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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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• solitary (adj.):
    1. I. Living alone:
      1. 1. sōlĭtārius: a s. man, s. homo, Cic.: a s. and retired kind of life, s. et umbratilis vita, Quint. 1, 2, 18: v. hermit, recluse: to be of a s. nature, i. e. to frequent s. places, s. natura esse, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4. Phr.: to lead a s. (or retired) life, aetatem in tenebris agere (i. e. remotam a convictu, foro, republica), Plin. Plin. 44, med.
      2. 2. sōlĭvăgus (wandering, roving alone): s. bestiae, opp. congregatae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38.
      3. 3. singŭlāris: when the enemy on shore had spied some s. men disembarking, hostes ubi ex litore aliquos singulares ex navi egredientes conspexerant, Caes. B. G. 4, 26. Join: non singulare nec solivagum genus, Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 39.
      4. 4. sēgrĕgis, e (nom. does not occur except in the form segregus, Aus. Parent. 8, 10): to lead a s. life, agere vitam s., Sen. Ben. 4, 18.
    2. II. Lonely, unfrequented:
      1. 1. sōlus: s. places, loca s., Cic.: Plaut.: on the s. mountain, in solo monte, Tib. 1, 2, 73. Rarely of persons: I am s.; I have no one here, friend or kindred, sola sum, habeo hic neminem, neque amicum neque cognatum, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 67: id. Ad. 3, 1, 4: v. lonely.
      2. 2. dēsertus (unfrequented): a populous or s. place, frequens an desertus locus, Quint.: a s. stump, d. stipes, Tib. 1, 1, 11: a most s. desert, desertissima solitudo, Cic. Join: deserta via et inculta, Cic. Coel. 18, 42: vastus ac desertus, Cic.: Liv.: v. desolate, waste.
      3. 3. sēcrētus: s. montes, silva, litora, Ov.: s. way, s. iter, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103: v. retired, secluded: before he spent a s. period alone, (priusquam) solus in secreto (neut. absol.) tempus tereret, Liv. 26, 19, ad med.
      4. 4. āvius, dēvius (out of the high-road): Sall.: Liv. Phr.: in a s. spot, loco ab arbitris remoto (lit. a spot safe from intruders), Cic. Verr. 5, 31, 80: the most s. parts of the city, infrequentissima urbis, Liv. 31, 23, post init.
    3. III. Dreary, gloomy, melancholy, q. v.
    4. IV. Single, detached:
      1. 1. sēpărātus, sējunctus: v. detached.
      2. 2. ūnĭcus (one only of its kind): singŭlāris (unparalleled): v. sole, only. Phr.: a s. instance in history, quod nulla habet annalium historia, Liv.: in s. confinement, clausi in tenebris (?), Sall. Jug. 14, med.: to put any one in s. confinement, *aliquem custodiae tradere sermonis et colloquii usu adempto (Georg.).