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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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• solid (adj.):
    1. I. Not fluid or void: sŏlĭdus (contr. soldus, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113): opp. liquidus, Lucr. 1, 349 (343): opp. rarus, id. 346 (340): opp. mollis (e. g. aer, aqua, etc.), id. 1, 565 (560), seqq.: esp. opp. inanis, Lucr. Join: terra s. atque conferta, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160: now there is s. land where there was formerly a lake, nunc solida est tellus quae lacus ante fuit, Ov. F. 6, 404: cf. confertus, spissus, densus (v. close, compact, dense): firmus, stabilis (v. firm). Phr.: a cheese made s., caseus glaciatus, Col. 7, 8, 2.
    2. II. Substantial, not hollow: sŏlĭdus: s. lapides, opp. pumicosi, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, circa med.: s. cornua, opp. cava, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127. Join: the s. spherical earth, terra s. et globosa, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: cf. sphaera s. atque plena, id. Rep. 1, 14, 22: the elephant advanced on s. ground, solido (neut. absol.) procedebat elephas, Liv. 44, 5, med.: cf. Ov. F. 4, 821.
    3. III. Of metals, without dross:
      1. 1. pūrus: s. gold, aurum p., Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84.
      2. 2. pūsŭlātus (and pustulatus, lit. blistered, i. e. refined): s. silver, argentum p., Suet. Ner. 44: Mart. 7, 86, 7.
      3. 3. aurum ad obrussam, Suet. l. c. Phr.: bowls of s. gold, crateres auro solidi, Virg. Aen. 2, 765: so, totus aureus (annulus) opp. subauratus, Petr. 32. Join: aurea statua et solida, Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83. Fig.: to distinguish the useless from the s., inane abscindere soldo, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113.
    4. IV. Of food: nourishing, strengthening:
      1. 1. firmus: feeding the cattle on s. food, firmo cibo pasta pecus, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 2: Cels. 2, 18, post init.
      2. 2. plēnus: more s. kinds of food, pleniores cibi, id. 3, 20, extr.
      3. 3. rōbustus: r. cibus, id. 2, 18, ad med.
      4. 4. vălĭdus: the most s. food is suitable for those of strong health, robustis apta materia validissima est, id. 2, 18, fin.: see also nourishing.
    5. V. Of buildings: massively-, strongly-built:
      1. 1. sŏlĭdus: a wall either s. or with arches, paries vel solidus vel fornicatus, Cic. Top. 4, 22.
      2. 2. firmus, stăbĭlis: v. firm. Phr.: flint is hardly s. enough for building, silex ad structuram infidelis, Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 169: a s. (= sound) wall, idoneus paries, Paul. Dig. 39, 2, 36.
    6. VI. Solid, having all the geometrical dimensions: v. cubic, cubical.
    7. VII. Real, true, not fallacious: firmus, stăbĭlis, vērus, sŏlĭdus: v. genuine, real. Phr.: s. arguments, argumenta firma ad probandum, Cic. Brut. 78, 272: cf. argumentum grave, id. (v. weighty: argument, reason): men of s. character, homines spectati et probati, Cic. (see also honest, sincere): s. peace, pax explorata (established), Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 16 (perpetuus, certus, firmus, stabilis, verus, sempiternus, may also be used with pax in this sense).
    8. VIII. Profound (opp. superficial): Phr.: very s. learning, altissima eruditio, Plin.: cf. literae interiores et reconditae, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: v. deep, profound, sound.