perurbanus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĕr-urbānus, a, um, adj., very polite, pleasant, or witty.

I 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.—

II 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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