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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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• high (adj.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. altus: precise dimension being expr. by acc. with sum, or less freq. habeo; the mound was 10 ft. h., agger erat decem pedes altus; decem pedes habebat altus (cf. Liv. 21, 8, fin., ferrum tres longum habebat pedes): v. L. G. § 249: Cic.: Caes. Very h., praealtus: Liv.: Plin. Somewhat h., altiusculus, Suet.
      2. 2. celsus, excelsus, praecelsus: v. lofty. See also elevated, tall. Phr.: on h., expr. by sublīmis: this pole is to us always on h., hic nobis vertex semper sublimis, Virg. G. 1, 242: he ascended up on h., sublimis abiit, Liv. 1, 16, fin.
    2. II. Fig.: exalted by dignity:
      1. 1. amplus (distinguished): of very h. rank by birth, amplissimo genere natus, Caes. B. G. 4, 12: to bestow a still h.er honour on any one, alicui ampliorem honorem tribuere, Cic. Prov. 11, 27.
      2. 2. sŭpĕrus, and esp. sup., summus, supremus (of the gods): Jupiter most h., summus Jupiter, Pl.: priest of the Most High God, sacerdos Dei summi, Vulg. Hebr. vii. 1 (elsewhere Vulg. has Deus altissimus, excelsus; the latter sometimes as subs.; cave imiteris): in sim. sense, Deus Optimus Maximus (D. O. M.), like Jupiter Opt. [et] Max., Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66. See also lofty, elevated.
    3. III. Also fig., great in degree: esp. in sup., the highest: summus: the h.est excellence, legal knowledge, sanctity, etc., s. virtus, prudentia, sanctimonia, etc., Cic. pass.
    4. IV. Of prices: large relatively:
      1. 1. magnus: that has cost or would fetch a h.er price, majoris pretii, Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51. But the subs. pretium is usu. omitted, and the forms magno or magni, majoris or pluris, maximo or maxim, plurimo or plurimi, used absol. (cf. L. G. § 281). Simly., at so h. a price, tanti, quanti, Cic.
      2. 2. impensus (exceedingly h.): at a very h. price, im. pretio, Caes. B. G. 4, 2: Liv. Phr.: the price of corn is h., cara est annona, Cic. Div. 2, 27, extr.: when corn was getting h.er and h.er, quum ingravesceret annona, Cic. Dom. 5, 11 (v. market; price).
    5. V. By anal. of preced., great in estimation: magnus: men entertain a h. opinion of you, m. est hominum opinio de te, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5. Simly., so h., tantus: cf. highly.
    6. VI. Miscell. phr.: h. floods, magnae, ingentes aquae, Liv. (v. inundation): the river was very h. at the time, eo tempore fluvius plus solito creverat, cf. Plin. 18, 18, 47: the h. sea, altum, esp. after a prep., Liv. 21, 50: very h. tides, maximi aestus, Cic. B. G. 4, 29: a h. wind, vehemens ventus, Auct. B. Hisp. 3 (v. wind): a h. colour, color satur (i. e. deep, strong), Plin. 37, 10, 61: a h. note, sonus acutus, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251: to indulge in h. living, luxuriose epulari, Nep. Paus. 3 (v. sumptuous): h. game, venatus rancidus, subrancidus, rancidulus, cf. Hor. S. 2, 2, 89; dubius (somewhat so). Mart. 3, 77: to be guilty of h. treason, majestatem (populi, etc.) imminuere, Cic. (v. treason): to entertain h.er aims, ad altiora tendere, Liv. 4, 13; altiores spiritus gerere, Tac. H. 3, 66 (the latter denoting rather disposition, the former conduct).