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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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• free (adj.):
    1. I. Enjoying liberty of any kind:
      1. 1. līber, ĕra, ĕrum: (a). in civil sense: in civil law, he who is born of a f. mother, is f., in jure civili, qui est matre l., liber est, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45: Liv.: hence, of freedom from taxation: lands subject to no burden and f., agri immunes ac l., Cic. Verr. 2, 69, 166: f. trade, *commercia immunia ac l. (b.) of freedom of mind, action, etc.: it has been said that no one is f. but the wise man, dictum est nisi sapientem l. esse nullum, Cic.: a f. (independent) judgment, l. judicium, Cic. Dom. 2, 10: f. (unfettered) power of decision, l. arbitrium, Liv. 31, 11 (only in later Lat. = free-will, August.): the poet freer in respect of liberty of language (than the orator), verborum licentia liberior poeta, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 70: one is f. (to do this or that), alicui liberum est (with inf.), Quint. 6, 3, extr.: Plin. jun. (not Cic.). (c). = outspoken, frank: a f. tongue, l. lingua, Pl. Cist. 1, 2, 7: a letter somewhat more f. than usual, liberiores literae, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: a simple, f. youth, adolescens imprudens et l., Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40: freer discussion, liberior [in utramque partem] disputatio, Quint.
      2. 2. sŏlūtus (not under restraint or control: esp. of freedom of mind or language): very often joined with liber: a f. and unfettered mind, s. liberque animus, Cic. Verr. 2, 75, 185: f. in the expression of his thoughts, s. in explicandis sententiis, Cic. Br. 47, 73 (but solutus in Cic. not unfreq. = lax, wanting nerve, vigour): if I were perfectly f. to act in any way I chose, si essent omnia mihi solutissima, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 8.
      3. 3. intĕger (not tampered with, independent): a f. and independent judgment, judicium i. ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, extr. Phr.: a marriage of f. persons, liberale conjugium, Tac.: one born of f. parents, ingenuus, ingenua, Cic.: Hor.: to become f. (one's own master), de (a) potestate alicujus exire, Ulp. Dig. 37, 4, 1, 6: do they call this a f. country, hiccine libertatem aiunt aequam esse omnibus? Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 29: to do a thing of one's own f. will, sua voluntate aliquid facere, Cic. (v. voluntarily): in order to get a freer articulation, quo facilius verba ore exprimeret, Quint. 11, 3, 54.
    2. II. Exempt from:
      1. 1. līber (foll. by abl. with or without a, ab): a mind f. from all care, animus omni liber cura, Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: Liv.: but in Cic. the prep. is more freq. found; as, l. a delictis, Agr. 1, 9, 27: liberi ab omni sumptu; Verr. 4, 10, 23: sometimes the MSS. vary, as in Off. 1, 20, 67: [ab] omni perturbatione animi liber: in later writers the abl. alone is more freq. Poet. with gen., f. from toil, l. laborum, Hor. A. P. 212.
      2. 2. sŏlūtus (less freq. in this sense: constr. same as preced.): a consul f. from passion, consul s. a cupiditatibus, Cic. Agr. 1, 9, 27: the soul f. (released) from the body, s. anima corpore, Quint.: f. from toil, s. operum, Hor. Od. 3, 17, extr.
      3. 3. expers, rtis (not partaking of; exempt from: with gen., and abl. with or without prep.): v. exempt.
      4. 4. văcuus (void of: usu. with abl.): f. from that danger, v. ab isto periculo, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, med. (but even in Cic. the abl. alone is more usual): v. exempt. Phr.: to be f. from all pain, omni dolore carere, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 38: to be f. from death (i. e. immortal), morte carere, Hor.: to be f. from blame, extra culpam ease, Cic. Verr. 5, 51, 134; a culpa remotum esse, id. Mur. 35, 73; abesse a culpa, id. Fam. 6, 2: to be f. from care and business, cura et negotio vacare, Cic.: Liv. See also foll. artt.
    3. III. Without price, for nothing: grātuitus (ī or ĭ): f. (unbought) suffrages, g. suffragia, Cic.: f. seats in the Circus, g. in Circo loca, Suet. Cal. 26: cf. id. Ner. 17. Phr.: a f. distribution of corn, frumentaria largitio, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 72.
    4. IV. Of space: not occupied: pūrus: f. spaces in the city, loca in urbe pura Varr. L. L. 5, 6 (4), 38: a f., open plain, p. ac patens campus, Liv. 24, 14: cf. Cic. Sen. 17, 59, humus subacta atque pura. A f. open space (in a city), ārea, Varr. l. c.