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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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• right (adj.):
    1. I. Straight: rectus, Cic.: a r. angle, r. angulus, Censorin. Fragm. 6, 3: v. straight. Phr.: at r. angles, ad pares angulos, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: a wall at r. angles to another, paries directus, id. Top. 4, 22: to lead astray from the r. path, (viros) transversos agere, Sall. J. 6.
    2. II. Opposite to the left: dexter, tĕra, tĕrum, or more freq. tra, trum (the comp. and superl. do not differ in meaning from the posit.): the r. hand, d. manus, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46: also dextra (subs., manus being understood): on the r. hand, dextrā, Caes. B. C. 2, 15: they live on the r. side of that river, dextra ejus fluminis accolunt, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99: also expr. by ab dextra, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12: ad dextram, Caes. B. C. 1, 69 (Pl. has the longer form in these phr.): towards the r. hand, dextrorsum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 50: -us, Liv. 6, 31 (advs.): the r. wing, dexterius cornu, Galba in Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3: amongst those on the r., apud dextimos, Sall. J. 100. Phr.: he is Antony's r.-hand man, Antonii est dextella (dimin. used contemptuously), Cic. Att. 14, 20, ad fin.
    3. III. Correct, true, proper.
      1. 1. rectus: to discriminate between what is r. and wrong, r. et prava dijudicare, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 195: it is r. and proper, r. est et verum, id. Tusc. 3, 29, 73: r. counsels, r. consilia, Liv. 1, 27, ad init.
      2. 2. vērus (reasonable, just): it is r. that every man should measure himself by his own standard, v. est metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 98: Caes. B. G. 4, 8: Liv. Join: v. ac rectus, Cic. Leg. 3, 15, 34: rectus et v., id. (v. supr.).
      3. 3. justus: r. and merited punishment, supplicia j. debitaque, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: without its r. weight (of ballast), justo sine pondere, Ov. M. 2, 163: to ask more than is r., ulterius justo r., id. ib. 6, 470: v. due.
      4. 4. aequus (fair: esp. freq. with bonus): which it is r. for a young lad to know, quae a. est scire adolescentem, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: it is r. and proper that it should be restored, restitui a. est et bonum, id. Ph. 2, 4, 11: Cic. Brut. 38, 143: v. fair.
      5. 5. ĭdōneus: v. fit, proper.
      6. 6. expr. sometimes by fas (indecl. n.: what is permitted by God or our conscience): as far as might be r., quoad f. esset, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19: they do not think it r. to eat hares, leporem gustare f. non putant, Caes. B. G. 5, 12: v. lawful. Phr.: at the r. time, ad tempus, Cic.: v. time: as was r., ut par fuit, Ter. Ph. 1, 3, 3: it is r. to deal thus, sic par est agere, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 83: 'r." he cries, "ita," inquit, Cic. Sull. 1, 3: you are r., (ita) est ut dicis, id. Rep. 1, 40: Caecin. 13, 37: et recte quidem, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: sunt ista, id. Am. 2, 6: probe dicis, id. Tusc. 2, 11, 26: if I am r., nisi fallor, Virg. Aen. 5, 49: Hor.: in the r. place, loco (in loco), Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4: to be on the r. side, perh. *esse in tuto (cf. id. Fam. 12, 2, 3): or bene esse (with dat. of pers.), Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 89: all r., bene habet, Cic. Mur. 6, 14: if in an answer, intelligo, Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 93: "all r., father"--"I hope so," "recte, pater"--"ita volo," Pl. Merc. 2, 3, 33: r. in one's mind, mentis potens, Ov. Tr. 2, 139: to hit the r. nail on the head, rem acu tangere (prov.), Pl. Rud. 5, 2, 19: the r. and wrong side of cloth, *latus superius et aversum panni (Kr.).