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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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• regular (adj.):
    1. I. Arranged, or coming in order:
      1. 1. ordĭnārius (coming in the usual order): the r. consuls, o. consules, Liv. 41, 18, ad fin.: a r. consulship, o. consulatus, Suet. Galb. 6: vines standing in r. order, o. vites, Col. 3, 16.
      2. 2. ordĭnātus (prop. a part., like the two next words): to perform their r. courses, cursus o. definire, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101: a more r. life, vita ordinatior, Sen. Ep. 74., 25: a sedate and r. man, compositus o.que vir, id. Vit. Beat. 8, 3.
      3. 3. compŏsĭtus: in r. array, composito agmine, Tac. A. 12, 16: in r. conformity with rule and principle, ad legem ac regulam c., Quint. 12, 10, 50.
      4. 4. dispŏsĭtus: the r. lives of men please me, vita hominum d. me delectat, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, ad init.
      5. 5. rectus: a quincunx which is r. on whatever side you view it, quincunx qui quamcunque in partem spectaveris r. est, Quint. 8., 3, 9.
      6. 6. cănŏnĭcus (very rare): eclipses of the sun at r. intervals, c. defectiones solis, Aug. C. D. 3, 15: Vitr. Phr.: a r. arrangement, dispositio, Cic. Inv. 1, 7, 9: at r. intervals, paribus intervallis, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: trees planted in r. order, arbores in ordinem satae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, ad init.: to digress from the r. order of events, ab rerum ordine declinare, Liv. 9., 17, init.
    2. II. Symmetrical, with a due arrangement of parts: no exact equiv. either for the adj. or adv.: symmetros (σύμμετρος) occurs once in Vitr. 1, 2, 4: perh. bene figuratus (well shaped), id. 3, 1, 1: cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 12., 34: well shaped and r. in his other limbs, ceteris membris aequalis et congruens, Suet. Tib. 68: notched and more r. leaves, folia angulosa et concinniora, Plin. 16, 34, 62, § 148.
    3. III. Constant, determinate:
      1. 1. certus: a r. guest, c. conviva, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 75: seasons passing by with r. movement, decedentia c. tempora momentis, id. ib. 1, 6, 3: to employ a r. form of oath, in c. verba jurare., Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132.
      2. 2. constans., ntis: the r. and determinate motions of the stars, motus stellarum constantes et rati, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51; 2, 21, 54: a r. speech, c. oratio, id. Off. 1, 40, 144.
      3. 3. stătus (fixed): the r. blowing of the winds, stati ventorum flatus, Sen. Ben. 4, 28, 1: the spring increases and diminishes by a r. increase and diminution, fons s. auctibus ac diminutionibus crescit decrescitque, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, ad init.
      4. 4. aequābĭlis (equable): a certain constant and r. movement, motus quidam certus et a., Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23: temperate and r. behaviour, moderati a.que habitus, id. Fin. 5, 12, 36: r. in all the duties of life, cunctis vitae officiis a., Tac. H. 4, 5: v. uniform. Phr.: the r. course of life, tenor vitae, Ov. H. 17, 14: to keep the r. order of battle, tenorem pugnae servare, Liv. 30, 18, ad fin.
    4. IV. According to usage, formal, complete:
      1. 1. justus: a r. war, j. bellum, Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1: r. soldiers, j. arma, Liv. 38, 22: a r. march, j. iter, Caes. B. C. 1, 23: a stature which exceeded the r. height, statura quae justam excederet, Suet. Tib. 68.
      2. 2. rectus: the fashion of r. formal dinners, rectarum coenarum consuetudo, Suet. Dom. 7, ad init. Join: r. ac justus, Liv. 35, 4, extr.
      3. 3. lēgĭtĭmus (right: sanctioned by some law): a r. poem, l. poema, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109: the r., ordinary boxers, l. et ordinarii pugiles, Suet. Aug. 45: a r. birth, l. partus, Plin. 8, 43, 68.
      4. 4. sollennis (wonted, usual): the r. number of witnesses, s. numerus testium, Ulp. Dig. 28, 1, 21: the r. employment of Romans, Romanis s. viris opus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 49: to resume their r. avocations, sollennia repetere, Tac. A. 3, 6: v. customary.
      5. 5. formālis (rare): to value at a r. price, f. pretio aestimare, Ulp. Dig. 35, 2, 62: v. formal, set. Phr.: r. troops, perh. legionarii milites, after Caes. B. G. 1, 42: a r. noun, nomen regulam servans, Prisc. 707 P.: a r. oration, oratio apta et numerosa, Cic. Or. 52, 174: a r. doctor, perh. *medicus rite ac legibus constitutus.