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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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• secret (adj.):
    1. I. Of places; secluded: apart from men:
      1. 1. occultus: in s. places, o. locis (opp. in foro), Pl. Curc. 4, 2, 21: s. paths, o. calles, Virg. Aen. 9, 383.
      2. 2. sēcrētus: v. private (II.).
      3. 3. abdĭtus (hidden, out of the way): to search the s. parts of the earth, abdita terrai scrutari, Lucr. 6, 809: more freq. in sense (II.): v. infr.
      4. 4. rĕmōtus (out of the way, retired, sequestered): s. part of a house, r. pars domus, Ov. M. 6, 638 (= penetralia): v. retired, SEQUESTERED.
    2. II. Not seen or known:
      1. 1. occultus (most gen. term): to bring the most s. things to light, res occultissimas aperire, in lucemque proferre, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 62. Join: [res] occultae et penitus abditae, id. N. D. 1, 19, 49: occultus atque tectus, id. R. Am. 36.
      2. 2. sēcrētus (not so in Cic.): s. lusts, s. libidines, Tac. A. 1, 4, fin. (in same sense, arcanae l., Suet. Tib. 43): Ov.: Lucan.
      3. 3. arcānus (esp. of that which is of a nature to demand secrecy; confidential, mysterious, or sacred): anything s. or sacred, (si) quid arcani sanctive, Liv. 23, 22, med.: s. designs, a. consilia, Liv. 35, 18, init. (cf. consilia interiora, Nep. Hann. 2): Cic.
      4. 4. abdĭtus (hidden, not outwardly traceable, abstruse): a s. force (in nature), vis quaedam a., Lucr. 5, 1233: Cic.: v. supr. (1).
      5. 5. condĭtus, abscondĭtus: v. hidden.
      6. 6. tectus (of that which does not show itself openly; opp. to outspoken, frank, plain): cf. Cic. R. Am. 36, 104, paulo occultior et tectior cupiditas (veiled by hypocrisy): v. reserved (II.).
      7. 7. esp. of voting: tăcĭtus: s. voting, t. suffragia, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 7. Phr.: in secret, to keep secret: v. foll. artt.
    3. III. Furtive, clandestine:
      1. 1. clandestīnus (underhand): s. conferences with the enemy, c. colloquia cum hostibus, Cic. Sen. 12, 40: s. schemes, c. consilia (quite different from arcana consilia, v. supr. II. 3): Caes. B. G. 7, 1, med.: Liv.
      2. 2. furtīvus (lit. stolen; hence, done by stealth, unlawfully and secretly enjoyed): s. love, f. amor, Virg. Aen. 4, 171: s. writing (on the head of the slave of Histiaeus), f. scriptum, Gell. 17, 9, fin.: v. stolen, stealthy.
    4. IV. In special sense; secret writing or characters: nŏtae, arum; Suet. Caes. 56 (per notas scribere, in cipher): they invented this kind of s. writing, hanc scribendi latebram parabant, Gell. 17, 9 cf. ib. ad fin., profunda quaedam et inopinabilis scribendi latebra.