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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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• soil (subs.):
    1. I. Ground, in respect of its quality:
      1. 1. sŏlum, i (gen. term): a crumbling s., putre s., Virg. G. 2, 204: a dry s., siccum s., Quint. 2, 4: a rich s., pingue s., Virg. G. 1, 64: a fruitful s., fecundum s., Quint. 2, 19, 2: uber s., Tac. H. 5, 6: a loose s., solutum s., opp. spissum, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 170. Join: a thin s., s. exile et macrum, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, fin.: goodness of s., bonitas soli, Quint. 2, 19, 2.
      2. 2. terra: a fruitful s., fecunda t., Cic. Sen. 15, 53: a loose s., soluta t., Col. 3, 14, fin.: a clayey s., argillosa t., Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 2: argillacea t., Plin.: a gravelly s., glareosa t., Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 3: unfruitfulness of s., terrae malitia, Pall. 1, 6.
      3. 3. hŭmus, i, f.: which kinds of trees are produced in a dry and sandy s., quae genera arborum humi arido atque arenoso gignuntur, Sall. J. 48.
    2. II. Land, country, esp. one's native s.: sŏlum (with patrium or some similar adj.): s. patrium, Liv. 21, 53: s. natale, Ov. M. 7, 52: s. patriae, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, fin. Phr.: natives of the s., terra orti, Quint. 3, 7, 26: to change one's s. (= to emigrate, or go into exile), s. vertere, mutare (rare): Cic. Join: solum et sedes, Liv. 22, 39, 11: v. country (III.).
    3. III. Dung: stercus, ŏris, n.. v. dung.
    4. IV. Dirt, stain, pollution: sordes, squălor, lābes, măcŭla: v. dirt, stain.