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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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• relief:
    1. I. Alleviation:
      1. 1. lĕvātio: to discover a r. for pain, l. invenire doloribus, Cic. Tusc. 5, extr.: to bring r. for sorrows, l. habere aegritudinum, id. ib. 1, extr.
      2. 2. lĕvāmentum: a r. from the tribute, l. tributi, Tac. H. 1, 8: a r. for miseries, l. miseriarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53.
      3. 3. lĕvāmen (that which brings r.): if there were any r. it would be in you alone, si esset aliquod l., id esset in te uno, Cic. Att. 12, 16; Catul.
      4. 4. sublĕvātio: r. and remedy s. et medicina, Cic. Rep. 2, 34.
      5. 5. allĕvātio: r. from pain, a. (doloris), Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 40.
      6. 6. allĕvāmentum: without any remedy or r., sine ullo remedio et a., Cic. Sull. 23, 66.
      7. 7. mītĭgātio: v. alleviation, mitigation.
      8. 8. laxāmentum: v. respite, relaxation.
      9. 9. mĕdĭcīna: v. remedy.
    2. II. Aid:
      1. 1. subsĭdium (esp. as a milit. t. t.): to bring r., s. ferre, Caes. B. G. 2, 26: to send (to the) r., subsidio mittere, id. ib. 2, 7: to come to the r., subsidio venire, Cic. Att. 8, 7: v. reinforcement.
      2. 2. auxĭlium: v. help, assistance, succour. Phr.: before r. could come from Carthage, priusquam Carthagine subveniretur, Liv. 29, 25, ad fin.: (he said that) he trusted in the fortifications of the town, if r. could be quickly brought, se confidere munitionibus oppidi si celeriter succurratur, Caes. B. C. 3, 80.
    3. III. T. t. in painting:
      1. 1. ēmĭnentia: in the background or in r., in umbris et in eminentia, Cic. Acad. 2, 7, 20.
      2. 2. aspĕrĭtas (contrast, inequality): when the prospect of that scene charmed the eyes of all by its bold r., quum aspectus ejus scenae propter asperitatem eblandiretur omnium visus, Vitr. 7, 5, 5: the aspect is effective on account of the r. produced by the spaces between the pillars, aspectus propter a. intercolumniorum habet auctoritatem, id. 3, 3, 9. Phr.: as we fancy that in a work of art some things stand out in r., some recede, ut quaedam eminere in opere, quaedam recessisse credamus, Quint. 2, 17, 21.
    4. IV. T. t. in sculpture: to carve in bas-r., caelāre, Cic.; interrādĕre, Plin. 33, 11, 49; hence, a bas-r., caelāmen (rare), Ov. M. 13, 291: caelatūra (the art of carving them; the r.s themselves): carving in too high r. breaks a thin plate, c. altior rumpit tenuem laminam, Quint. 2, 4, 7: bas-r.s taken from subjects in Homer, caelatura carminum Homeri, Suet. Ner. 47: an artist in bas-r., caelātor, Cic. Verr. 4, 24, 54; also tŏreuma, ătis, n. (τόρευμα; see Dict. Ant. voc. "Bronze"): very splendid bas-r.s, perbona t., id. ib. 4, 18, 38: vasa ecty̆pa (ἔκτυπα), Plin. 35, 12, 43: ănăglypta (ἀνάγλυπτα), id. 33, 11, 49: an adj. ănăglyptĭcus occurs in Sid.