Cic. 4. ēvĭdens, ntis (that speaks for itself, self-evidencing): for what is more e. than this, quid enim est hoc evidentius? Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 (elsewhere explained as de quo inter omnes conveniat, N. D. 3, 4, 9). See also foll. art.