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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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• gentle:
    1. I. Well-born: gĕnĕrōsus: a virgin of g. and noble birth, g. ac nobilis virgo, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: Anaxarete of g. blood, A. generosa sanguine, Ov. Met. 14, 698: v. noble.
    2. II. Mild, soft:
      1. 1. lēnis, e: a very g. wind, lenissimus ventus, Cic.: Caes.: to cook at a g. fire, l. igni coquere, Plin. Fig.: g. torture, l. tormentum, Hor. Od. 3, 21, 13: very g. (clement) towards foes, in hostes lenissimus, Cic. R. Am. 53, 154: to be as g. as possible (with any one), quam lenissimum se praebere, Cic.
      2. 2. clēmens, ntis (rare in lit. sense: v. clement): a g. breeze, c. flamen, Cat. 64, 272: a g. stream, c. flumen, cf. Ov. 9, 116. Fig.: a g. reproof, c. castigatio, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: v. mild.
      3. 3. mansuētus (strictly, tame: q. v.): this I ask, why has he so suddenly become g. (tame) in the senate, when he was so fierce in his edicts? illud quaero, cur tam subito m. in senatu fuerit, cum in edictis tam fuisset ferus? Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 23: a very g. disposition, mansuetissimum ingenium, Val. Max. 2, 7, 11: Prop.
      4. 4. mītis, e (v. mild): a g. river, m. fluvius, Virg. Aen. 8, 88. Fig.: the g.r emotions, mitiores affectus, Quint. 5, 13, 2. Join: (homo) mitissimus atque lenissimus, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10.
      5. 5. plăcĭdus: v. calm, peaceful. To become g., mitescere, Liv.; mansuescere, Virg.; mollescere, Lucr. (v. to soften): to make g., mītĭgo, lēnio, mollio: v. to soften, assuage.
    3. III. Gradual; as a gentle incline:
      1. 1. mollis, e: a g. inclination, m. fastigium, Caes. B. C. 2, 10: to sink with a g. slope to the plain (of hills), se molli demittere clivo, Virg. E. 9, 8: Ov.
      2. 2. lēnis, e: a g. (gently rising) eminence, l. fastigium, Caes. B. C. 2, 24.
      3. 3. clēmens, tis: Apul. (better clementer editus, assurgens: v. gently, II.).