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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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• mask (subs.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. persōna (theatrical or for disguise): a tragic m., p. tragica, Phaedr. 1, 7: Mart. Dressed in a m., personatus: v. masked.
      2. 2. larva (ugly or caricature): cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 64.
    2. II. A kind of entertainment: v. masquerade.
    3. III. Fig.:
      1. 1. persōna: to wear a m., personam alienam ferre, Liv. 3, 36, init. (ille finis Appio alienae p. ferendae fuit = Appius now threw off the m.): to take the m. from men or things, hominibus et rebus p. demere, Sen. Ep. 24, 12: comp. pers. detrahere, Mart. 3, 43.
      2. 2. intĕgŭmentum (any disguise): cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 86, init., evolutus illis integumentis dissimulationis tuae, nudatusque: v. disguise. Phr.: to tear off the comely m. from the hypocrite, detrahere pellem, nitidus qua quisque per ora cedit, introrsum turpis, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64: cf. id. Ep. 1, 16, 45, speciosus pelle decora.