evidens

ē-vĭdens, entis, adj. [video], of things (like perspicuus), apparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clear (good prose; most freq. since the Aug. per.;

syn. perspicuus, manifestus, apertus, dilucidus): flos (lappae) non evidens, sed intus occultus,

Plin. 21, 17, 64, § 104:

si quid est evidens, de quo inter omnes conveniat, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 3, 4; cf. id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

perspicuae et evidentes res,

id. ib. 2, 15; cf.

res (opp. dubia),

Liv. 39, 34: causae (opp. obscurae), Cels. praef. fin.:

expositio,

Quint. 4, 2, 64:

probatio,

id. 5, 10, 7:

argumentum,

Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138:

signum,

Suet. Ner. 6:

prodigia,

id. Caes. 81; cf.

portenta,

id. Ner. 46:

signum,

Vulg. 2 [p. 668] Macc. 15, 35 et saep.— Comp., Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; id. Lael. 8, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Quint. 9, 2, 52 al.— Sup., Liv. 8, 9; Quint. 4, 2, 65; Suet. Caes. 54; id. Aug. 97:

sapor,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 43 al.; cf.

of persons: auctores,

i. e. the most trustworthy, most credible, Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 41.— Adv.: ēvĭdenter, evidently, manifestly, etc., Liv. 6, 26; 34, 54; 42, 29 fin.; Quint. 8, 3, 86 al.— Comp., Dig. 18, 5, 5.— Sup., Suet. Tib. 45; Dig. 23, 3, 57 et saep.