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

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• foreign:
    1. I. Of another country:
      1. 1. externus: a f. religion, ex. religio, Cic.: among f. nations, apud ex. populos, Cic.: f. words, ex. verba, Quint.: f. customs, ex. mores, Tac.
      2. 2. exter or extĕrus, a, um: less frequent than externus: allies and f. nations, socii et ex. nationes, Cic.: f. kingdoms, ex. regna, Virg.
      3. 3. pĕregrīnus (that has come from abroad: externus, exterus, denote simply belonging to a country outside our own): a f. ship, p. navis, Ov.: fear of a f. foe, p. terror., Liv. 3, 16: a f. woman (Helen), Hor. Od. 3, 3, 19: f. trees, p. arbores, Plin,. 15, 13, 12.
      4. 4. barbărus (strictly, speaking an unintelligible language: applied to nations neither Greek nor Roman): a f. guest, b. hospes, Pl. Rud. 2, 7, 25: rude, f. slaves, servi agrestes et b., Cic. Mil. 9, 26: the f. (outlandish) Syrtes, b. Syrtes, Hor. Od. 2, 6, 3. (The word usu. carries with it the notion of uncivilized.) Simly. barbărĭcus: f. names, b. nomina, Suet. Cal. 47: f. horses, b. equi, Veg. Vet. 4, 7, init.
      5. 5. adventicius (opp. to home-produced: coming from other countries, imported): f. forces, a. copiae, Cic. Manil. 9, 24: f. wine, a. vinum, Sall. (v. imported). Join: externus et adventicius (fig.), Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; assumptus atque adventicius, Cic. Top. 18, 69.
      6. 6. ăliēnĭgĕnus (rare): of f. blood, a. sanguinis, Val. Max. 6, 2, ad fin. The subs. form alienigena (v. foreigner, 2) is also found in diff. genders: to use f. wine, alienigenâ vino uti, Gell. 2, 24.
      7. 7. exōtĭcus: f. wine, e. vinum, Gell. 13, 5. Phr.: f. manners or habits, peregrīnitas, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, ad init.: to live in a f. country, peregrinari, Cic.: f. countries (collectively: not Greece or Rome: v. supr. 4), barbaria (also barbaries, ei), Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 49.
    2. II. Not pertaining to:
      1. 1. ăliēnus (with dat., or abl. alone or with prep.): f. to the oratorical art, arti oratoriae a., Quint. prooem. 5: Cic.: f. to friendship, amicitiâ a., Cic. Fam. 11, 27, ad fin.: f. to a wise man, a sapiente a., Cic. Acad. 2, 43, 132: also absol., it seems not f. to our subject to ..., non a. esse videtur, with inf., Caes. B. G. 6, 11: v. inconsistent.
      2. 2. ăbhorrens, ntis (out of character with: foll. by ab and abl.): language f. to the character of an eminent man, oratio ab. a persona hominis gravissimi, Cic. Rep. 1, 15. To be f. to, abhorrere (of which the preced. is part.): Cic.: Liv.