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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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• society:
    1. I. Association (in the widest sense): sŏciĕtas, f. alone, freq. in Cic.: Join: s. conjunctioque hominum, Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 28: congregatio hominum et s. communitasque generis humani, id. Fam. 4, 2, 4. Cf. conjunctio congregatioque hominum, id. Fin. 3, 20, 65: omnis humana consortio, id. Off. 3, 6, 26: consociatio hominum atque communitas, id. Off. 1, 44, 157. For s. (of the inhabitants of a state): v. community.
    2. II. Association for a definite purpose, such as the Royal Society, Society of Antiquaries, etc.:
      1. 1. sŏciĕtas also used in the sense of partnership: v. partnership.
      2. 2. collēgium, corpus (rare), ūnĭversĭtas (of merchants, tradesmen): Gai.: Plin.: Marc.: v. guild, company, club, corporation, board. Also s. (= college, an educational institution): *collegium. Phr.: fellow of a s., *socius.
      3. 3. sŏdālĭtas, originally = our club, q. v.: but afterwards a secret illegal s., Cic.
      4. 4. sŏdālĭcium (-tium) = sodalitas: in good sense, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64: in bad sense, Cic. Planc. 15, 36: Mariana s., Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116.
      5. 5. factio, coĭtio (in bad sense), pars, sŏdālĭtas, sŏdālĭcium (see above), a political s.
    3. III. Temporary association for a definite purpose: e. g. meetings of all kinds: v. meeting.
    4. IV. Intimate association: convictus, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21: congressio, c. familiarium, Cic.: v. intercourse, intimacy. Phr.: to go into s., hominum coetus et celebrationes obire, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 12: to avoid one's s., aditum alicujus sermonemque defugere, Caes. B. G. 6, 13. to cultivate eagerly one's s., aliquem assectari, Suet. Caes. 19: to enjoy the daily s. of learned men as messmates, uti familiaribus et quotidianis convictoribus hominibus doctis, Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 5: id. Att. 3, 7, celebritas and homines are opp. to solitudo. (N.B.--Society [in a gen. sense] may sometimes be rendered by homines with an adj. or by the adj. alone. e. g. bad s., mali homines: learned s., docti homines.)