Lewis & Short

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pĕr-urbānus, a, um, adj., very polite, pleasant, or witty.

  1. I. Lit.: L. Torquatus elegans in dicendo, toto genere perurbanus, Cic. Brut. 68, 239: C. Lucilius et doctus et perurbanus, id. de Or. 1, 16, 72.
  2. II. Transf., with a bad accessory signif., over-fine, over-polite: cum rusticis potius quam cum his perurbanis, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 3.
    Adv.: pĕrurbānē, very elegantly: respondere, Sid. Ep. 5, 17 fin.