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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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• somewhat (adv.):
    1. I. In some (indefinite) degree: often expr. in Lat. by a neutr. pron.:
      1. 1. ălĭquid: the light by this time beginning to shine through, but yet s. indistinct, pellucens jam a., incerta tamen lux, Liv. 41, 2, ad init.
      2. 2. quidpiam (or quippiam): is this marriage s. irksome to him? num illi molestae q. sunt hae nuptiae? Ter. And. 2, 6, 7.
      3. 3. nescio quid: to differ s. in philosophy, nescio quid in philosophia dissentire, Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93.
      4. 4. ălĭquā]tĕnus: stalks s. red, caules a. rubentes, Plin. 27, 12, 80, § 105: Quint.: Sen. See also partly.
    2. II. In some great degree: ălĭquantum, ălĭquanto (aliquanto being used oftener than aliquantum with comparatives): not only not in opposition to legal limits, but even stopping short of them, and s. short too, non modo non contra legem, sed etiam intra legem, et quidem aliquanto, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4: he who has come s. near virtue, qui processit aliquantum ad virtutis aditum, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48: the conqueror returned to Rome to a s. greater contest, victor Romam ad majus aliquanto certamen rediit, Liv. 5, 29, ad med.: v. considerably.
    3. III. In some slight degree:
      1. 1. ălĭquantŭlum: spare yourself s., a. tibi parce, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 111.
      2. 2. nonnĭhil: the recollection s. consoles me, n. me consolatur quum recordor, Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2: cf. haud nihil, Liv. 1, 3, init.
      3. 3. paulum, paulo, paulŭlum: esp. paulo with compar., oftener than paulum: v. little (adv.). [N.B.--Somewhat is often denoted in Latin: (i.) by a simple comparative (when excess beyond the average is implied): old age is naturally s. talkative, senectus est natura loquacior, Cic. Sen. 16, 55: cf. multa fecit asperius (s. roughly), id. Fam. 6, 6, 10. (ii.) by a compar. with a diminutival suffix: s. better (of a patient), meliusculus, Cels. 3, 22, extr.: a s. grown-up girl, virgo grandiuscula (though there is another reading, grandicula), Ter. And. 4, 5, 19: Thais is s. older than I am, Thaïs, quam ego sum, majuscula est, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 21: and even an adverb is found: e. g., meliuscule: when you were s. better, cum m. tibi esset, Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 1. (iii.) by a diminut. adj.: s. poor, pauperculus, Hor.: Ter.: s. small, parvulus, Cic.: Caes.: Virg. (iv.) by the prep. sub in comp.: s. ugly, subturpis, Cic.: s. obscure, subobscurus, id.]