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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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• number (subs.):
    1. I. In abstract sense, the category of n.: nŭmĕrus: all their towns, 12 in n., omnia sua oppida, numero ad duodecim, Caes. B. G. 1, 5: Cic.: to count the n. (of anything), n. inire, Caes. B. G. 7, 76: to state precisely the n. (of the slain), n. subtiliter exsequi, Liv. 3, 5, fin. What n., such a n., a considerable n., quot, tot, aliquot, indecl.: v. many.
    2. II. A number; as an entity: nŭmĕrus: the most perfect n., n. perfectissimus, Sen. Ep. 58, 28: Cic.: the n. five, six, seven, etc., n. quinarius, senarius, septenarius, etc., Macr. S. Scip. 1, 6. The n. one, two, three, etc., monas, dyas, trias, etc.: Macr. l. c.: v. one, two, etc.
    3. III. In grammar: nŭmĕrus: Varr. L. L. 9, 39, 63: Prisc. For the plural n., Varr. l. c. uses numerus multitudinis; but numerus pluralis is better suited for ord. use.
    4. IV. A large number:
      1. 1. multĭtūdo: relying on their (superior) n.s, multitudine freti, Liv. 21, 5, med.: cf. ib. c. 8, init., abundabat multitudine hominum Poenus (he had greatly the advantage in n.s): v. multitude.
      2. 2. expr. by multi, plūrĭmi, etc.: v. many.
      3. 3. cōpia (ample n., abundance): so large a n. (such store) of brave and upright men, virorum fortium atque innocentium c. tanta, Cic. Man. 10, init.: there were a great n. of banditti in that district (who might be enlisted), (latronum) in ea regione magna c. erat, Sall. Cat. 28, extr. See also host (II.).
      4. 4. frĕquens (with a collect. subs.), frĕquentes, frĕquentia (of people assembled together): the Senate assembled in large n.s, frequens Senatus convenit, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, med.: they assemble in very large n.s, frequentissimi conveniunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 11: Liv.: a very large n. of people, summa hominum frequentia, Cic. Verr. 2, 77, 189. So, a small n., pauci, rari, paucĭtas: v. few.
    5. V. Poetical: nŭmĕrus, usu. pl.: Cic.: Hor.: v. rhythm, metre.