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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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• clear (adj.):
    1. I. To the sight:
      1. 1. lĭquĭdus (liquid, transparent: q. v.): a c. night, l. nox, Virg.: a c. light, l. lumen, Lucr.: the c. atmosphere, l. aër, Virg.
      2. 2. sĕrēnus (unclouded): a c. sky, l. coelum, Cic.: a c. atmosphere, s. aër, Plin.: also used in neut. as subs. = clear weather: as, a storm was known to have arisen with a c. sky, sereno constabat nimbum ortum, Liv.: Suet.: cf. to clear up.
      3. 3. candĭdus (rare in this sense: v. bright): a bright and c. light, lux clara et c., Pl. (N.B. Clarus, illustris, lucidus are all too strong; signifying rather bright, luminous: q. v.)
      4. 4. limpĭdus (of fluids): a c. lake, l. lacus, Cat.: perfectly c. wine, vinum defecatum quam limpidissimum, Col.
      5. 5. pellūcĭdus (transparent): Cic. Phr.: to become c. (of fluids), lĭquesco, lĭcui, 3: to become c. gradually, paullatim l., Auct. B. Alex.: to make c. (of fluids), dēfaeco, dēlĭquo (lĭquo): v. to filter.
    2. II. To the ear:
      1. 1. lĭquĭdus: a c. voice, l. vox, Hor.: Lucr.: to sing a c. note, liquidum cantare, Ov.: v. liquid.
      2. 2. clārus (implying loudness as well as clearness): a c. (distinctly audible) voice, c. VOX, Cic.: v. audible, loud.
      3. 3. candĭdus: applied by Quint. (11, 3, 15), and Plin. (28, 6, 16), to a kind of voice at once clear and musical; and opposed to a thick, husky one (fusca vox): Cic. applies to the same kind of voice the epithet canorus: v. melodious.
      4. 4. ăcūtus: i. e. clear and shrill: q. v. Phr.: the sounds become clearer (or louder) and clearer, magis atque magis clarescunt sonitus, Virg. A. 2, 301.
    3. III. Of space: free, open:
      1. 1. pūrus: a c. open plain, p. ac patens campus, Liv.: the streets are c., so that nothing interferes with the quiet muser, p. sunt plateae, nihil ut meditantibus obstet, Hor.: Varr.
      2. 2. ăpertus, pătens: v. open. Phr.: a c., open space (without buildings on it), ārea, Varr.: v. area.
    4. IV. Of language, style: lucid:
      1. 1. lūcĭdus: Philistus, an imitator of Thucydides; and, whilst much feebler, considerably clearer, Philistus imitator Thucydidis; et, ut multo infirmior, ita aliquatenus lucidior, Quint.: a c. arrangement, l. ordo, Hor.
      2. 2. illustris, e (luminous): a c. speech, which puts the matter almost before one's eyes, il. oratio quae rem constituat paene ante oculos, Cic.: a c. explanation, il. explanatio, Quint.
      3. 3. candĭdus (a critical term, having reference to clearness and brightness of style): Herodotus is interesting, c., and diffuse, dulcis et c. et fusus H., Cic.: a c. kind of speaking, c. dicendi genus, Cic.
      4. 4. signĭfĭcans, ntis (telling its tale plainly): used in conjunction with lucidus (or dilucidus) by Quint. 12, 10, 21, et al.
    5. V. Intelligible, evident:
      1. 1. clārus: your plans are clearer to us than the light of day, luce sunt clariora nobis tua consilia, Cic.: very c. handwriting, clarissimae literae, Cic.
      2. 2. ăpertus, mănĭfestus, perspĭcuus: v. evident.
      3. 3. illustris, e: a fact c. and known to all, factum il. notumque omnibus, Cic.
      4. 4. ēvĭdens, ntis a c. proof, e. demonstratio, Plin.: v. evident. Phr.: to be c., appāreo, constat, lĭquet (impers.): the last esp. used with a negative as legal term, implying that a case has not been made out (cf. our "not proven"): they brought in the verdict that the case was not c., non liquere (N. L.) dixerunt, Cic.: Gell.: to make a thing quite c., rem ad liquidum perducere, Vell.; also, rem (veritatem) ad liquidum explorare, Liv.; ad liquidum redigere, Sen.: also, rem claram, manifestam, apertam facere or reddere v. to prove, explain: to become c. (of things explained), clāresco, Lucr. N. B. Clear is also used in the sense of free from: as, c. of blame, expers culpae or liber culpa, etc.: v. FREE FROM: also for mere, entire, as, so much c. loss: v. mere: with a c. conscience, rectâ conscientiâ, optimâ conscientiâ: v. conscience.