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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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• shrewd (adj.):
      1. 1. ăcūtus (acute penetrating, clever): v. acute, keen. Comp. pĕrăcūtus (very quick): he was very s. at devising schemes, etc., p. erat ad excogitandum, Cic. Br. 39, 145.
      2. 2. săgax, ācis (keen-scented: only in good sense): this animal (man) is full of foresight, s., full of schemes, etc., (homo) animal hoc providum, s., multiplex, etc., id. Leg. 1, 7, 22 at one time circumspect and s., modo circumspectus et s., Suet. Claud. 15: a man most s. in conjectures, vir in conjecturis sagacissimus, Just. 1, 9.
      3. 3. subtīlis, e v. keen: subtle.
      4. 4. perspĭcax v. sharp-sighted.
      5. 5. callĭdus (adroit, cunning): s. for his own profit, ad suum quaestum c., Pl. As. 1, 3, 34: a s. discovery, c. inventum, Nep. Eum. 5: a s. plan, consilium c., Ter. Andr. 3, 4, 10.
      6. 6. scītus (knowing, clever): a s. and prudent woman, mulier s. atque prudens, Gell. 13, 4, fin.: a very excellent and s. speech, oratio optima et scitissima, Pl. Stich. 1, 3, 30.
      7. 7. astūtus: v. cunning: expert.
      8. 8. prūdens (intelligent, sensible): a man naturally very acute and s., vir natura peracutus et p., Cic. Or. 5, 18 who could be more s. and a better lawyer than P. Octavius? quis P. Octavio prudentior, jure peritior? id. Clu. 38, 107. Phr.: s. replies, acute responsa, Cic. Am. 2, 6 (rather than acuta responsa), cf. L. G. § 642, Obs. 1.