flat (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Of surface1. aequus (only of ground in this sense)2. plānus3. campester, tris, tre (of level tracts of country4. prōnus (of persons lying f. on the face)II. Insipid, dull1. văpĭdus (of wine that has lost its flavour)2. (fig.) frīgĭdus (dull, stale)3. insulsusIII. Sheer, utterIV. In music, below pitch • flat (adj.): I. Of surface: 1. aequus (only of ground in this sense): v. level. 2. plānus: a f. fish, p. piscis, Plin. 9, 20, 36. 3. campester, tris, tre (of level tracts of country: opp. to montanus, collinus): Varr. 4. prōnus (of persons lying f. on the face): to stretch a man f. upon the ground, aliquem pronum sternere solo, Virg.: an oak growing for a little way f. along the ground, ilex paulum modo p., Sall. Jug. 93, med. Phr.: to lay f., sternere, prosternere: v. to level, prostrate. II. Insipid, dull: 1. văpĭdus (of wine that has lost its flavour): f. wine, v. vinum, Col. (subs. vappa: cf. Plin. 14, 20, 25: deperit sapor vappaeque accipit nomen): Hor. 2. (fig.) frīgĭdus (dull, stale): (jokes) like these are f., haec f. sunt, Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260: v. frigid, dull. To be f. or dull, frīgeo, 2 (v. to flag, 3): the market was very f., *annona admodum frigebat (comp. annonam incendere, excandefacere, to raise prices, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, ad fin.). 3. insulsus: v. insipid. III. Sheer, utter: mĕrus: f. prodigies, m. monstra, Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1. Phr.: to tell a f. lie, aperte mentiri, Cic.: to give a f. denial, plane, aperte (perh. sine fuco et fallaciis, cf. Cic. Att. 1, 1) negare, Cic. (v. openly): "our only hope is f. despair" (Milt.), una salus victis nullam sperare salutem, Virg. Aen. 2, 354. IV. In music, below pitch: to sing f., *absurde (out of tune) atque infra accentum cantare (?).