apertus adj.with comp.and sup.
P. of aperio, without covering, uncovered : magna corporis pars, Cs.: locus: naves, not decked : caelo invectus aperto, unclouded , V.: aperta serena prospicere, V.— Unclosed, open, not shut : nihil non istius cupiditati apertissimum: (milites), without breastworks , Cs.: aditus ad moenia, L.: aequor, O.: latus, exposed , H.: Alpes, i. e. a way through , V.: nostros latere aperto adgressi, on the exposed flank , Cs.—Poet.: Mars, an open fight , O.—As subst n., the open, a clear space : per apertum fugientes, H.: castris in aperto positis, L.—Fig., open, avowed, plain, clear, manifest : latrocinium: simultates: pericula, V.: rabies, H.: quis apertior in iudicium adductus? more plainly guilty : rivi, common (opp. Pindaricus fons), H.: magis magisque in aperto esse, to be evident , S.: agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat, easier , Ta.— Of character, frank, open, candid : pectus: cognovi te apertiorem in dicendo.— Outspoken, audacious . ut semper fuit apertissimus.