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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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• late (adj.):
    1. I. Coming after the usual time:
      1. 1. sērus: a l. winter, s. hiems, Liv. 32, 28, med.: the latest kinds of pears, serissima pira, Plin. Esp. too late: no time too l. for a good intention, rectae voluntati s. est tempus nullum, Quint. 12, 1, 31: Cic.
      2. 2. sērŏtĭnus (esp. of fruits, crops, etc.): a l. sowing, s. sementis, Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204: Col.
      3. 3. tardus (loitering behind time, backward): the l. nights (of summer), t. noctes, Virg. G. 2, 482: Ov. Join: tarda et sera [portenta], Cic. Div. 2, 30, 64, poet.
      4. 4. mŏrans, ntis (loitering: poet.): Virg. G. 1, 138.
    2. II. Far advanced:
      1. 1. multus: esp. in phrr., till l. (far on) in the night, ad multam noctem, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: l. at night, multa nocte, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2: not till l. in the day, multo denique die, Caes. B. G. 1, 22.
      2. 2. sērus (cf. supr. I. 1): l. in the night, sera nocte, Prop. 1, 3, 10: Ov. Esp. neut. serum, as subs.: it was l. in the day, serum erat diei, Liv. 7, 8: the entertainment was prolonged till l. in the night, in serum noctis convivium productum, Liv. 33, 48, med.: Suet.: Tac.
    3. III. Recent in date:
      1. 1. rĕcens, rĕcentior: v. recent.
      2. 2. expr. by infrā (prep.), infĕrior, us: (Homer) was not later than Lycurgus, non infra Lycurgum fuit, Cic. Br. 10, 40: belonging to a l. age, inferioris aetatis, ib. 64, init.: also, aetate inferior, ib. 49, 182.
      3. 3. post (prep.), postĕrior, us: rather later in date, aetate posterior, Cic. Br. 11, 43: later ("second") thoughts, posteriores cogitationes, Cic. Ph. 12, 2, 5.
      4. 4. in compar., prŏpior, us (nearer to present date): the later letter (of two), p. epistola, Cic. Att. 15, 3.
      5. 5. in superl., nŏvissĭmus: v. last, adv. Phr.: l. Latin, infima Latinitas, Du Cange.
    4. IV. Last in office: Phr.: the l. consuls, Coss. prioris anni: v. ex-.
    5. V. Departed this life: dēmortuus (esp. with ref. to an office): v. deceased. In colloq. use, perh. dēfunctus (but the expr. has no parallel in Lat.) v. dead. Under the Empire a deceased emperor was spoken of as Divus (D.); cf. Tac. Agr. 15, where the appellation is represented as being used by Britons.
    6. VI. That has lately happened: proxĭmus (just before or after): v. last, adj. (II.).