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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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• active:
    1. I. Full of action; of a nature to exert power:
      1. 1. actŭōsus: virtue is a., virtus a. est, Cic.: a. life, a. vita, Cic.
      2. 2. actīvus: a. philosophy (opp. to that which is purely contemplative or theoretical), a. philosophia, Sen.: Quint. To be a., agere: v. to act (I. 1).
    2. II. Capable of quick movement:
      1. 1. ălăcar, cris, cre: he vied with the a. in leaping, with the swift in running, cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Sall. ap. Veg. (rare in this sense: v. cheerful, brisk).
      2. 2. ăgĭlis, e: an a. right hand, a. dextra, Stat.: the a. goddess (i. e. Diana), a. dea, Ov.: v. agile, nimble.
      3. 3. impĭger, gra, grum: a. with one's hand, i. manu, Tac.: Cic.
      4. 4. Fig. of activity of mind: vĕgĕtus: nor could the mind which is so (essentially) a. lie sunk in the blood, nec tam v. mens in sanguine demersa jaceat, Cic.: an a. soul in a lively bosom, v. ingenium in vivido pectore, Liv.
    3. III. Busy, industrious:
      1. 1. ĭmpĭger, gra, grum: a. service in the field, i. militia, Liv.: a. tongues, sluggish souls, i. linguae, ignavi animi, Sall.: with a gen.: a. in the field, i. militiae, Tac.
      2. 2. ăgĭlis, e: anon I became an a. man, nunc a. fio (i. e., a man of action), Hor.: the mind is by nature a., natura animus a. est, Sen.
      3. 3. ācer, acris, acre: a. in the transaction of affairs (said of Caesar), a. in rebus gerendis, Coel. ap. Cic.: the a. husbandman, a. agricola, Virg.: v. keen, vigorous.
      4. 4. gnāvus or nāvus: an a. and industrious man, homo gn. et industrius, Cic.: a. farmers, gn. aratores, Cic.
      5. 5. ŏpĕrōsus: a. old age, o. senectus, Cic.
      6. 6. industrĭus: peace keeps the a. and the inactive upon an equality, industrios aut ignavos pax in aequo tenet, Tac.: Cic. Phr.: to take a man away from a. life, a rebus gerendis abstrahere, avocare, Cic.: to be ever a., semper agere et moliri aliquid, Cic.: to be more a., plus agere, Cic. Note. Impiger signifies readiness to undertake; agilis, busy activity; acer, keenness and vigour of enterprise; gnavus and industrius, activity in general as opp. to indolence; operosus, a disposition to undertake many works: v. also vigorous. Join: acer et diligens: acer et industrius: gnavus et industrius, experientissimus et diligentissimus: vigilans et industrius, Cic.
    4. IV. Gram. t. t.: active verbs, ăgentĭa verba: to employ active verbs instead of those which have the passive form, pro verbis habentibus patiendi figuram agentia ponere, Gell.: verba actīva, Charis.