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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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• nature:
    1. I. In wide sense, the system and laws of the universe:
      1. 1. nātūra (rerum): comp. title of poem of Lucr., de natura rerum: what is contrary to the laws of n., quod n. rerum non patitur, Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 54: the careful provision of n., naturae providentia diligens, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, init.: it is difficult to define n., n. ipsam definire difficile est, id. Inv. 1, 24, 34: a natural philosopher, i. e. an inquirer and searcher into n., physicus, id est, speculator venatorque naturae, id. N. D. 30, 83. (N.B.--When the entire system of things is meant, and without personification, rerum should be added: cf. L. G. § 595.)
      2. 2. mundus, summa rerum (Lucr.): v. universe.
    2. II. Natural constitution of anything:
      1. 1. nātūra: the n. of the soul, n. animai, Lucr. 1, 113: Cic.: the n. (natural features) of things and places, n. rerum et locorum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16: Caes.
      2. 2. proprĭĕtas (peculiar n., property): each thing has its own n., singularum rerum singulae p. sunt, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56: Liv.: v. feature (II.).
      3. 3. ingĕnium, indŏles (both chiefly of persons, but also of things): v. natural (VI.).
      4. 4. hăbĭtus, ūs (not so in Cic.): the n. (= physical features) of Italy, h. Italiae, Liv. 9, 17, fin.: Virg. G. 1, 52.
      5. 5. vis, vim, vi, f. (force, essential n.): to grasp the real n. of virtue, vim virtutis tenere, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, med. Join: vis et natura [eloquentiae], Cic. Or. 31, 112.
    3. III. Human nature: hominum or humana natura: v. human. Esp. in such phrr. as, this is human n., hoc natura insitum est; ita natura comparati sumus; sic est ingenium: v. natural (VII.).
    4. IV. That which naturally characterizes, as distinguished from what is acquired: nātūra: drive n. out with a pitch-fork, yet it will come running back, n. expellas furca, tamen usque recurret, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24: to have the force of n. (of habit), naturae vim obtinere, Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 3: use is second n., usus est altera n. (Prov.).
    5. V. Natural scenery: Phr.: the beauties of n., amoenitates locorum: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100, quanta maris est pulchritudo ... quae amoenitates orarum et litorum. (Plin. min. has naturae opera, 8, 20, fin., to denote natural phaenomena: but the phr. should not be used merely of the aspect of nature).
    6. VI. As term of art: Phr.: to paint from n., *ad ipsius rei speciem pingere.
    7. VII. With ref. to the necessities of nature: Phr.: to attend to a call of n.. ad requisita naturae discedere, Spart. Carac. 6: corpus exonerare, Sen. Ep. 70, 17: Plin. has, desideria obscaena, of such calls of n., N. H. 33, 3., 14.