splendĭdus, a, um, adj. [splendeo], bright, shining, glittering, brilliant, etc. (class.; syn.: nitidus, lucidus, coruscus).
I Lit.
A In gen.: o magna templa caelitum, commixta stellis splendidis, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 227 Vahl.); so, signa caeli, Lucr. 4, 444: lumina solis, id. 2, 108: caelum cum aequaliter totum erit splendidum, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 351; cf. comp. : quanto splendidior quam cetera sidera fulget Lucifer, Ov. M. 2, 722: sol splendidior, Tib. 3, 7, 123.— Sup. : splendidissimus candor, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16: color (with flam neus), Lucr. 6, 208: ostro crinis, Ov. M. 8, 8: venabula. id. ib. 8, 419: fons splendidio vitro, Hor. C. 3, 13, 1; cf.: Galatea Splendidior vitro, Ov. M. 13, 791: umor sudoris, Lucr. 6, 1187: bilis, bright yellow , χολὴ ξανθή, Hor. S. 2, 3, 141 (cf.: vitrea bilis, Pers. 3, 8). —
B In partic., of style of living, dress, etc., brilliant , splendid , magnificent , sumptuous (syn. magnificus): quorum in villā ac domo nihil splendidum fuit praeter ipsos, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38: splendida domus gaudet regali gaza, Cat. 64, 46; Verg. A. 1, 637: vestis, Petr. 12; cf.: splendidus et virilis cultus, Quint. 11, 3, 137: homo (opp. luxuriosus), Vell. 2, 105, 2: secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—
II Trop.
A In gen., brilliant , illustrious , distinguished , noble (cf.: egregius, amplus): C. Plotius, eques Romanus splendidus, Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 58; cf.: vir splendidissimus atque ornatissimus civitatis suae, id. Fl. 20, 48: homo propter virtutem splendidus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38; Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2: splendidissima ingenia, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26; 1, 18, 61: causa splendidior, id. Rosc. Am. 49, 142; cf.: splendida facta, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237: ratio dicendi, Cic. Brut. 75, 261; so, splendida et grandis oratio, id. ib. 79, 273; cf.: splendidius et magnificentius (genus dicendi), id. ib. 55, 201; cf.: figurarum commentis splendida loca attentare, brilliant passages of a speech, Amm. 29, 2, 8: splendidis nominibus illuminatus est versus, Cic. Or. 49, 163: splendidioribus verbis uti, id. Brut. 58, 210: vox suavis et splendida, clear , id. ib. 55, 203: cum de te splendida Minos Fecerit arbitria, Hor. C. 4, 7, 21.—
B In partic. (with the accessory idea of mere appearance, opp. to what is real or actual), showy , fine , specious , = speciosus: non tam solido quam splendido nomine, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61: praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae, Ov. R. Am. 240.—
C Clear , distinct : vox, Cic. Brut. 55, 203.—Hence, adv.: splendĭdē , brightly , brilliantly.
1 Lit.: ornare magnifice splendideque convivium, Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf.: apparatus splendidissime expositus, Petr. 21.—
2 Trop., brilliantly , splendidly , nobly : acta aetas honeste ac splendide, honorably , with distinction , Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61; cf. id. Sen. 18, 64: splendidius contra regem quam, etc., bellum gerere, Auct. B. Alex. 24, 2: ornate splendideque facere, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4: dicta, id. Fin. 1, 2, 6: in parentem Splendide mendax, Hor. C. 3, 11, 35: splendidissime natus, of very high birth , Sen. Ep. 47, 8; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2.—
β Clearly , intelligibly : loqui, Cic. de Or. 2, 16, 68.—
γ Ostentatiously : invitare, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63; cf.: parum se splendide gerere, with too little show , meanly , Nep. Att. 14, 2.