pĕr-urbānus
pĕr-urbānus, a, um, adj., very polite, pleasant, or witty. Lit.: L. Torquatus elegans in dicendo, toto genere perurbanus, Cic. Brut. 68, 239: C. Lucilius et doctus et perurbanus, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72.— Transf., with a bad accessory signif., over-fine, over-polite: cum rusticis potius quam cum his perurbanis, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3. —Adv.: pĕrurbānē, very elegantly: respondere, Sid. Ep. 5, 17 fin.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
pĕr-urbānus
Headword (normalized/stripped):
per-urbanus
Intro Text:
pĕr-urbānus, a, um, adj., very polite, pleasant, or witty. Lit.: L. Torquatus elegans in dicendo, toto genere perurbanus, Cic. Brut. 68, 239: C. Lucilius et doctus et perurbanus, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72.— Transf., with a bad accessory signif., over-fine, over-polite: cum rusticis potius quam cum his perurbanis, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3. —Adv.: pĕrurbānē, very elegantly: respondere, Sid. Ep. 5, 17 fin.
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