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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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• opposite (adj.):
    1. I. Fronting, placed in front of:
      1. 1. adversus: the Bastarnae inhabit the o. side, Bastarnae adversa (aversa, Ian.) tenent, Plin. 4, 12, 25. Join: adversus et contrarius (facing and taking an opposite direction), Caes. B. G. 2, 18.
      2. 2. expr. by ē rĕgiōne: v. opposite, prep. (N.B.--Opposite is here treated as prep. wherever it is or may be foll. by to: v. opposite to.)
    2. II. Reverse:
      1. 1. contrārius: on the o. side of the earth, e c. parte terrae, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: to move in an o. direction, in c. partem ire, Caes. B. C. 1, 69.
      2. 2. dīversus: the horses were driven rapidly in o. directions, in d. iter equi concitati, Liv. 1, 28, fin.: he drew up his army facing (two) o. ways, d. aciem constituit, Caes. B. C. 1, 40: cf. ib. 69, where iter a proposito diversum, is explained by, in contrariam partem ire.
    3. III. Logically:
      1. 1. contrārius: they run to the o. extremes, in contraria (sc. vitia) currunt, Hor. S. 1, 2, 24: Cic. Join: contraria, diversa, inter se pugnantia, Cic. Coel. 5, extr.
      2. 2. dīversus (totally different, and so opposite): o. vices, diversa inter se mala, Sall. Cat. 5: Cic.: Hor.
      3. 3. expr. by inter se pugnare, repugnare: cf. supr. (II., 1).
    4. IV. In action, antagonistic:
      1. 1. adversārius: the o. faction, factio a., Nep. Phoc. 3: Cic.: v. opposed.
      2. 2. dīversus (in later authors): the o. faction or party, d. factio, Suet. Caes. 20; d. partes, ib. 1: an advocate who is on the o. side, ex diverso patronus consistens, Quint. 4, 1, 42.
      3. 3. ĭnĭmīcus: v. hostile.