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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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• cruel:
      1. 1. crūdēlis, e (the most usual and gen. term): a c. and unfeeling woman, c. atque importuna mulier, Cic.: a c. and destructive war, bellum c. et exitiosum, Cic.: with the c. lash, c. verbere, Ov.
      2. 2. atrox, ōcis (stronger than crudelis, and implying a savage, unrelenting disposition): Cic.: Tac.: v. stern, unrelenting.
      3. 3. saevus (savage, fierce: esp. poet.): c. step-mothers, s. novercae, Virg.: c. threats, s. minae, Prop.: c. chains, s. catenae, Hor.
      4. 4. dūrus: i. e. hard-hearted, unfeeling: q. v.
      5. 5. immītis, e (rare and chiefly poet.): c. Achilles, im. Achilles, Virg.: c. slaughter, im. caedes, Liv.
      6. 6. immānis, e: v. brutal, barbarous.
      7. 7. importūnus (habitually and without abatement): Join: crudelissimus atque importunissimus [tyrannus]: immanis atque importuna [natura] e. g. Verris, Cic.
      8. 8. ĭnhūmānus: v. inhuman.
      9. 9. crūdus (lit. raw: poet.): the c. sword, c. ensis, Virg.: Ov.
      10. 10. ăcerbus (lit. sharp, poignant): a most c. enemy, acerbissimus hostis, Cic.: Hor. Phr.: a c. tyrant, teter tyrannus, Cic.: c. love, improbe amor! Virg.: c. enemy, hostis amare! id. See also fierce, fell.