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perspĭcŭĭtas, ātis, f. [perspicuus], transparency, clearness.

  1. I. Lit.: vitrea perspicuitas, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 141; 37, 5, 20, § 79.
  2. II. Trop., evidentness, clearness, perspicuity: nihil est clarius ἐναργεία, perspicuitatem, aut evidentiam nos, si placet, nominemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17: perspicuitas argumentatione elevatur, id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: perspicuitas in verbis praecipuam habet proprietatem, Quint. 8, 2, 1.