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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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• light (subs.):
    1. I. The medium of vision:
      1. 1. lux, lūcis, f. (any kind of light soever): Cic.: Virg.
      2. 2. lūmen, ĭnis, n. (in this sense, esp. poet.; though found also in prose): the moon is illumined by the l. of the sun, luna solis lumine collustratur, Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91: to put pictures in a good l., tabulas pictas in bono l. collocare, id. Br. 75, 261: Lucr.: Virg. Fig.: the l. of the soul, l. animi, Cic. Sen. 12, 41.
    2. II. That which gives light:
      1. 1. lūmen (either a natural luminary: or a candle, lamp, etc.): to put a l. near one., l. apponere, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79: to call for a book and a l., librum cum l. poscere, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 3;: Liv.
      2. 2. lŭcerna (usu. a lamp): my l. fails me (goes out), l. me deserit, Cic. Att. 7, 7, fin.: before the l.s are brought in (= before night), ante lucernas, Juv. 10, 339. See also lamp, candle.
    3. III. Accessibility of light: lūmen: esp. in pl., to denote the extent to which a building admits the free light: Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 179: to block up any one's l., luminibus alicujus obstruere, Or. pro Dom. 44, 115: cf. supr. (I., 2).
    4. IV. An aperture for admitting l.: lūmen: stables do not require l.s on the north side, stabula non egent Septentrionis luminibus, Pall. 1, 21: Vitr.
    5. V. In painting, as opp. to shade: lūmen: he invented l. and shade, lumen atque umbras invenit, Plin. 35, 5, 11: Plin. Ep.: comp. Cic. de Or. 3, 29, 101, where umbra is opp. to quod est illuminatum.
    6. VI. Fig.: public view: lux: to bring secret things to l. res occultas aperire atque in lucem proferre, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 62. See also to reveal, disclose. Phr.: to come to l. palam fieri, Cic.: Nep.: to see the l. (of a publication), manare, Cic.
    7. VII. Fig.: illustration, means of understanding: Phr.: to throw l. upon (obscure) things, lumen adhibere rebus, Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50 (lucem afferre, is to bring help, id. Man. 12, 33; Att. 2, 1, 1): the consuls got more l. upon the matter, dilucere res magis consulibus, Liv. 3, 16, init. See also to illustrate, explain.
    8. VIII. Fig.: construction: Phr.: to look at anything in a favourable or unfavourable l., aliquid in mitiorem s. deteriorem partem interpretari: v. construction (IV.).