English → Latin
“perspicuous” in Latin
plānuslevel, flat, even; intelligible, clearperspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest, perspicuousillūstrisbright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominentēvidēnsapparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, cleardīlūcidusclear, bright; distinctlūculentusfull of light, brilliant, bright, splendid; distinguished, excellentdistinguōto distinguish; to separate, divide or part; to adorn or decorate
The English word perspicuous itself goes back to Latin perspiciō, through perspicuus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
perspicuous
planus: perspicuus: illustris: evidens: dilucidus (Cic.): luculentus (Sall.): distinctus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) dilucidus et distinctus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for perspicuous?
- The usual Latin words for “perspicuous” are plānus, perspicuus, illūstris; also ēvidēns, dīlūcidus, lūculentus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.