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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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• dear (adj.):
    1. I. High-priced:
      1. 1. cārus: what you don't want is d. at any price, quod non opus est asse c. est, Cato ap. Sen.: d. fish, d. lamb, d. everything, pisces c., agnina c., c. omnia, Pl.: Cic.: very d., percarus, Ter.
      2. 2. prĕtiōsus: v. costly. Phr.: from being very d., things suddenly became cheap, carissimam annonam necopinata vilitas secuta est, Cic.: v. market: to be d. may also be expr. with adv. care; or the genitives magni, pluris, etc.: v. foll. art.
    2. II. Highly-valued:
      1. 1. cārus: d. are our parents, d. our children, c. sunt parentes, c. liberi, Cic. Join: carissimus atque amicissimus; carissimus atque amantissimus, Cic.: very d., percārus, Cic.
      2. 2. dulcis, e: best and d.est brother, optime et dulcissime frater, Cic.: Hor.: v. sweet.
      3. 3. grātus, jūcundus, cordi (dat. of cor). all less strong than the English: v. acceptable, favourite, delightful, agreeable. Phr.: my d. Cicero, mi Cicero, Cic.: my d., mea lux, meum desiderium, Ov: Cic.: O my d. Syrus, how d ye do? O Syre noster salve! Ter.: my d. friend (an ingratiating mode of address). O bone! Hor.: d. pledges (of mutual affection), i. e. children, pignora, Tac.