terse
terse
adj.
P. συνεστραμμένος, βραχύλογος ; see concise.
adj.
P. συνεστραμμένος, βραχύλογος ; see concise.
TERSE
tersus (Quint.; e.g. auctor tersior est Hor.); pressus: brevis: sententiis densus: creber. SYN. in CONCISE.
tersus (Quint.; e.g. auctor tersior est Hor.); pressus: brevis: sententiis densus: creber. SYN. in CONCISE.
terse:
1. pressus (free from superfluous ornament): less t. than the dignity of history demands, minus p. quam historiae auctoritas postulat, Quint. 10, 1, 102: forcible and t. in style, verbis aptus et p., Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56.
2. tersus (pure, neat): t. and polished, t. ac limatus, Quint. 12, 10, 50: so of Horace, 10, 1, 94: Plin.
3. astrictus (compressed: opp. to remissus): concise and t. eloquence, contracta et a. eloquentia, Cic. Brut. 90, 309.
4. strictus: Quint. 12, 10, 52: so too constrictus, v.CONCISE , COMPRESSED .
5. densus: t. and brief, d. et brevis, Quint. 10, 1, 73: v.BRIEF .
6. angustus (simple, short): Cic. Or. 56, 187 (a. atque concisus, opp. to collatatus (?) ac diffusus). Phr.: to be t., plura paucis complecti, Quint. 8, 3, 82.
1. pressus (free from superfluous ornament): less t. than the dignity of history demands, minus p. quam historiae auctoritas postulat, Quint. 10, 1, 102: forcible and t. in style, verbis aptus et p., Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56.
2. tersus (pure, neat): t. and polished, t. ac limatus, Quint. 12, 10, 50: so of Horace, 10, 1, 94: Plin.
3. astrictus (compressed: opp. to remissus): concise and t. eloquence, contracta et a. eloquentia, Cic. Brut. 90, 309.
4. strictus: Quint. 12, 10, 52: so too constrictus, v.
5. densus: t. and brief, d. et brevis, Quint. 10, 1, 73: v.
6. angustus (simple, short): Cic. Or. 56, 187 (a. atque concisus, opp. to collatatus (?) ac diffusus). Phr.: to be t., plura paucis complecti, Quint. 8, 3, 82.