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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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• private (adj.):
    1. I. Peculiar to an individual:
      1. 1. prīvātus: no p. property in land, nihil privati [ac separati] agri, Caes. B. G. 4, 1: his own p. property, res quae ipsius erant p., Cic. Quint. 4, 15.
      2. 2. pĕcūliāris, e: Suet.: Dig.: v. own (5). The p. property of a person not sui juris, pĕcūlium: Liv. 2, 41, fin. (p. filii): Suet. Tib. 50 (uxoris): v. Lat. Dict. s. v.
    2. II. Not of a public character: prīvātus: a p. life, vita p. [et quieta], Cic. Sen. 7, 22: in a p. capacity (holding no legal authority), privatus, id. Cat. 1, 1, 3. without subs., in privato (in a p. place, opp. in publico), Liv. 39, 18, med. In p., without public authority, privatim, Caes. B. G. 1, 17: Sall.
    3. III. Retired:
      1. 1. sēcrētus: p. studies, s. studia, Quint. 2, 18, 4: Sen. Ep. 91, 5: Petr.: To make for a p. spot (for an interview), secretum petere, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11. Hence adv. secreto, in private: v. privately.
      2. 2. sōlus: v. solitary.
    4. IV. Connected with one's own home: esp. of education.
      1. 1. expr. by dŏmī: whether p. education or school be preferable, utilius domi an scholis (pueri) erudiantur, Quint. 1, 2, lem.: cf. ib. § 1, domi atque intra privatos parietes studere.
      2. 2. dŏmestĭcus: a p. tutor, domesticus praeceptor, ib. § 4: p. and in-doors exercise, d. exercitatio et umbratilis, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 157: p. lessons, *lectiones d. (Kr.).
      3. 3. umbrātĭlis, umbrātĭcus (to be used with caution): v. in-doors.
    5. V. Confidential: Phr.: he was the king's p. secretary, (rex) eum habuit ad manum scribae loco, Nep. Eum. 1 (cf. paulo infr., omnium consiliorum particeps): Kr. gives phr. scriba cubicularius, Inscr.: *scriba omnium secretorum arbiter, cf. Curt. 3, 12, med.
    6. VI. Milit. term, of the rank and file, not an officer:
      1. 1. grĕgārius (miles), Cic. Pl. 30, 72: Tac.
      2. 2. mănĭpŭlāris, e; esp. as subs., by ellipsis of miles: I have not followed Pompey like a single p. soldier, non Pompeium tanquam unus m. secutus sum, Cic. Att. 9, 10, init.: Tac. (freq.).