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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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• solitude:
    1. I. State of being alone, loneliness: sōlĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.: widowhood and s., viduitas ac s., Cic. Caecin. 5, 113: cf. liberorum s., id. Verr. 1, 58, 153: Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 55.
    2. II. Of place: remoteness from society:
      1. 1. sōlĭtūdo: they had repaired to the s. of the woods for concealment, se in s. ac silvas abdiderant, Caes. B. G. 4, 18: s. and retirement constitute my province, mihi s. et recessus provincia est, Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2.
      2. 2. sēcrētum (strictly neut. adj.): though my pen rejoices in s. and dreads all intruders, cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet, Quint. 10, 7, 16: cf. horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae, Virg. Aen. 6, 10.
      3. 3. expressed by an adj. with locus, regio: e. g. locus desertus, regio vasta (v. solitary): see also retreat, retirement.
    3. III. Desert: q. v. Phr.: to seek s., captare solitudines, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63: cf. secretum solitudinemque captare, Ps. Quint. Decl. 17, 17, med.: to seek refuge in flight and s., mandare fugae solitudinique vitam, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20: cf. discedere in aliquas solitudines, id. Fam. 2, 16, 2: to wander about in s. through grief, in locis solis moestum errare, id. Div. 1, 28, 59: see also retirement, to retire.