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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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• slack (adj.):
    1. I. Loose:
      1. 1. rĕmissus (prop. a part.: opp. to contentus): a s. bow, r. arcus, Hor. Od. 3, 27, 67: when our muscles are s., remissis corporibus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: v. unbent, unstrung.
      2. 2. laxus: a s. rope, l. funis, Hor. S. 2, 7, 20: a s. bow, l. arcus, Virg. Aen. 11, 874: s. reins, l. habenae, Cic. Am. 13, 45 (fig.): v. loose.
      3. 3. fluxus (flowing loosely): a s. rein, f. habena, Liv. 38, 29: weapons hanging s., f. arma, Tac. H. 2, 99.
      4. 4. fluĭdus: s. arms, f. lacerti, Ov. M. 15, 231: Liv. 34, 47. Phr.: a s. bow, mollis arcus, Ov. H. 4, 92: s. reins, jacentia lora, id. M. 2, 201 (hanging on the horse's neck): s. sails, languida carbasa, Lucan 5, 421: flaccida vela, App.
    2. II. Remiss, backward:
      1. 1. rĕmissus (esp. freq. in comp. degree): to be of a s. and languid disposition, r. ac languido esse animo, Caes. B. C. 1, 21: rather s. in seeking, remissior in petendo, Cic. Mur. 26, 52: Sall.: Hor.
      2. 2. dissŏlūtus, laxus v. lax.
      3. 3. pĭger, gra, grum (reluctant): a race very s. in military service, gens pigerrima ad militaria opera, Liv. 21, 25: so also segnis: v. slow, sluggish.
      4. 4. neglĭgens, ntis, or indīlĭgens, ntis, v. negligent. Phr.: to be s. in correspondence, pigrari scribere, Cic. Att. 14, 1; cessatorem esse in literis, id. Fam. 9, 17, ad fin.: to be s., flaccescere, languescere, v. flag, droop, languish: business is s., *languescent negotia.