conspicuous Copy link Outline 1. mănĭfestus (obvious to the eye or mind)2. conspĭcuus (often = notorious)3. conspĭciendus (i. e. attracting attention)4. conspectus (object of attention)5. insignis, e (esp. in poets) • conspicuous: 1. mănĭfestus (obvious to the eye or mind): the household gods c. in a flood of light, penates multo manifesti lumine, Virg.: v. plain, manifest. (Not used of celebrity.) 2. conspĭcuus (often = notorious): a standard c. in battles, signum in praeliis c., Phaedr.: his riches made him c. to the Romans, Romanis eum c. divitiae faciebant, Liv. 3. conspĭciendus (i. e. attracting attention): let him sit c. on a swift horse, insideat celeri c. equo, Ov. 4. conspectus (object of attention): most conspicuous was he himself, riding into the city in a chariot with a team of white horses, maxime c. ipse est curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus, Liv. Simly. to be c., with verb: to be c. fighting splendidly, conspici pugnantem egregie, Liv. 5. insignis, e (esp. in poets): he decorated him with a c. garment, in. eum veste adornavit, Liv.: c. in purple and gold, ostro in. et auro, Virg.: very c., praesignis, e: very c. bodily defects, pr. corporis pravitates, Cic. (rare). To these may be added illustris, clārus, nōtus, etc.: v. famous.
CONSPICUOUS Copy link • CONSPICUOUSobvious to the sight, conspicuus: oculis subjectus (obvious to the sight): expressus (clearly discernible; e.g., traces, vestiges, vestigia: marks, indicia): apertus (lying openly before one’s eyes, opposed to occultus): manifestus (plain, palpable, evident; opposed to latens, occultus): to be conspicuous, ante oculos positum esse: apertum esse: apparere (general term). [Vid: also, CLEAR.] Unusual, remarkable, notabilis or notandus: insignis: insignitus: conspicuus or conspiciendus (that will draw upon itself the eyes of people; Vid: Bremi, Suet., Oct., 45): mirus (strange, odd, extraordinary): a conspicuous dress or costume, dissentiens a ceteris habitus: conspicuous from one’s dress, cultu notabilis: to be conspicuous, esse notabilem (remarkable, of persons and things): conspici: conspicuum esse (to draw upon itself the eyes of the public; e.g., by its extravagant nature, of persons and things, Vid: Bremi., Nep., Att., 13, 5, and Suet., Oct., 45). Eminent, insignis: praestans: clarus: nobilis. egregius: excellens: eximius, [SYN. in DISTINGUISHED], Vid: EMINENT.