plain (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. campus2. plānĭties, ēi (a level tract3. aequor, ŏris, n. (level expanse on water or land) • plain (subs.): 1. campus: p.s and mountains, c. et montes, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94: they live in the expanses of extended p.s, in camporum patentium aequoribus habitant, ib. § 93: very extended p.s, apertissimi c., Caes. B. G. 3, 26. 2. plānĭties, ēi (a level tract: usu. of less extent than campus): between the town and the hill was a p., erat inter oppidum et collem p., Caes. B. C. 1, 43: Sall. 3. aequor, ŏris, n. (level expanse on water or land): cf. supr. (1). Belonging to the p. (as opp. to the hills), campester, tris, tre: villages situated in p.s, vici campestres, Liv. 40, 58: a march through the p., c. iter, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: neut. pl. used as subs.: Tac. G. 43: Plin.
plain (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Unadorned1. pressus (of style; curtailed of all redundancy or ornament)2. subtīlis, e (a term frequent in critical lang., and denoting the precise, unadorned, unambitious style suitable to narration or argument)3. tĕnuis (like subtilis)4. simplex5. incomptus (absolutely unadorned, having no attention paid to person or style)6. pūrus (of gold or silver work; not chased or otherwise wrought)II. Clear, without obscurity1. ăpertus2. plānus (presenting no difficulties; whereas apertus indicates the prima facie obviousness of a thing)3. perspĭcuus, clārus, etc.4. explĭcātus (like planus)III. Frank, outspoken1. simplex, ĭcis2. sincērusIV. Of diet, not mixed • plain (adj.): I. Unadorned: 1. pressus (of style; curtailed of all redundancy or ornament): in diction, narrative is mostly p., verbis narratio saepius pr. est, Quint. 9, 4, 134: cf. id. 10, 2, 16, fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles (i. e. instead of p., they are jejune): also, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: Plin. min. 2. subtīlis, e (a term frequent in critical lang., and denoting the precise, unadorned, unambitious style suitable to narration or argument): Quint. 12, 10, 58, sqq.: also, Cic. Or. 23, 78, haec subtilis oratio, quasi incompta, delectat): Join: subtilis [quaedam] et pressa oratio, Cic. Or. 5, extr. 3. tĕnuis (like subtilis): Join: tenuis atque inornatus, ib. 9, 29. 4. simplex: v. simple. (Cf. Hor. Od. 1, 5, 5, simplex munditiis, "plain in thy neatness," Milt.) 5. incomptus (absolutely unadorned, having no attention paid to person or style): Cic.: Quint. (v. supr. 2). 6. pūrus (of gold or silver work; not chased or otherwise wrought): p. silver (plate), argentum p., Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 49: Juv. Phr.: his style of dress was neat but p., *in vestitu decori studiosus erat sed extra omnes elegantias munditiasque. II. Clear, without obscurity: 1. ăpertus: v. obvious, manifest. Join: tam apertum tamque perspicuum, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, init. 2. plānus (presenting no difficulties; whereas apertus indicates the prima facie obviousness of a thing): to make anything abundantly p. to any one, aliquid cumulate p. facere alicui, Cic. Verr. 5, 64, init.: Plin. 3. perspĭcuus, clārus, etc.: v. clear, evident, perspicuous. 4. explĭcātus (like planus): an easy and p. case, causa facilis et ex., Cic. Plan. 2, 5. III. Frank, outspoken: 1. simplex, ĭcis: a trifle too p. (and blunt), simplicior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 63: p. words, s. verba, Suet. Tib. 61, med. 2. sincērus: v. sincere. Phr.: you have been so exceedingly p. with me! ita aperte ipsam rem locutus, nil circuitione usus es! Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 31: I and you are perfectly p. with each other, ego ac tu simplicissime inter nos loquimur, Tac. H. 1, 15, fin.: v. plainly. IV. Of diet, not mixed: simplex: p. food, s. esca, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73: Plin.: cf. Suet. Aug. 76 (cibus vulgaris).
PLAIN Copy link • PLAIN 1. adj., Clear, manifest, clarus (clear, to the sight and to the hearing; distinct; figuratively, intelligible): manifestus, perspicuus, evidens (apparent, to the eyes or to the mind): planus (not confused, clear): lucidus, dilucidus, illustris (luminous): explicatus (not intricate): expressus (accurately expressed): distinctus (well-arranged, methodical): a very plain handwriting, litterae compositissimae atque clarissimae (Cic., Att., 6, 9, 1): a plain style, sermo dilucidus or distinctus: a plain pronunciation, os planum or explanatum (opposed to os confusum): a plain speech, oratio plana et evidens; oratio dilucida or illustris: a plain image, expressa effigies or imago: a plain description, dilucida et significans descriptio: plain traces of the crime exist, exstant expressa sceleris vestigia: it is plain, constat; apparet; elucet; liquet (☞ constat refers to a truth made out and fixed; opposed to a wavering fancy or rumor, whereas apparet, elucet, and liquet, denote what is clear and evident; apparet, under the idea of something stepping out of the background into sight; elucet, under that of a light shining out of darkness; liquet, under that of frozen water melted; Döderlein). Unadorned, simplex; nudus; inornatus. Mere, bare, merus; nudus. Level, aequus; planus. Honest, candidus; apertus; sincerus. 2. s. planities; aequus et planus locus (level ground): campus (with or without planus or apertus; opposed to a chain of mountains): aequor (any extended surface, frequent in the poets, but found also, in Cic.; e.g., De Div., 1, 42, init.): aequata planities, exaequatio (a place made level; ☞ not planum in the foregoing sense; it is = a plane in geometry: camporum aequor can be applied only to a very large plain, and is somewhat poetical): that dwells, grows, etc., in a plain, campester: the Egyptians and Babylonians inhabited extensive plains, aegyptii et Babylonii in camporum patentium aequoribus habitabant (Cic., loc. cit.).