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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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• house (subs.):
    1. I. A dwelling:
      1. 1. dŏmus, ūs and i, abl. -o, f. (gen. term: also in special sense, the private h. of an inhabitant of the capital; houses occupied by a number of tenants being called insulae): a handsome, highly respectable h., d. praeclara et plena dignitatis, Cic. Off. 1, 39, init.: at Caesar's h., domi Caesaris, Cic. Att. 1, 12 (v. home): so small a h., tam angusta d., Phaedr. 3, 9, 7. (The dimin. domuscula or domuncula is without good authority.)
      2. 2. aedes, ium, f. (sing. = temple, chapel: aedes denotes a h. as a building; domus as an abode): (statues) in the centre of his h., in mediis aedibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, fin.: a moderate-sized h., modicae ae., Suet. Caes. 46: a poor, mean h., sordidae ae., id. Tit. 1: a h. remarkable neither for size nor splendour, ae. neque laxitate neque cultu conspicuae, id. Aug. 72. Dimin. aediculae (a small h.), Cic. Par. 6, 3, 50.
      3. 3. villa (strictly, a farm.-h.: hence, a country-h., opp. to one in town): v. FARM-HOUSE.
      4. 4. tectum (a covering over-head; any dwelling-place, however homely or mean): the squalor of a dilapidated h. (hut), obsoleti t. sordes, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 7: a collection of h.s, conjunctio tectorum, Cic. Rep. 1, 26.
      5. 5. dŏmĭcĭlium: v. dwelling-place.
      6. 6. insŭla (v. supr. 1): the rents of such h.s., fructus insularum, Cic. Att. 16, 1: a h. on fire, insula occupata igni, Gell. 15, 1. Phr.: will you be at my h. to-day (an invitation), hodie apud me sis volo, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 110: I happened to be dining at Pompey's h., casu apud Pompeium coenavi, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2: it is your matter, when your neighbour's h. is on fire, tua res agitur paries quum proximus ardet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: the adjoining h. of Ucalegon, proximus Ucalegon, Virg. Aen. 2, 312: h.s of ill fame, lustra, Hor. (v. brothel).
    2. II. Those living in a house: dŏmus, fămĭlia: v. family (I.).
    3. III. Race, stock:
      1. 1. gens, ntis, f. (esp. with ref. to the gentes or "houses" of Roman citizens): the Fabian, Cornelian, Claudian h., etc., gens Fabia, Cornelia, Claudia, etc.: v. Dict. Ant. p. 568.
      2. 2. stirps, gĕnus: v. stock, race, family (II.)
    4. IV. A legislative body: perh. senatorum ordo: the law was carried through both h.s, *utriusque ordinis senatores decreverunt ut lex rata fleret; auctoribus utriusque ordinis senatoribus lex perlata est.
    5. V. An assembly of people; whether in the senatehouse or in a theatre: a full h. (senate) frequens senatus, Cic. Fam. 10., 12., med.: this he repeated amid the acclamations of the h. ("this brought down the h.")., haec totius theatri clamore dixit, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 2.