visible Copy link Outline I. Perceivable by the eye1. vīsĭbĭlis, e (late)2. aspectābĭlis, e corporeal and v., corporeum et a., Cic. Tim. 4.3. conspĭcuus (strikingly v.)II. Noticeable, striking • visible: I. Perceivable by the eye: 1. vīsĭbĭlis, e (late): App.: Prud. 2. aspectābĭlis, e corporeal and v., corporeum et a., Cic. Tim. 4. 3. conspĭcuus (strikingly v.): the v. line of the barbarian army, c. barbarorum acies, Tac. H. 4, 29: Ov. Hor. Phr. this v. world, haec omnia quae videmus, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 21; hic quem cernimus mundus, id. Tim. 2; omnia quae cernuntur, id. Fin. 1, 6, 17: the first beginnings of things are not v., nequeunt oculis rerum primordia cerni, Lucr. 1, 269: the heaven is v., coelum ita aptum est ut sub aspectum cadat, Cic. Tim. 5: to become v., cadere in conspectum, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50: when only the rear was v., quum jam extremi essent in prospectu, Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. sight: the star becomes v. in the morning, stella matutinis temporibus se aperit, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: cf. Virg. Aen. 3, 206: Metellus is v. with his army, Metellus cum exercitu conspicitur, Sall. 7, 49: v. to appear, see, conspicuous. To render v., subjicere oculis, Cic. Or. 40, 139: v. to show, discover. II. Noticeable, striking: mănĭfestus: v. clear, evident, etc.
VISIBLE Copy link • VISIBLE(PROP.) aspectabilis: quod cerni, oculis cerni, potest: quod cadit, venit, in, sub aspectum: quod cadit sub oculos, in conspectum: quod ante oculos positum est: quod aspectu sentitur: quod in cernendi sensum cadit: conspicuus (strikingly visible, Hor., Phaedrus, Tac.): subjectus oculis (Liv.): sub oculos (plainly visible, Quint. ☞ Avoid visibilis, Apul., late). The visible world, mundus quem cernimus (Cic., Univ., 2); quae sub aspectum cadunt (ibid. 4); haec omnia quas videmus (Cic., Cat., 3, 9, 21); ea quae sunt quaeque cernuntur omnia (Cic., Fin., 1, 6, 17): visible things, quae oculis cernimus; quae sub oculos cadunt; que aspectu sentiuntur (Cic.): to be visible, oculis, aspectu cerni; ante oculos positum esse (Cic.): in oculis situm esse (Sall.); sub oculis esse; oculis subjectim esse (Liv.); in prospectu esse (Caes.); in oculos incurrere; sub or in oculos, in conspectum, sub aspectum, cadere; conspici; apparere: to render visible, subjicere aliquid oculis, sub oculos, or sub aspectum: aperire: to become visible, in conspectum dari; aperiri; se aperire (opposed to occultari, delitescere); sub oculos subjici (Quint.); oculis se dare (Plin., Ep., Sen.). Figuratively, Apparent, clear, manifest, manifestus: promptus: apertus: evidens: expressus: illustris: perspicuus. To be visible, apparere; patere; manifestum esse. Vid: also, APPARENT.