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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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• dull (adj.):
    1. I. Of colours, opp. to bright:
      1. 1. hĕbes, ĕtis: a d. colour, color h., Ov.: Plin.: an eye naturally d., h. naturâ oculus, Plin.
      2. 2. rĕmissus: a somewhat d. colour, color remissior, Sen. N. Q. 1, 1, 6: a d.er kind of carbuncle, remissior carbunculus, Plin.
      3. 3. surdus: a d. colour, s. color., Plin.
      4. 4. languĭdus: v. faint. See also dim.
    2. II. Of cutting instruments, not sharp: hĕbes: v. blunt.
    3. III. Of sounds, low, heavy: Phr.: a d. murmur, caecum murmur, Virg.: d. (heavy) blows, surdi ictus, Plin.: Quint.
    4. IV. Of the sky or weather, overcast: nūbĭlus, subnūbĭlus, cālīgĭnōsus: v. cloudy, dark.
    5. V. Of the mind, wanting quickness of perception:
      1. 1. tardus: a d. mind, t. ingenium, Cic.: naturally somewhat d., naturâ tardior, Cic. Join: (sensus) hebetes, tardi, pingues, Cic.
      2. 2. hĕbes, ĕtis: somewhat d. ears, keen eyes, aures hebetiores, oculos acres et acuti, Cic.: a d. mind, h. ingenium, Cic.: v. stupid.
      3. 3. obtūsus (esp. used of sight: v. dim): to be of naturally d. mind, ob. ingenio esse, Gell.: Cic. Phr.: to render d. hebetare (v. foll. art.): to grow d., hebescere, Cic.: d. at love's work, frigidus in Venerem, Virg.
    6. VI. Uninteresting, wanting life or freshness:
      1. 1. frīgĭdus: d., forced jokes, f. et arcessiti joci, Suet.: Cic.: d. business, f. negotia, Plin. Ep.
      2. 2. insulsus (lit. insipid: q. v.): Cic. is fond of using the word with a negative: a kind of jest that is by no means d., non ins. genus (ridiculi), de Or. 2, 64, 259: a d. fellow, *ins. caput: v. fellow.
    7. VII. In low spirits: tristis, subtristis; animo demisso, fracto: v. sad, melancholy, dejected. Miscell. Phr.: a d. market, *mercatus infrequens (ill-attended), frigidior (cf. supr. VI., 1): Caesar had met with a d. reception, Caesar mortuo plausu venerat, Cic.