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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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• close (adj.):
    1. I. Packed closely together:
      1. 1. confertus (crowded together: "serried," Milt.): very c. array, confertissima acies, Caes.: to be drawn up in closer array, confertiores stare, Liv. Hence adv. confertim, in c. array, Liv.: Sall.
      2. 2. arctus or artus (confined; tightly packed: usu. in bad sense, too c.): c. dinner-parties, (i. e. at which people sit too c. together), a. convivia, Hor.: to be passed through a c. sieve, cribro a. transire, Plin.: v. narrow, tight.
      3. 3. spissus (with component particles packed c. together): v. thick.
      4. 4. densus (sim. to spissus; but spissus refers to particles packed together without perceptible interstices: densus in less rigid sense to things crowded together; opp. to rarus): three camps arranged very c. together, trina castra densissima, Caes.: enemies c. together, d. hostes, Virg.: v. dense.
      5. 5. crēber, bra, brum (frequent, numerous; coming close upon one another): veins and arteries c. together and many, venae et arteriae c. multaeque, Cic. Phr.: to come to c. quarters: v. to close with.
    2. II. Of style: concise, full of matter:
      1. 1. creber rerum frequentiâ: Cic. (of Thucydides).
      2. 2. densus: also applied to Thuc. by Cic.: v. concise, condensed.
    3. III. Of relation or connexion; intimate (q. v.): Phr.: to be on the closest possible terms with any one, aliquo familiarissime uti, Cic.: there is the closest affinity between the orator and the poet, est finitimus oratori poeta, Cic.: very c. connexion, summa necessitudo, Cic.: Quint.: very c. attention, animus intentissimus: v. attentive.
    4. IV. Of the atmosphere; oppressive: crassus atque gravis (the former referring to its dense nature, as of Boeotia, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; the latter to its unhealthiness: Tac. H. 5, 7); impūrus: v. foul, impure.
    5. V. Niggardly (q. v.): parcus, mălignus: v. mean, stingy. (N.B. For close = near, see foll. art.).