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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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• affection:
    1. I. A state of body or mind, esp. those produced by external agency:
      1. 1. affectĭo: an a. is a change of mind or body from some cause, af. est animi aut corporis aliqua de causa commutatio, Cic.: vices are permanent a.s, vitia af. sunt manentes, Cic.: all the right a.s of the mind are called virtues, omnes rectae animi af. virtutes appellantur, Cic.
      2. 2. affectus, ūs: a praiseworthy a. of mind, af. animi laudabilis, Cic.: Euripides is indisputably pre-eminent in those a.s which are connected with pity, Euripides in iis af. qui miseratione constant, facile praecipuus est, Quint.: to waver with irresolute a.s, dubiis af. errare, Ov.
      3. 3. sensus, ūs: in addressing the feelings of jurymen, I myself should be influenced by the very a.s to which I wished to bring them, ipse in commovendis judicibus iis ipsis s. ad quos illos adducere vellem permoverer, Cic.: the will and a. of our fellow-citizens towards us, voluntas erga nos s.que civium, Cic.: v. feeling.
    2. II. A disease, affectus, ūs: other a.s of the body come after a fever, alii corporis af. febri superveniunt, Cels.: v. disease.
    3. III. Settled good will or love:
      1. 1. ămor: v. love.
      2. 2. cārĭtas: the a. which exists between children and parents, c. quae est inter natos et parentes, Cic. A dependent gen. usu. denotes the object: a. for the commonwealth, reipublicae c., Liv. But it is sometimes subjective: I believe that you have ardently desired the a. of your fellow-citizens, credo vos c. civium concupisse, Cic.
      3. 3. stŭdium (used of any eager, ardent feelings): your warm a. and concern for my safety, s. tuum curaque de salute mea, Cic.: to show no small a. for any one, significare s. erga aliquem non mediocre, Cic.: also in pl.: to try to win the a.s of the soldiery, militum studia affectare, Tac.: v. fondness, zeal.
      4. 4. pĭĕtas (dutiful affection, esp. towards parents and relatives): cherish justice and a., which latter though important in reference to parents and relations, yet is most so in reference to one's country, justitiam cole et p., quae cum sit magna in parentibus et propinquis, tum in patria maxima est, Cic.: the last offices of a., solemnia pietatis, Tac.: all your friends long for you with the greatest a., tui omnes summa p. te desiderant, Cic.: your a., welcome to your parent, has enabled you to accomplish a difficult journey, tua exspectata parenti vicit iter durum p., Virg.
      5. 5. affectĭo (late): a. (of apes) for their offspring, af. erga fetum, Plin.: to love any one more than can be credited of human a., aliquem amare ultra modum humanae af., Gell.: Justin.
      6. 6. affectus, ūs: the a. of a parent, parentis af., Suet. (Neither this nor the preceding is Ciceronian). Phr.: to display a. for a man by conferring honours and kindnesses upon him, hominem honoribus et beneficiis complecti, Cic.: to feel an a. for any one, studiosum esse alicujus; propendere in aliquem inclinatione voluntatis, Cic.