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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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• blunt (adj.):
    1. I. Lit.: not sharp:
      1. 1. hĕbes, ĕtis: Pl.: b. swords, h. gladii, Ov. Phr.: is the sword b. now? ferrum nunc hebet? Liv.: to become b., hĕbesco, hĕbĕtesco, 3: to be b., hebeo, 2: the edge in razors becomes b., acies in cultris tonsorum hebetescunt, Plin.
      2. 2. obtūsus: a b. ploughshare, ob. vomer, Virg.: a b. dagger, ob. pugio, Tac.
      3. 3. rĕtūsus: a b. sword, ferrum r., Hor.: a b. axe, r. securis, Pl.: b. weapons, r. tela, Ov.: v. dull.
    2. II. Abrupt, unceremonious: no single word. Phr.: a b. remark, *(aliquid) liberius et quasi rusticius s. horridius dictum: there was a b. honesty about the man, *libera quadam et paene agresti simplicitate erat: we should be frank not blunt, *decet liberum non inurbanum esse: v. frank, unceremonious, rude.