specific (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Relating to a speciesII. Precise and definite • specific (adj.): I. Relating to a species: Phr.: s. features, quae alicujus rei propria [ac peculiaria] sunt: v. peculiar, proper. S. name (scient. t. t.), perh. *speciei nomen, nomen speciale. II. Precise and definite: v. explicit, explicitly.
specific (subs.) Copy link • specific (subs.): expr. by singŭlāris, e: a s. against spasms, herba contra vulsa singularis (strictly, unique, having singular power), Plin. 22, 17, 20: so, singulare serpentibus abigendis, id. 8, 32, 50 § 118. Also expr. by facere (ad), prodesse: v. good, adj. (II.).