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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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• thinness:
    1. I. Want of density:
      1. 1. tĕnuĭtas: its t. is such that it evades the sight, tanta est ejus t. ut fugiat aciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50.
      2. 2. rārĭtas: t. of the hair, r. capillorum, Suet. Oth. 12. Phr.: the t. of the legion, paucitas legionis, Caes. B. G. 3, 2: so, infrequentia senatus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2.
    2. II. Want of thickness, in dimension.
      1. 1. tĕnuĭtas: if only the health be good. t. itself is pleasing, valetudo modo bona sit t. ipsa delectat, Cic. Brut. 16, 64: the t. of paper, t. chartae, Plin. 13, 12, 24 (where it is opp. to densitas, and expr. primarily the thin texture of the paper).
      2. 2. grăcĭlĭtas (thinness): exceeding t. and weakness of body, summa g. et infirmitas corporis, Cic. Brut. 91, 313: Suet. Cal. 50: v. slenderness.
      3. 3. exīlĭtas: the t. of the sting of bees, e. aculei apum, Plin. 11, 2, 1. Fig.: of the soil, Col.
      4. 4. măcies, ēi: v. leanness: also of the soil, Col.: v. poorness.
      5. 5. subtĭlĭtas (fineness): the t. of lines, s. linearum, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82.
    3. III. Of liquids: tĕnuĭtas: the t. of wine, t. vini, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 64: the t. of the blood, t. sanguinis, id. ib. 11, 39, 92.
    4. IV. Of the voice: exīlĭtas: the t. of the female voice, e. femininae vocis, Quint. 1, 11, 1.