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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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• severe:
    1. I. Characterized by harshness, giving no indulgence:
      1. 1. dūrus (harsh and inflexible): a s. father, d. pater, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 30: a somewhat s. judge, judex durior, Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 62. Join: durus atque inexorabilis, Ter.
      2. 2. ācer, cris, cre (denoting an active and energetic quality, as durus denotes rather a passive one); s. masters, domini acres, Lucr. 6, 63: to punish a pernicious citizen with s.r punishments than the bitterest enemy, acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercere, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.
      3. 3. grăvis (in this sense only of things): we have a decree of the Senate against thee, Catiline, urgent and s., habemus Senatus consultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave, ib. 1, 1, 3: to inflict a very s. punishment, gravissimum supplicium sumere, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, fin.
      4. 4. sĕvērus (rigorous, strict: also in present sense only of things): a very s. discipline, disciplina maxime s., Quint. 1, 2, 5: Lycurgus the author of very s. and just laws, Lycurgus severissimarum justissimarumque legum auctor, Vell. 1, 6: a rather s. punishment, paulo severior poena, Sall. C. 51, med.
      5. 5. inclēmens (unmerciful): Liv. 8, 32, med. (de Papirio dictatore).
    2. II. Grave, sober, sedate to an extreme:
      1. 1. sĕvērus: a s. and grave citizen, civis s. et gravis, Cic. Am. 25, 95: the gravest and s.st of all men, omnium gravissimus et severissimus, id. de Or. 2, 56, 228. the most s. school of the Stoics, Stoicorum secta severissima, Quint. 1, 10, 15.
      2. 2. austērus: v. austere, stern.
      3. 3. horrĭdus (stern, austere): Hor. Od. 3, 21, 10. Join: [vir] paulo horridior et durior, Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 5.
    3. III. Rigidly exact; as a s. style:
      1. 1. sĕvērus: a harsh and s. style of oratory, triste et s. genus dicendi, Cic. Brut. 30, 113: the muse of s. tragedy, s. musa tragoediae, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 9.
      2. 2. austērus (lit. sour, harsh-flavoured: hence, as opp. to exuberance and lusciousness of style, etc.): a s. style of oratory, oratio a., Quint. 9, 4, 128: that he may have a s. and solid not a luscious and effeminate sweetness of expression, ut suavitatem habeat a. et solidam, non dulcem atque decoctam, Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 103.
      3. 3. grăvis: v. grave, dignified.
    4. IV. Sharp, of a season; distressing, as pain:
      1. 1. grăvis (bad, dangerous): a s. wound, vulnus g., Caes. B. G. 1, 48.
      2. 2. ācer (acute, painful): a s. disease, a. morbus, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 121: s. winter, a. hiems, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 1.
      3. 3. dūrus s. pains, d. dolores, Virg. Aen. 5, 5: s. cold, d. frigus, Pl. Men. 5, 6, 10: s. hunger, fames d., Hor. S. 1, 2, 6.
      4. 4. ăcerbus (extremely painful): a very s. punishment, supplicium acerbissimum, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12: the s. cold, frigus a., Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 53.
      5. 5. atrox, ōcis (violent and deadly): a s. storm, a. tempestas, Tac. A. 11, 31, fin.