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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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• sheer (adj.):
    1. I. Right down, unbroken: abruptus (steep: precipitous): a s. precipice of a thousand feet deep, locus in pedum mille altitudinem a., Liv. 21, 36. Phr.: a s. precipice, praeruptus locus [ex utraque parte] directus, Caes. B. C. 1, 45: v. perpendicular, precipitous.
    2. II. Absolute, utter, pure:
      1. 1. mĕrus: they tell s. marvels, m. monstra nuntiant, Cic. Att. 4, 7, 1: cf. ib. 9, 13, 7 (mera scelera loquuntur).
      2. 2. germānus (real, out and out): s. humbug, g. gerrae, Pl. Poen. 1, 1, 9: Cic.: v. genuine.
      3. 3. expr. by nihil nisi: cf. Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40: tu ... nihil nisi sapientia es, you are a piece of s. wisdom: this is s. folly, haec nihil aliud nisi ineptiae sunt.
      4. 4. pūrus pŭtus (pure and simple): this is a s. sycophant, p. p. hic sycophanta est, Pl. Ps. 4, 7, 105: Sall.