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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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• smooth (adj.):
  1. A. Lit.:
    1. I. Not rough:
      1. 1. lēvis, e (opp. asper): certain small bodies s., others rough, corpuscula quaedam levia, alia aspera, Cic. N. D. 1, 24., 66. Of the human body (= youthful, beautiful): Galatea, s.er than shells worn by the constant wave, levior assiduo detritis aequore conchis, Ov. M. 13, 791: s. breast, brow, l. pectus, frons, Virg.: s. neck, l. colla, Ov. Of the hair: that the hair may be s. by using the comb, ut sit coma pectore l., Ov, M. 12, 409 (v. glossy): see also polished (I.).
      2. 2. ēnōdis, e (without knots): s. trunks (of trees), e. trunci, Virg. G. 2, 78.
      3. 3. lūbrĭcus (slippery): the leg worn s. by fetters, crus l. compede, Mart. 9., 58: a sphinx wrought out s. from the natural rock, sphinx saxo naturali elaborata et lubrica (but v. l. rubrica), Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77.
      4. 4. tĕres, ĕtis (well-turned, rounded off): s. trunks of trees, t. trunci arborum, Virg. Aen. 6, 207: cf. t. virga, Ov.: t. hastile, Liv.: t. lapillus, Ov.
      5. 5. lēvĭgātus (made smooth: part. of levigo, 1): Macr. S. 1, 12.
      6. 6. rāsĭlis, e: box made smooth with the lathe, torno r. buxum, Virg. G. 2., 449: cf. palmes r. (i. e. deprived of the bark), Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206: Cat.: Ov.
      7. 7. ădēsus (worn away by water): a. lapides, Hor. Od. 3, 29, 36: a. scopulus, Ov. H. 10, 26.
    2. II. Without hair, bald:
      1. 1. glāber, bra, brum (of men and beasts: gen. naturally smooth, but also artificially s.): s., either from the hair worn down or from its being plucked out by the roots, glaber, retritis pilis aut penitus evulsis, Sen. Ep. 47, ad med.: a husband s.er than a gourd, maritus cucurbita glabrior, App. M. 5, p. 163: sheep of a s. belly, oves ventre g., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 6: cf. g. colla boum, Col. 6, 14, 7. Dimin. glabellus: g. corpus Cupidinis, App. M. 5, p. 168: a s.-skinned slave, glaber, Cat. 59 (61), 135: to make s. (or bald), glabro, Col. 12, 3, 4: to become s., glabresco, id. 2, 20, 2.
      2. 2. lēnis, e: Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a s. man, Esau frater meus pilosus est, et ego lenis, Vulg. Gen. xxvii. 11.
      3. 3. calvus: v. bald.
    3. III. Calm, gentle: (of the sea) plăcĭdus, tranquillus, pācātus (v. calm): (of rivers) sēdātus (v. calm): clēmens, mītis (v. gentle).
  2. B. Fig.:
    1. I. Of the voice or style, flowing, without impediment:
      1. 1. lēvis (flowing): l. oratio (opp. aspera), Cic. Or. 5, 20: l. et aspera (vox), Quint. 11, 3, 15: the ears are annoyed by an uneven style., are soothed by a s. one, (aures) fragosis offenduntur et levibus mulcentur, Quint. 9, 4, 116.
      2. 2. tĕres, ĕtis: a s. voice in debates, t. vox in disputationibus, Quint. 11., 3, 64: a speech full, but yet s. (or well-rounded off, polished), oratio plena, sed tamen t., Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199: v. polished (II.), elegant.
      3. 3. lēnis, e: Join: the s. arrangement of a speech, l. et fluens contextus orationis, Quint. 9, 4, 127. See also fluent, flowing. Also in Gramm: the s. breathing, l. spiritus (opp. spiritus asper)., Prisc. p. 572, P.
    2. II. Of the temper, equable: aequābĭlis, aequālis, aequus: v. uniform.
    3. III. Smooth-tongued (usu. in bad sense): blandus: to distinguish a s. friend from a true one, b. amicum a vero secernere, Cic. Am. 25, 95 (v. flattering, false, specious).
    4. IV. Of manners, smooth: cōmis, commŏdus: v. affable, agreeable.