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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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• low (adj.):
    1. I. In a depressed position:
      1. 1. hŭmĭlis, e (denoting usu. that which itself has little altitude: but also in pres. sense): in the l.est ground, humillimo solo, Just. 2, 1: l. (= flying low) with clipt wings, decisis humilem pennis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50: Virg.
      2. 2. dēmissus: l. marshy ground, loca d. ac palustria, Caes. B. C. 3, 49.
      3. 3. dēpressus: to pitch a camp in l. ground, d. loco castra ponere, Front. 1. 5, 24. Join: humilis et depressus, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.
      4. 4. in compar. degree, infĕrior, us (for use of positive see lower, adj.): from the l.er ground, ex inferiore loco, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: Cic. So, lowest, infĭmus or īmus: that the earth is the l.est (body), terram esse infimam, Cic. N. D. 2, 6, 17: Caes.: to change highest to l.est, ima summis mutare, Hor. Od. 1, 34, fin. Phr.: the l. and level parts of the city, jacentia et plana urbis loca, Tac. H. 1. 86: along the l. (level) ground, per plana, Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2.
    2. II. Having in itself little height:
      1. 1. hŭmĭlis: a l. tower, turris h., Caes. B. C. 2, 8: Virg.
      2. 2. dēmissus (rare in this sense): to swim across (a river) where the banks were l.er, demissioribus ripis tranare, Auct. B. Alex. 29.
    3. III. Of the tide: Phr.: at l. water, *aestus recessu (decessu); ubi aestus recessit: v. tide.
    4. IV. Of sounds: (i.) low-pitched: grăvis, e: opp. to acutus (sonus), Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. In superl. (besides gravissimus), infimus or imus: Hor. S. 1, 3, 8. (ii.) not loud: summissus: in a l. tone, s. voce, Cic. Or. 17, 56: a l. murmur, s. murmur, Quint. 11, 3, 45. Adv. summisse, in a l. quiet tone: Cic. To speak in a l. tone, mussare, mussitare, Liv.: see also to whisper, mutter.
    5. V. Of price, cheap: vīlis, e: v. cheap. To be l., jacēre: Cic. Att. 9, 9.
    6. VI. Humble, obscure: hŭmĭlis, obscūrus, etc.: v. humble (I.). Phr.: people of a l.er class, qui tenuioris ordinis sunt, Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 30.
    7. VII. Degraded, mean:
      1. 1. turpis: v. base.
      2. 2. sordĭdus (esp. with ref. to low, shabby conduct): the l.est of the low, sordidissimus quisque, Liv. 1, 47, fin.: v. mean.
      3. 3. inquīnātus (foul, polluted): a l. verse, versus i., Cic. Or. 49, 163.
      4. 4. abjectus (without dignity): Cic. opt. gen. Or. 3, 7. Phr.: to pick up a piece of l. abuse, maledictum ex trivio arripere, Cic. Mur. 6, 13: l. expressions, verba ex triviis petita, cf. Hor. A. P. 245; ignominiosa dicta, ib. 247. (Plebeius sermo denotes simply plain, homely diction; not low: so, trivialis.) See also vulgar.
    8. VIII. Depressed, wanting animation: Phr.: in l. spirits, tristis, moestus: v. sad. See also to discourage.
    9. IX. Nearly exhausted: expr. by dēfĭcio, 3: the supply of provisions was l., *deficiebat res frumentaria: or parum sufficiebat: v. to fail.