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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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• master (subs.):
    1. I. One having power:
      1. 1. dŏmĭnus (master of a house or servants): the m. of the house and all his slaves, ipse d. atque omnis familia, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9: m. of one's own affairs, d. rerum suarum, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11. In wider sense, one exercising imperial power: the Romans m.s of the world, Romanos dominos rerum, Virg.: Cic.: v. lord.
      2. 2. hĕrus (with special reference to the slaves belonging to him): cf. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24, ut heris in famulos: Ter. pass. Belonging to the m., hĕrīlis, e: Ter.
      3. 3. păterfămĭlias (master of the entire household): v. householder.
      4. 4. pŏtens, ntis (strictly an adj., having power over; with gen.: esp. poet.): m. of the seasons, tempestatum p., Virg. G. 1, 27: being m.s of their own movements and of the city, potentes rerum suarum atque urbis, Liv. 23, 16, med. Phr.: (a). to be m. of, i. e. possess dominion over: (1). dŏmĭnor, 1: to be m. of the lives and properties of men, d. in capite fortunisque hominum, Cic. Quint. 30, 94: also foll. by inter (Caes. B. G. 2, 31); in and acc.: v. to lord. (2). obtĭneo, ui, tentum, 2: v. to possess. (b). to become m. of, pŏtior, 4 (foll. by abl. or gen.): to become m.s of all Gaul, totius Galliae imperio p., Caes. B. G. 1, 2: to become m. of the city (of Rome), urbis p., Sall. Cat. 47: to become m. of the state, rerum (not rebus) p., Nep. Att. 9, fin.: Cic. See also to rule, govern.
    2. II. Fig.: exercising control over oneself or one's passions:
      1. 1. pŏtens, ntis (with gen.): so long as I am my own m., dum mei p. sum, Liv. 26, 13, ad fin.: m. of one's senses, mentis p., Ov. Tr. 2, 139.
      2. 2. compos, ŏtis (in possession of): I am hardly my own m. (almost beside myself), vix sum compos animi, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12. Not m. of, not able to control oneself, impotens: v. ungovernable.
    3. III. Manager, superintendent: măgister, tri: m. of a company or union, societatis m., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, 182: m. of the feast, convivii m., Varr. L. L. 5, 26, 122 (also arbiter bibendi, Hor.). M. of ceremonies, designator: v. usher.
    4. IV. Of a school: măgister: v. teacher, schoolmaster. Or expr. by dŏceo: who was your m. in music, quis te musicam docuit? v. to teach.
    5. V. One perfectly skilled in anything:
      1. 1. antistes, ĭtis; also antista, ae: a m. in the art of speaking, artis dicendi a., Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 202: Quint.
      2. 2. expr. by perfectus, pĕrītus, etc.: a perfect m. of geometry, (homo) in geometria perfectus, Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 20: m. of an art, perfectus in arte aliqua, Ov. A. A. 2, 547: m. of the art of war, rei militaris s. belli peritus (peritissimus, perfectly so): Cic.: v. skilled, accomplished. Phr.: a m. of the art of composition, politus scriptor atque artifex, Cic. Or. 51, 172.
    6. VI. The producer of a work of art: use pictor, sculptor: the old m.s, *veteres illi [nobilesque] pictores (veteres pictores, simply old painters, good or bad). A statue by an unknown m., *statua auctoris incerti (R. and A.).
    7. VII. Literary title: măgister: Stat. Acad.