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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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• sublime (adj.):
    1. I. Lit.: altus, celsus: v. high.
    2. II. Fig.:
      1. 1. excelsus: these are the works of a great and s. spirit, haec sunt opera magni animi et e., Cic. Off. 1, 23, 81: you have naturally s. tastes and aspirations, te natura excelsum quendam et altum et humana despicientem genuit, id. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: a lofty and s. orator, orator grandis et quodammodo e., id. Or. 34, 119.
      2. 2. ēlātus: a s. spirit, animus magnus et e., id. Off. 1, 18, 61.
      3. 3. dīvīnus: a s. orator, homo in dicendo d., id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: he made a s. panegyric on my conduct, ornavit res nostras d. laudibus, id. Fam. 2, 15: s. skill, d. solertia, id. de Nat. 1, 20, 53.
      4. 4. grandis (of style): id. Quint.: they were s. in diction, gr. erant verbis, Cic. Brut. 7, 29.
      5. 5. sublīmis: a s. style, s. dicendi genus, Quint. 11, 18: a s. character, s. et erectum ingenium, Tac. Agr. 4: your s. mind, mens tua s., Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 103: s. poems, s. carmina, Juv. 7, 28. Phr.: to entertain a s. contempt for, aliquid excelso animo magnoque despicere, Cic. de Off. 2, 10, ad fin.