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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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• heavy:
    1. I. Having weight:
      1. 1. grăvis: Cic.: Virg. Exceedingly h., praegravis: Ov.: Plin.
      2. 2. pondĕrōsus (of great weight): very h. stones, ponderosissimi lapides, Plin.: Varr. (in Cic. only fig.: v. weighty).
    2. II. Of food; slow to be digested: grăvis (= difficilis ad concoquendum): Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24.
    3. III. Of soils, close in texture: spissus (close and forming stiff clods): Virg. G. 2, 236: Pall. 2, 13: densus et glutinosus, Col. pref. med. (robustum solum, Col. l. c., is a soil with strong productive properties).
    4. IV. Of the air; oppressive:
      1. 1. crassus: the air of Thebes is h., Thebis c. coelum, Cic. Fat. 4, 7.
      2. 2. pinguis: a h., close atmosphere, coelum pingue et concretum, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130. See also dense.
    5. V. Slow and clumsy: pĭger, tardus (esp. in compar.): v. slow, dull. Fig.: a h. mind, pingue ingenium, Ov. M. 11, 148: Cic. Fat. 4, 7.
    6. VI. Weighed down by exhaustion, etc.:
      1. 1. grăvis: eyes h. (from wine), g. oculi, Cic. in Sen. 6, 13: h. with drink and slumber, vino et somno g., Liv. 29, 34, med.
      2. 2. grăvātus: eyes already h. with death, oculos jam morte gravatos, Ov. M. 4, 145: Col. Phr.: h. eyes, compressi oculi, Col. 6, 9, fin.
    7. VII. Oppressed, sad: afflictus, aeger (animi), moestus, etc.: v. distressed, sad.
    8. VIII. Of rain, snow; coming down copiously: magnus: h. and constant rain, m. et assidui imbres, Cic. Att. 13, 16; very h. rain, maximus imber, Cic. Also Ov. has graves pluviae, Fast. 2, 71. Other expr. more or less poet. are, densissimus imber, Virg. G. 1, 333; effusi imbres ("deluges of rain"), Virg. Aen. 5, 693: pluvia grandis, Mart. 9, 98: ingens, Virg. G. 1, 325.
    9. IX. Of artillery; large-sized: Phr.: h. artillery, *tormenta majora.
    10. X. Of roads: Phr.: a h. road to drive, iter junctis [sc. equis] grave et longum, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, init.
    11. XI. Miscell.: to buy at a h. price, impenso pretio parare (emere), Caes. B. G. 4, 2: Liv. (but imp. pretio in Cic. Att. 14, 13 = pretio non soluto): h. debts, grande (magnum) aes alienum, Sall. Cat. 14 (v. debt): h. bread, *panis spissus et gravis; parum levis (cf. supr. II, III): a h. sea, fluctus ingens, vastus (v. wave); ingens pontus (poet.), Virg. Aen. 1, 114: a h. task, magnae molis opus, cf. Liv. 25, 11: Virg. Aen. 1, 33: a h. clap of thunder, magnus fragor, magna tonitrua, cf. Liv. 1, 16, init.: a h. fall, gravis casus, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 10: Liv.