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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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• temper (subs.):
    1. I. Due mixture:
      1. 1. tempĕrātio: the t. of bronze, t. aeris, Cic. Verr. 4, 44, 98: Vitr.
      2. 2. tempĕrātūra: the t. of bronze, t. aeris, Plin. 34, 9, 20: the t. of vermilion, t. minii, Vitr. 7, 9, 1.
      3. 3. tempĕries, ei, f.: an equal t. of all the ingredients, aequalis t. omnium misturarum, Plin. 34, 2, 3, ad fin. Phr.: the different sorts and t.s of bronze, differentiae aeris et misturae, id. 34, 8, 20.
    2. II. Disposition of mind:
      1. 1. ănĭmus: the tail shows the t. of the lion, leonum animi index est cauda, Plin. 8, 16, 19: to be in a good t., comi, leni animo esse, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 39: having no control over one's t., impos animi, Pl. Bac. 4, 2, 3: to show one's bad t., animos violentos iramque ex pectore promere, id. Truc. 2, 7, 52 (43): to be of a wanton, bad t., protervo, iracundo animo esse, id. Bac. 4, 2, 1: an inflexible t., atrox a., Hor. Od. 2, 1, 24: a fickle t., a. mobilis (opp. to stabilis), Cic. Fam. 5., 2, 10: a good t., aequus a., id. Rosc. Am. 50, 145: an unruffled t., a. aequissimus, id. Tusc. 5, 37, 108: v. disposition.
      2. 2. ingĕnium: a stern and inexorable t., durum et inexorabile i., Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 12: born with a bad t., malevolente i. natus, Pl. Bac. 4, 2, 4: that two violent t.s might not be joined in marriage, ne duo violenta i. in matrimonio jungerentur, Liv. 1, 46.
      3. 3. expr. by ira, or iracundia (rage, bad t.): to do anything in a fit of t., facere aliquid per iram, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79: to keep one's t., iracundiam cohibere, id. Marc. 3, 8: iram comprimere, Pl. Truc. 2, 2, 9: to lose one's t., iracundia efferri, Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305: to be in a very bad t., iracundia summa esse, Caes. B. C. 3, 16. Phr.: an uncle of a very bad t., avunculus difficillima natura, Nep. Att. 5, 1: but old men are peevish, uneasy, testy, and ill-t.'d, at sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes, Cic. Sen. 18, 65: to be of such a t., talem diem induere, Tac. A. 6, 20.