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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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• early (adj.):
    1. I. In the morning: mātūtinus: e. frosts, m. frigora, Hor.: an e. client, m. cliens, Mart.
    2. II. Commencing: nŏvus: in e. spring, vere novo, Virg.: whilst 'tis e. morn, dum mane novum, Virg. Phr.: from earliest youth, a prima adolescentia, Cic.: the earliest (remotest) recollection of childhood, ultima memoria pueritiae, Cic.: in the e. part of the year, ineunte anno, Suet.
    3. III. Of early date: antīquus: an earlier date was on your letter, antiquior dies literis tuis ascripta erat, Cic.: v. ancient. Phr.: in e. times, antiquitus, Caes.
    4. IV. Forward:
      1. 1. mātūrus (coming naturally early): the e. bean, m. faba, Col.: e. winters (as in northern climes), m. hiemes, Caes.
      2. 2. praemātūrus (before its time): an unusually e. winter, pr. hiems, Tac.: v. premature.
      3. 3. praecox, ŏcis; praecŏquis, e; praecŏquus, a, um (like preced.): e. budding, occasioned by the mildness of the season, praecoces geminationes evocatae indulgentia coeli, Plin.: e. ripeness (of wine), praecox maturitas, Col.: e. vines (yielding early in the season), praecoques vites, Col.
      4. 4. perh., tempestīvus (taking place in due season: hence early, as opp. to irregularly late hours): an e. party, t. convivium, cf. Cic. Sen. 14: to be an e. riser, tempestivum surgere, v. Forc. s. v. Phr.: the earliest pears, ocissima pira, Plin.