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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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• rank (subs.):
    1. I. A row or line of things: ordo, ĭnis, m.; sĕries: v. row, line.
    2. II. Of soldiers: ordo: to keep the r.s, ordines servare, Caes. B. G. 4, 26; o. observare, Sall. Jug. 51: to throw the r.s into confusion, o. perturbare, ib. 2, 11: to re-form the r.s, o. restituere, Sall. Jug. 51: when they saw that they followed again in close r.s, ubi firmis ordinibus sequi rursus videre, Tac. Agr. 37: to reduce to the r.s, in ordines cogere or redigere, cf. Liv. 3, 51: Suet. Vesp. 15. Phr.: to quit the r.s, ab signis discedere, Liv. 25, 20. r. and file (i. e. common soldiers), manipulares; Caes.: gregarii milites: Cic.
    3. III. Class, order, dignity.
      1. 1. ordo (esp. of persons, forming a special class in the state): I met a person of my own condition and r., conveni quendam mei loci atque ordinis, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 3: men of every r. and age, homines omnium o. et omnium aetatum, Cic.: the senatorial r., senatorius o., Cic.: the equestrian r., equester o., Cic.: the most distinguished r. in the state, amplissimus ordo reipublicae, Cic.: three hundred men of the two upper r.s, trecenti utriusque o., Suet. Aug. 15.
      2. 2. lŏcus (often, but not always, connected with birth): the highest r. in the state, summus locus civitatis, Cic. Clu. 55, 150: Caesar restored to him the r. of his ancestors, huic Caesar majorum locum restituit, Caes. B. G. 5, 25: of the lowest r. by birth, infimo loco natus, Cic. Fl. 11, 24: of the highest r. by birth, summo loco natus, Liv. 1, 34.
      3. 3. grădus, ūs, m. (elevation, degree): a man most worthy of the highest r.s, omni g. amplissimo dignissimus, Cic. Fam. 6, 10: the highest r. of dignity, summus g. dignitatis, id. Planc. 13, 32: to hold the second r. in the empire, secundum g. imperii tenere, Nep. Con. 3.
      4. 4. dignĭtas (implying positive elevation; the preced. terms being neutral): to raise any one from a low position to the highest r., aliquem ex humili loco ad summam d. perducere, Caes. B. G. 7, 39: to make a person equal in r. to another, aliquem cum aliquo dignitate exaequare, Caes. B. C. 1, 4: to live in accordance with one's r., pro d. vivere, Nep. Att. 2.
      5. 5. fastīgium (high r. or elevation): the r. of the dictatorship was always the higher distinction, dictaturae semper altius f. fuit, Liv. 6, 38: to advance any one to royal r., ad regium f. evehere aliquem, Val. Max. 1, 6, 1. Phr.: a man of high r., of very high r., homo nobilis, nobilissimus, Cic. Join: nobilis et clarus; illustris et nobilis: honoratus et nobilis: Cic.: v. noble.