adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
ēvidēns
ēvidēns (genitive ēvidentis, superlative ēvidentissimus, adverb ēvidenter)
Classical[ˈeː.wɪ.dẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.vi.dens]
Meaning
- one terminationapparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clear
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēvidēns | ēvidēns | ēvidēns |
| genitive | ēvidentis | ēvidentis | ēvidentis |
| dative | ēvidentī | ēvidentī | ēvidentī |
| accusative | ēvidentem | ēvidentem | ēvidēns |
| ablative | ēvidentī ēvidente | ēvidentī ēvidente | ēvidentī ēvidente |
| vocative | ēvidēns | ēvidēns | ēvidēns |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēvidentēs | ēvidentēs | ēvidentia |
| genitive | ēvidentium | ēvidentium | ēvidentium |
| dative | ēvidentibus | ēvidentibus | ēvidentibus |
| accusative | ēvidentīs ēvidentēs | ēvidentīs ēvidentēs | ēvidentia |
| ablative | ēvidentibus | ēvidentibus | ēvidentibus |
| vocative | ēvidentēs | ēvidentēs | ēvidentia |
ē-vĭdens, entis, adj. video, of things (like perspicuus),
I. apparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clear (good prose; most freq. since the Aug. per.;
syn. perspicuus, manifestus, apertus, dilucidus): flos (lappae) non evidens, sed intus occultus, Plin. 21, 17, 64, § 104: si quid est evidens, de quo inter omnes conveniat, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 4; cf. id. Ac. 2, 6, 18: perspicuae et evidentes res, id. ib. 2, 15; cf. res (opp. dubia), Liv. 39, 34: causae (opp. obscurae), Cels. praef. fin.: expositio, Quint. 4, 2, 64: probatio, id. 5, 10, 7: argumentum, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: signum, Suet. Ner. 6: prodigia, id. Caes. 81; cf. portenta, id. Ner. 46: signum, Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 35 et saep.—Comp., Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; id. Lael. 8, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Quint. 9, 2, 52 al.—Sup., Liv. 8, 9; Quint. 4, 2, 65; Suet. Caes. 54; id. Aug. 97: sapor, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 43 al.; cf. of persons: auctores, i. e. the most trustworthy, most credible, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 41.—Adv.: ēvĭdenter, evidently, manifestly, etc., Liv. 6, 26; 34, 54; 42, 29 fin.; Quint. 8, 3, 86 al.—Comp., Dig. 18, 5, 5.—Sup., Suet. Tib. 45; Dig. 23, 3, 57 et saep.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ē-vidēns adj.
with comp. and sup, looking out, obvious, apparent, manifest, plain, clear, evident: si quid est evidens, de quo inter omnīs conveniat: res, L.: numen, L.: quid est evidentius?: evidentissimum id fuit, quod, etc., L.
Origins
From ē- (“out-, ex-”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”).
Descendants
- Catalanevident
- Englishevident
- Frenchévident
- Germanevident
- Occitanevident
- Portugueseevidente
- Romanianevident
- Spanishevidente
- Galicianevidente
- Piedmonteseevident