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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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inclytus or inclutus (known by name, of name, of note, remarkable): celebratus (celebrated, praised): illustris: perillustris (that shines forth before others, distinguished): clarus: praeclarus (that has stepped forth out of obscurity, distinguished; clarus, according to its signification, frequently with a word joined to it, as, gloria, bello, pace, etc.; Vid: Herz., Sall., Cat., 3, 1): nobilis (known, of note in the world; known by report among mankind, by service, knowledge, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) nobilis et clarus. ☞ Celeber, much visited and sought after, and much spoken of, is used of places at which there is a great concourse of men, and of teachers who have a large auditory. In the Golden Age, famosus has only the signification “infamous.” Very famous, illustri laude celebratus; claritate praestans: famous for learning, nobilis et clarus ex doctrina: to be famous, gloria florere; esse in laude: to be very famous, gloria circumfluere; omnium sermone celebrari; in magno nomine et gloria esse: magna celebritate famae esse: to be very famous as a speaker, magnum in oratoribus nomen habere: he is famous far and wide, ejus nomen longe atque late vagatur: to become famous, nominis famam adipisci; gloriam consequi or assequi; in gloriam venire; in claritudinem pervenire; crescere (Ruhnken, Ter. Heaut. Prolog., 28: ☞ clarescere and inclarescere belong to the Silver Age): to become famous by anything, illustrari aliqua re; clarum fieri re or ex re: to render famous, celebrare, illustrare, nobilitare (this also of an event or occurrence, as, of a battle which renders a place famous), aliquem et aliquid; gloriae commendare, gloria afficere aliquem (of a deed, etc.), alicui famam conficere; illustrem reddere aliquem: to make one’s self famous, gloriam or famam sibi acquirere, comparare claritudinem sibi parare: to desire to make one’s self famous, gloriam quaerere, sequi; famae studere, servire, inservire.