adverb
apertē
apertē (comparative apertius, superlative apertissimē)
Classical[aˈpɛr.teː]Ecclesiastical[aˈpɛr.te]
Meaning
- openly, clearly, plainly
aperte dēscīscere
to defect plainly - plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
apertē adv. with comp. and sup.
apertus, openly, manifestly: vincere, in open fight, O.: odisse: alqd venale ostendere, without disguise, H. —Of language, without reserve, plainly, clearly: tibi fabulari, T.: apertius dicere: apertissime explicare.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Latinapertē
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-der. Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Proto-Italic *apweriō Latin aperiōder. Latin apertus Latin -ē Latin apertē From apertus (“open, uncovered; frank, candid”) + -ē (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).