I.free from knots, without knots (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Prop.: “trunci,” Verg. G. 2, 78; cf. “cedri,” Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 360: “nitor arborum,” Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 14: “harundo,” Mart. Cap. 9, § 906.—
B. Transf., smooth, supple: artus (al. arcus) laterum, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 361.—
II. Trop., of speech, clear, plain, intelligible: “elegi,” Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2; Ambros. Ep. 1, 12; id. in Luc. 7, § 136 init.