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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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• attentive:
    1. I. That pays attention:
      1. 1. attentus: an a. mind, a. animus, Ter.: an a. juryman, judex a., Cic.: v. attention (I. 2 and Phr.). Very a., perattentus: a very a. mind, p. animus, Cic.
      2. 2. intentus (stronger than attentus: v. intent, eager): he listened to your prayers with a. ear, intenta tuis precibus se praebuit aure, Tib.
      3. 3. ērectus (aroused: q. v.): a. jurymen, e. judices, Cic.: Liv.
      4. 4. aurītus (lit. possessed of ears: poet.): a. oaks, a. quercus, Hor.: make the people a., face (i.e. fac) auritum populum, Pl. (somewhat simly. Hor. has acutae aures (of the satyrs) for up-pricked, attentive ears). Phr.: he was not a. when the cause was being conducted by others, non affuit animo quum ab aliis causa ageretur, Cic.: v. TO PAY ATTENTION and careful.
    2. II. That waits upon:
      1. 1. sēdŭlus: an a. nurse, s. nutrix, Ov.: let the a. crowd of young men escort the old man home, deducat juvenum s. turba senem, Tib.
      2. 2. observans, antis: a man most a. to me, observantissimus mei homo, Cic.
      3. 3. offĭcĭōsus: the people of Lampsacus are most a. (= respectful) to all Roman citizens, homines Lampsaceni summe in omnes cives Romanos o., Cic. (For the difference between the above words, comp. attention, II.)