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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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• sorrowful:
    1. I. Expressive of sorrow:
      1. 1. maestus: to wear a s. and distracted look, m. et conturbato vultu uti, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27: Hor.: s. plaints, m. questus, Virg. Join: m. ac sollicitus, Hor. Somewhat s., submaestus (rare): Amm. 30, 1, init.
      2. 2. tristis, e: v. sad.
      3. 3. luctuōsus (rare in this sense): l. Hesperiae, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 8.
      4. 4. maerens, entis (like maestus): s. weeping, m. fletus, Cic.: s., dejected, distressed, m., dejectus, afflictus, id.: see also dejected.
      5. 5. lūgūbris, e: v. mournful (II.), mourning (adj.).
      6. 6. expr. also by a part. and subs.: maerore, luctu, aegritudine afflictus, Cic.: or by pres. part. of verb: v. to sorrow. Phr.: a s. brow and downcast look, frons laeta parum et dejecto lumina vultu, Virg. Aen. 6, 862: to be s., v. to *SORROW. To make s.: (1.) contristo, 1: this opinion made Balbus s., contristavit haec sententia B., Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 5. (2.) expr. by periphr.: e. g. maestitiam inferre, Cic.: v. to sadden, grieve (I.).
    2. II. Causing s., fraught with s.: luctuōsus, ăcerbus, flēbĭlis, mĭsĕrābĭlis, lāmēntā]bĭlis, etc.: v. sad, mournful, moving, grievous, lamentable, wretched.