witty Copy link Outline 1. făcētus (of elegant wit)2. lĕpĭdus3. urbānus (of refined town polish; opposed to rusticus)4. salsus (sharp, pungently witty)5. dĭcax (smart in attack or repartee)6. ingĕniōsus (of natural parts, wit, in the older sense of the word) • witty: 1. făcētus (of elegant wit): pleasant and w., and of a merry style of conversation, dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108. 2. lĕpĭdus: we know how to distinguish an inelegant saying from a w. one, scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, Hor. A. P. 273. 3. urbānus (of refined town polish; opposed to rusticus): this man you think pleasant, w., and frank, hic tibi comis et urbanus liberque videtur, Hor. S. 1, 4, 90. 4. salsus (sharp, pungently witty): to be ever so facetious and w. is not a thing of itself so overmuch to be coveted, esse quamvis facetum atque salsum non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228: many laughable and w. sayings of the Greeks, ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum, ib. 2, 54, 217. 5. dĭcax (smart in attack or repartee): a charming, w., and elegant fellow, homo venustus et dicax et urbanus, Cat. 22, 2: w. at your expense, dicax in te, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 78. 6. ingĕniōsus (of natural parts, wit, in the older sense of the word): a man w. and learned, vir ingeniosus et eruditus, Cic. Att. 14, 20.