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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.
• nice:
    1. I. Precise, exact:
      1. 1. subtīlis, e (fine, penetrating, discriminating): a n. judgment, s. judicium. Cic. Fam. 15, 6: a n. palate, s. palatum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 38.
      2. 2. exquīsītus (choice, select, exquisite): a n. (refined) taste in literature, ex. litterarum judicium, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133: over n. personal habits and attire, munditia odiosa atque exquisita nimis, cf. ib. 1, 36, 130.
      3. 3. accūrātus, dīlĭgens: v. accurate, careful.
    2. II. Over particular, in diet or other things:
      1. 1. fastīdiōsus (primarily, with ref. to food): the sense of hearing is very n. (easily offended), aurium sensus fastidiosissimus, Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32: Pl. Mil. 4, 6, 18 (with ref. to beauty).
      2. 2. ēlĕgans, ntis (rare in this sense): bless me: how n. he is! eja, ut elegans est! Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 19 usu. in good sense, v. elegant, tasteful. To be (over) n., fastīdio, 4: it is the mark of a n. stomach, fastidientis stomachi est, Sen. Ep. 2, 3 to be too n. to eat cabbage, olus f., Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 15.
    3. III. Pleasant to the senses (colloq.):
      1. 1. suāvis, e (esp. sweet of smell; also, of taste): woodpigeons, n. fare, palumbes, s. res, Hor. S. 2, 8, 92: Cato R. R. 158, extr.
      2. 2. dulcis, e (prop. sweet, as honey: also in wider sense): v. delicious. Phr.: n. things (delicacies), scitamenta, Pl. Men. 1, 3, 26.