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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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    1. I. Rigid:
      1. 1. rĭgĭdus: s. oaks, r. quercus, Virg. E. 6, 28.
      2. 2. rĭgens, ntis: the earth s. with frost, tellus bruma r., Petr. 132: limbs growing s. as life departs, membra fugiente rigentia vita, Luc. 2, 25.
      3. 3. rĭgŏrātus (late): s. vine layers, r. traduces, Plin. 17, 25, 35. Phr.: a s. neck (medical), dolor inflexibilis (opisthotonos), id. 28, 12, 52.
    2. II. Fig.: Formal, starched: rĭgĭdus, horrĭdus, diffĭcĭlis: (s. and formal with his equals, inter pares difficilis, Tac. A. 11, 21): dūrus, arrŏgans: v. formal. Phr.: to walk with a s. deportment, cervice rigida et obstipa incedere, Suet. Tib. 68: assuming a s. demeanour, in arrogantiam compositus, Tac. Agr. 42.