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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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• talent:
    1. I. A weight: tălentum: t.s of gold and ivory, auri eborisque t., Virg. Aen. 11, 333.
    2. II. A sum of money: tălentum (which never means a coin): a thousand t.s, mille t., Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 34: Cic.
    3. III. Natural ability:
      1. 1. ingĕnium (a word of wide signification: parts, endowments: cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 36): small, ordinary t., parvum, mediocre i., Cic. Brut. 67, 237; de Or. 2, 27, 119: eminent t., eximium i., id. Fam. 6, 5, 3; eminens, Quint. 6, praef., § 1: sparks of t., ingenii igniculi, id. 6, praef., § 7: the t. of a bird, i. avis, Plin. 10, 43, 60: t. for invention, i. ad fingendum, Cic. Fontei. 14, 30: a fertile vein of t., ingenii benigna vena, Hor. Od. 2, 18, 9: not devoid of t., non absurdus ingenio, Tac. H. 3, 62: they were not altogether wanting in t., but only in oratorical t., iis non omnino i., sed oratorium i. defuit, Cic. Brut. 29, 110: if I have any t., si quid est in me ingenii, id. Arch. init.: not to have very great t., maximi i. non esse, id. Brut. 29, 110: to have t., ingenio valere, id. de Or. 3, 2, 7: to have plenty of t., ingenio abundare, id. Fam. 4, 8: a man of very great t., vir acerrimo i., id. Or. 5, 18: men of first-rate t., praestantissimis i. homines, id. Fin. 2, 16, 51: to possess very great and brilliant t.s, optimo et splendidissimo i. esse, id. Off. 3, 5, 25: such a stock of t.s, tantae facultates ingenii, id. Att. 3, 10, ad med.: nothing came amiss to his varied t.s, huic versatile i. pariter ad omnia fuit, Liv. 39, 40: not only to sharpen but also foster t., non solum acuere, sed etiam alere i., Cic. Brut. 33, 126: to develope and show forth one's t.s, i. augere et declarare, id. ib. 27, 104. [N.B.--The pl. of this word cannot be used of one person, as in Eng. hence a man of great t.s is vir magno ingenio, never m. ingeniis. The pl. is used sometimes for persons of t.: the men of t. in our days, temporum nostrorum ingenia, Plin. Ep. 6, 21, init.]
      2. 2. indŏles, is, f. (t. which may hereafter be developed: only in sing.), youths endowed with good t., adolescentes bona indole praediti, Cic. Sen. 8, 26: there was very great promise in his son and a decided germ of t., summa in filio spes, summa ingenii i., id. Phil. 11, 13, 33: cf. Quint. 12, 6, 3.
      3. 3. dos, dōtis, f. (usu. in pl.: gifts, endowments): every t. in war and peace, omnes d. belli et togae, Vell. 1, 12, 3: it is my t. to celebrate maidens in song, est d. mea carminibus celebrare puellas, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 59: natural t.s, dotes naturae, Plin. Ep. 3, 3, ad med.
      4. 4. expr. sometimes by nātūra (disposition, bent, inclination), when the context shows what is implied: he had no t. for it, instrumenta naturae deerant, Cic. Brut. 77, 268: those who have a natural t. for administration, ii qui habent a natura adjumenta rerum gerendarum, id. Off. 1, 21, 72.