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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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• lofty:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. celsus (esp. of that which rises erect): mien erect and l., status erectus et c., Cic. Or. 18, 59: a l. tower, c. turris, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 10: Virg.
      2. 2. excelsus (more freq. in prose than preced.): a l. mountain, ex. mons, Caes. B. C. 1, 80: superl. excelsissimus, ib. 70: Cic. Less freq. praecelsus, very l., Cic. Verr. 4, 48, 107: Virg.
      3. 3. arduus (strictly steep: in present sense, poet. and late): a l. cedar, a. cedrus, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 12: Plin.
      4. 4. altus, praealtus, altissimus: v. high.
      5. 5. ēdĭtus: v. elevated (I.).
      6. 6. sublīmis, e (in a lofty position; high up): the l. top of a mountain, s. montis cacumen, Ov. M. 1, 666: Virg.
    2. II. Fig.:
      1. 1. excelsus: Join: animus excelsus et magnificus, Cic. Off. 1, 23, init.: magna excelsaque [gloria], Tac. Also in sim. sense, celsus: a most l. seat of dignity., sedes celsissima dignitatis, Cic. Sull. 2, 5: and in moral sense, id. Tusc. 5, 14, 42 (celsus et erectus animus).
      2. 2. ēlātus: v. elevated.
      3. 3. sublīmis (esp. of thought and style): v. sublime. Phr.: l. style, magniloquentia, e. g. Homeri, Cic. Fam. 13, 15. See also grand.