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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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• mild:
    1. I. Of physical properties; esp. climate:
      1. 1. mītis, e: a m. climate, m. coelum, Plin. 15, 18, 19 § 73: so, to grow milder, mitescere, mitigari: as the winter grew m.er, mitescente jam hieme, Liv. 23, 19, init.: cf. mitigato jam et intepescente pristino frigore (of a permanent change in climate), Col. 1, 1, ad init.
      2. 2. clēmens, ntis: cf. Col. 11, 2, init., consumpta bruma, jam intepescit animus, permittitque clementior dies (the m.er weather) opera moliri. So, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5, aestatis mira clementia, the summers are remarkably m.: v. gentle.
      3. 3. tĕpĭdus (gently warm): m. winters, t. brumae, Hor. Od. 2, 6, 18: so., id. Ep. 1, 10, 15, est ubi plus tepeant hiemes? is there any place where the winters are m.er? and tepesco, intepesco (to grow m.er): cf. supr.
      4. 4. tempĕrātus: sweet shore of m. Formia, temperatae dulce Formiae litus, Mart. 10, 30, 1. Join: mitis ac temperatus [annus], Col. 3, 20, init.: v. temperate. Phr.: m. food, cibus lenis s. mollis, Cels. 4, 4, 4.
    2. II. Of mental and moral qualities:
      1. 1. mītis: I never saw anything so m. and gentle as my brother's conduct to your sister, nihil tam vidi mite, nihil tam placatum quam meus frater erat in sororem tuam, Cic. Att. 5, 1: m. exile, m. exsilium, Ov. Tr. 2, 185. Join: mitis et mansuetus; mitissimus atque lenissimus, Cic.
      2. 2. clēmens (inclining to indulgence; not severe): cf. Cic. Pl. 13, 31, clementes judices et misericordes: m. chastisement, c. castigatio, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: m. servitude, justa et c. servitus, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 9.
      3. 3. mansuētus (tame, quiet): a very m. disposition, mansuetissimum ingenium, Val. Max. 2, 7, 11: Cic.
      4. 4. plăcĭdus (peaceful, quiet): Join: clemens, placidus, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10: v. calm.
      5. 5. lēnis, e: v. gentle (II.), throughout.
      6. 6. făcĭlis, e (easy-tempered): v. good-natured. Phr.: to use the m.est terms, ut lenissime dicam, Cic. Cat. 3, 7, fin.