expressive Copy link Outline 1. Indicating1. index, ĭcis; c.2. expr. by signĭfico, dēclāro, etc.II. Full of expressiveness1. expr. by vis2. expr. by signĭfĭco, the pres. part. of which is used as adj. • expressive: 1. Indicating: foll. by of: 1. index, ĭcis; c.: the eyes are e. of feeling, indices animi oculi, Cic. Or. 18, 60: cease that cry, e. of your folly, quin continetis vocem, i. stultitiae vestrae, Cic. C. Rab. 6, 18: Quint. 2. expr. by signĭfico, dēclāro, etc.: (actions) e. of affection, hatred, *quae amorem, odium significant, etc.: v. to express. II. Full of expressiveness: 1. expr. by vis: I have always thought this word most e., hujus verbi vim vel maximam semper putavi, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: to be more e. than language itself (of pictures), ipsam vim dicendi superare, Quint. 11, 3, 67. 2. expr. by signĭfĭco, the pres. part. of which is used as adj.: gesture and movement are alike e., gestus motusque significat aliquid, Quint. 11, 3, 9: than which nothing can be found more e., quo nihil inveniri posset significantius, Quint. 8, 2, 9: Gell. (who has superl.). Phr.: the eyes are the most e. feature in the countenance, in vultu plurimum valent oculi, Quint. 11, 3, 75: the head is the most e. (of the body), praecipuum est caput ad significationem, ib. § 68: e. gestures (of a speaker), apti ex ipso sermone motus, ib. § 69: e. eyes, oculi loquaces, Tib. (in Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27, arguti oculi are the eyes, as full of movement and life naturally: see the place).