critical Copy link Outline I. Relating to criticismII. Possessing skill to criticise1. ēlĕgans, ntis2. intellĭgens, ntis (implying judiciousness, whereas elegans denotes refinement, nicety)3. accūrātus4. fastīdiōsusIII. Belonging to a crisis1. dŭbius2. anceps, cĭpĭtis (chiefly in later writers)3. When joined with occasion, time, position; expr. by discrimen or tempus • critical: I. Relating to criticism: crĭtĭcus, M. L. passim. (But in classical Lat. the word is either a subs., = a critic, or is used in sense III.) II. Possessing skill to criticise: 1. ēlĕgans, ntis: a person of most refined c. judgment, homo in omni judicio elegantissimus, Cic.. a c. judge of beauty, e. formae judex, Ter. 2. intellĭgens, ntis (implying judiciousness, whereas elegans denotes refinement, nicety): a c. judgment, int. judicium, Cic. 3. accūrātus: v. careful, accurate. 4. fastīdiōsus: i. e. exceedingly nice, fastidious: q. v. Ph c. ears, teretes aures, Cic.; aures delicatae, Quint. (over-much so): some c. discernment, aliqua sollertia judicandi; intelligentia, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 4: an over c. ear, fastidium audiendi, ib: the critical, existimantes, id. III. Belonging to a crisis: (a). in medical lang. crĭtĭcus, crĭsĭmus: v. crisis. (b). in common phras.: 1. dŭbius: c. times, d. tempora, Cic.: in c. circumstances, dubiis rebus, Liv.: v. doubtful. 2. anceps, cĭpĭtis (chiefly in later writers): the commonwealth is in a c. state, in ancipiti est respublica, Tac.: Nep. 3. When joined with occasion, time, position; expr. by discrimen or tempus: as, in such a c. position, in tanto discrimine (rerum); in tali tempore: v. crisis. Phr.: to be in a c. position, in angusto esse, Curt.; in lubrico (slippery, and so perilous) versari, Cic. Join: lubricus atque incertus, id.; in praecipiti et lubrico stare, Curt.: seeing himself in a most c. position, ubi intelligit omnes fortunas suas in extremo sitas, Sall.: a c. point, cardo rerum, Virg.: simly Quint.: quae res totam rem continet (based on Cic.); unde omnia pendent: v. depend.
CRITICAL Copy link • CRITICALBelonging or referring to criticism, criticus: *ad criticam rationem emendatus (critically correct; of an edition, etc., F.A. Wolf). A critical edition, *editio ad criticam rationem correcta: *editio ad optimas membranas castigata. A work of which there is hardly a single critical edition, liber criticam manum vix semel expertus: critical writings, *libri, qui sunt de critico genere; *libri critici argumenti: critical exactness or precision, critica subtilitas: critical talents, *facultas critica: critical mind or faculty, ingenium acutum (☞ not subactum): to cultivate one’s critical powers, *ingenium ad criticam facultatem formare: according to, or consistently with, critical rules, critica ratione; ad criticam rationem: to write a critical commentary on a work, or on an author, *critica grammaticaque ratione interpretari: to publish a critical edition, *ad criticam rationem corrigere: *a curruptelarum sordibus judicando purgare (by correcting errours): an extensive acquaintance with critical investigations, *magnus totius rei criticae usus: with no sufficient knowledge of critical matters, *nullo critices usu: to possess no critical knowledge or talent whatever, *artis criticae expertem esse: to be engaged in (or to occupy one’s self with) a critical review of the writings of Velleius, *in recensendo Velleio elaborare. Censorious, censorius: morosus: malevolus [SYN. in CRITIC]: mordax (litterally, that is biting, bitter, mortifying in words; e.g., carmen, Ov..). Belonging to a crisis, and thus dangerous, anceps: dubius (doubtful): incertus (uncertain): a critical situation, res dubiae; discrimen: to be brought into a critical situation or position, in discrimen adduci: in this critical situation, rebus ita suspensis; in hoc tempore (Nep., Milt., 5, 1, where Bremi says that the preposition denotes a continued, and especially a criticcal time): public matters have come to, or are in a critical state, res publica in ancipiti est; res publica in discrimen adducta est: critical times, tempora periculosa or dubia: the critical turns and changes of affairs, inclinationes et momenta rerum, temporum, etc.: it was critical, anceps erat [Vid: CRISIS]: a critical day (e.g., of an illness), dies crisimus ( κρίσιμος ; Caelius, Aurel., Acut., 1, 14); dies potens, gravis, or quo de aegro judicatur (Cels.). The critical point of a disease, critica morbi accessio (Augustin) [illa] - anceps morbi fluctuatio (Augustin, Conf., 6, 1, extr. which, as fluctuatio has the authority of Livy, may be safely used).