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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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• easy:
    1. I. Not difficult:
      1. 1. făcĭlis, e (either absol., or foll. by ad and gerund, or supine in u): an e. thing, res f., Ter.: (things) e. to understand, ad judicandum facilia, Cic.: a thing e. to be done, res factu f., Ter.: Cic. Less freq. foll. by infin., e. to be conquered, f. vinci, Liv. Very easy, perfacilis, Cic.: Caes.
      2. 2. prōclīvis (lit. down-hill: hence of what is readily and naturally done): to prefer the e. to the laborious, proclivia laboriosis anteponere, Cic. Join: facilis et proclivis, Cic. Also the phr. in proclivi is found = proclivis, after verb to be (not in Cic.): everything else will be e., alia omnia in proclivi erunt, Sall. (Or.).
      3. 3. prōnus (like proclivis, but rare): that is easier to believe, id pronius ad fidem est, Liv.: Sall.
      4. 4. expĕdītus (not presenting obstacles; to be readily done): an easier road to honours, via expeditior ad honores, Cic.: (things) very e. to explain, ad explicandum expeditissima, Cic.
      5. 5. in promptu (with esse. not precisely in this sense in Cic.): Sall. (Or.): Ov.: v. easily (I. fin.). Phr.: it is not e. for those to rise whom, haud facile emergunt, quos, etc., Juv.
    2. II. Attended with ease and comfort:
      1. 1. ōtiōsus (strictly, having no business or cares): to be e. in one's mind, otioso esse animo, Ter.: e. in mind, otiosus ab animo, Ter. (A somewhat colloq. use of the word: in Cic. = unemployed, at leisure.)
      2. 2. tranquillus, quiētus: v. quiet, calm.
      3. 3. clēmens, ntis (without effort or vexations): this e. town-life, haec cl. vita urbana [atque otium]., Ter. Ad. 1, 1., 17. Phr.: to be in e. circumstances, *a re familiari satis commode se habere, fortunâ commodâ magis quam amplâ uti.
    3. III. Of complying temper:
      1. 1. făcĭlis: an e. father, f. pater, Ter.: the e. nymphs, f. nymphae. Virg.: v. good-natured.
      2. 2. indulgens: v. indulgent.
      3. 3. rĕmissus (lit. unbent; opp. to severe, exacting): I doubted whether to be e. (with him), or to stand on my right, (dubitabam) utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem, Cic.: Plin. jun.
    4. IV. Unconstrained: without effort:
      1. 1. expĕdītus (esp. of utterance): e., fluent speech, ex. et perfacile currens oratio, Cic.: v. free.
      2. 2. vĕnustus, lĕpĭdus: v. graceful. Phr.: the quiet, e. talk of an old man, senis sermo quietus et remissus, Cic.: a very e. (fluent) speaker, solutissimus in dicendo, Cic.