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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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• pure:
    1. I. Physically and materially:
      1. 1. mundus: v. clean.
      2. 2. pūrus: purest honey, mella purissima, Virg. G. 4, 163: a p. spring, p. fons, Prop. 3, 1, 3: p. and light air, aër p. et tenuis, Cic. N. D. 2, 16, init. Of metals (without dross or alloy): p. gold, p. aurum, Plin. 33, 4, 25. (Note: p. aurum, argentum, vasa, etc., are also used of a plain surface, free from chasing: so argentum purum, Cic. Verr. 4, 22, 49.) Phr.: p. gold is also expressed by aurum ad obrussam, Suet. Ner. 44.
      3. 3. intĕger (unpolluted): fontes, Hor. Od. 1, 26, 6.
      4. 4. mĕrus, and mĕrācus (esp. of wine unmixed with water): p. wines, vina mera, Ov. M. 15, 331: so, v. meracius (compar.), Cic. N. D. 3, 31: p. water, merae undae, Ov. M. 15, 323: p. milk, merum lac, id. F. 4, 369: a p. taste, merus gustus, Col. 3, 21: p. silver, argentum merum, Pl. Asin. 1, 3, 3.
    2. II. Hence fig. of anything unmixed, unqualified.
      1. 1. mĕrus (lit. undiluted): p. (sheer) prodigies, m. monstra, Cic. Att. 4, 7: Ter.: cf. mere.
      2. 2. pūrus: esp. with pŭtus; a p. and genuine sycophant, purus putus sycophanta, Pl. Ps. 4, 7, 103: cf. absolute, mere, real.
      3. 3. sincērus (unmixed): of a p. race, (gens) propria et sincera et tantum sui similis, Tac. G. 4. Fig.: p. joy, s. gaudium, Liv. 34, 41: p. fame (i. e. unblemished), s. fama, Gell. 6, 8: p. mathematics, *mathesis pura.
    3. III. Of language and style:
      1. 1. pūrus: perfectly p. style, sermo quam purissimus, Quint. 4, 2, 118: cf. oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur, Cic. de Or. 3, 8, init. Joined with candidus: a p. and brilliant style, purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, fin.
      2. 2. ēmendātus (faultless): a p. Latin style, locutio e. et Latina, Cic. Br. 74, 258. Phr.: the method of speaking p. Latin, ratio Latine atque emendate loquendi, Quint. 8, 1, 2.
    4. IV. Of moral purity:
      1. 1. castus: a man of most p. and upright life, castissimus homo atque integerrimus, Cic. Fl. 28, 68. Join: castus animus purusque, Cic. Div. 1., 53, fin. See also chaste.
      2. 2. mundus: blessed are the p. in heart, beati mundo corde, Vulg. Matt. v. 8: and of absolute purity in God, Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, mundi sunt oculi tui, ne videas malum, Vulg. Hab. i. 13.
      3. 3. pūrus: to keep the soul p., *animum purum conservare, cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 58, 134: purae noctes (opp. to spurcae), Pl. Asin. 4, 1, 62: with gen. of object: integer vitae scelerisque purus (free from taint of guilt), Hor. Od. 1, 22, 1.
      4. 4. integer, gra, grum (spotless; of both chastity and honesty): a perfectly p. (unstained) life, integerrima vita, Cic. Planc. init. Join: (homines) integri, innocentes, religiosi, id. Verr. 4, 4, init. With gen., pure from the vices of the city, integer urbis, Val. Fl. 2, 374: p. in life, integer vitae, Hor. l. c.
    5. V. Free from religious pollution:
      1. 1. pūrus: a p. household (after performing the funeral rites), p. familia, Cic. Leg. 2, 22.
      2. 2. castus: haud satis castum donum deo, ib. 2, 18: v. holy.
      3. 3. lustrātus, pūrĭfĭcātus: v. to purify.