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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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• natural (adj.):
    1. I. Pertaining to or in accordance with nature: nātūrālis, e: n. questions, n. quaestiones., Cic. Part. 18: n. history, n. historia, Plin. pref.: n. law (as governing all nature), n. lex, Cic. N. D. 1, 14, init.: a n. idea, notio n. [atque insita in animis nostris], id. Fin. 1, 9, 31. Or expr. by natura: this is n. to the soul, haec est natura propria animae [et vis], Cic. Rep. 6, 26: this is n. to us, naturâ hoc nobis datum, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 2: as is n., sicut natura fert, id. Part. 7, 24: a n. consequence, *quod ex ipsa rei natura sequitur (R. and A.): v. nature.
    2. II. Not manufactured:
      1. 1. nātīvus: the n. bulwarks of the city (Rome), urbis praesidia n., Cic. Rep. 2, 6, init.: n. colour, color n., Plin. 32, 7, 24: n. hair, n. coma, Ov. Am. 1, 14, extr.
      2. 2. vīvus (esp. poet.): n. rock, v. saxum, Virg. Aen. 1, 167: n. sulphur, v. sulphur, Plin. 35, 15, 50. Phr.: a town with strong n. and artificial defences, oppidum natura loci et manu munitum, Caes. B. G. 3, 23.
    3. III. Occurring in the course of nature: nātūrālis: a n. death, mors n., Plin. 7., 53, 54 § 180 (for which, mors sicca, Juv. 10, 113). Phr.: to die a n. death (uti necesse est), naturae concedere, Sall. Jug. 14, med.: comp. naturae satisfacere, Cic. Clu. 10, 29: also, sua morte defungi, Suet. Caes. 89; sua morte mori, Sen. Ep. 69, fin.: or, as disease is the most common natural cause of death, in morbum implicitus decedere, Nep. Ages. extr.; morbo opprimi, Cic. Clu. 7, 22; morbo consumi, Nep. Reg. 2; (a) morbo perire, ib. 3: v. disease.
    4. IV. Born of mere natural cohabitation: nātūrālis (late): a n. daughter, filia n., Ulp. Dig. 40, 5, 40: v. illegitimate.
    5. V. Unaffected:
      1. 1. nātūrālis: opp. to fucatus (false, artificial)., Cic. Br. 9, 22.
      2. 2. perh. sincērus (genuine): cf. Tac. Dial. 28, fin., natura sincera et integra, et nullis pravitatibus detorta (genuine, unaffected, uncorrupted). Join: simplex et sincerus, opp. to fucatus [versus], Gell. 13, 26, extr.
      3. 3. innātus (strictly, born in any one, not obtained from without): opp. arcessitus, Quint. 9, 3, 74; opp. traditus, id. 7, 10, 14. Join: innatus atque insitus (opp. assumptus atque adventicius)., Cic. Top. 18, 69; ingenitus et innatus., Plin. Pan. 20. Phr.: in a n. manner, sicut natura fert, Cic. Part. 7, 26.
    6. VI. Derived from natural constitution; not acquired: Phr.: n. endowments, (1). ingenium (a collective term), Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 36: to allow the first place to n. gifts (as distinguished from culture, training), ingenio primas concedere, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, init.: not necessarily implying great powers: hence, slow (i. e. inferior) n. parts, tardum ing., id. de Or. 2, 27, 117: to have good n. parts, ingenio valere, Quint. (ingenium may even be used of inanimate things: cf. Tac. H. 1, 51, ingenium loci coelique, n. features of soil and climate). (2). indŏles, is, f. (n. disposition): young men of good n. disposition and abilities, adolescentes bona indole praediti, Cic. Sen. 8, 26: so, laetae indolis adolescens, Gell. 19, 9, init. (3). nātūra: he possessed admirable n. gifts for speaking, n. habuit admirabilem ad dicendum, Cic. Br. 81, 280: to have excellent n. endowments, optimâ n. esse, id. Tusc. 1, 15, 35: bad n. disposition, vitiosa n., id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2. A fuller expr. is, natura atque ingenium, id. de Or. 1, 25, init. (4). more ornamental phrr., munera naturae, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115; naturae dotes, Plin. Ep. 3., 3, 4: n. features of climate, patrii cultus habitusque locorum., Virg. G. 1, 52.
    7. VII. Agreeable to any one's disposition or nature; or to human nature generally:
      1. 1. expr. by nātūra, ingĕnium: it is n. to hate the man you fear, hoc natura insitum est, ut quem metueris, hunc oderis, Cic. Sull. 30, 83 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94, ita comparatam esse hominum naturam): with custom, doing good has become n. to me, bene facere jam ex consuetudine in naturam vertit., Sall. Jug. 85, ad init.: to follow one's n. bent, suo vivere ingenio, Liv. 3, 36, init.: as is n. to youth, *quod solet adolescentium ingenium esse.
      2. 2. perh. proprius (naturally belonging or peculiar to: with gen.): this is n. to living creatures, to desire something, proprium hoc animantium, ut aliquid appetant, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 104: v. peculiar. Phr.: n. to human beings, humanus: 'tis n., humanum est! Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 25: Cic. Verr. 5, 44, 117: having a n. taste for anything, pronus ad aliquam rem, Suet. Ner. 52.
    8. VIII. Theol. term: Phr.: n. religion or theology, *cognitio Dei (rerum divinarum) ratione (? natura sola) duce comparata; or for brevity, theologia naturalis (Kr.): or perh. (more definitely), *Dei cognitio nullis divinae revelationis adjumentis adepta s. comparata.