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ēnūclĕāte, adv., plainly, without ornament, v. enucleo, P. a. fin.

ē-nūclĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to take out the kernels, to clear from the husk.

  1. I. Lit.: bacas, Scribon. Comp. 233; Marc. Emp. 20; Apic. 4, 5: uva passa enucleata, id. 10, 1.
  2. II. Trop., to lay open, make clear, explain (cf.: enodo, extrico, expedio, etc.): haec nunc enucleare non ita necesse est, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23; id. Part. 17; Gell. 19, 8, 14; Cod. Just. 1, 17 in lemm.
    Hence, ēnūclĕātus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. Clear, pure, unadulterated: suffragia (opp. eblandita), i. e. given from pure conviction, free from impure motives, Cic. Planc. 4, 10: reprehensiones voluntatum, pure, simple, Gell. 7, 3, 47 (cf. shortly afterwards, voluntates nudas).
      Plur. as subst. ēnūclĕā-ta, ōrum, n., the essence, the condensed meaning: ex diversis auctoribus enucleata collegi, Veg. 4 praef. 2.
    2. B. Of speech, plain, unadorned: genus dicendi, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 22; id. Or. 26 fin.
      Adv.:       ēnū-clĕāte (acc. to B.), plainly, without ornament of speech, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3; id. Or. 9, 28; id. Brut. 30, 115; 9, 35; id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; 5, 29, 88; id. Tusc. 4, 14, 33.
      Comp., Cassiod. Inst. Div. Litt. 15; August. Civ. D. 15, 1.
      Sup., Aug. Enchir. 83.