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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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• fair (adj.):
    1. I. Opp. to dark (niger), with additional idea of brilliancy: candĭdus: f. Dido, c. Dido, Virg.: a f. neck, c. cervix, colla, Hor.: Ov. (Albus is pale: q. v.)
    2. II. Beautiful: pulcher, formōsus: v. beautiful. Phr.: the f. sex, mulieres: v. woman.
    3. III. Of weather; clear, unclouded:
      1. 1. sĕrēnus: f., calm daylight, s. et tranquilla lux, Liv.: f. weather, tempestas s., Enn. ap. Cic.: as subs. serenum = s. tempestas, Suet.
      2. 2. sūdus (strictly, without dampness): chiefly in neut., as, I will send the books if the weather be f., mittam libros, si sudum erit, Cic.: Virg.
      3. 3. clārus (poet.): the f.-weather-bringing Aquilo, clarus Aquilo, Virg.
    4. IV. Favourable (of winds):
      1. 1. sĕcundus: a f. wind and tide, ventus aestusque s., Caes.: Liv.: a f. and wafting gale, s. ac ferens ventus, Sen.
      2. 2. ĭdōneus (suitable for the occasion): f. weather for sailing, tempestas idonea ad navigandum, Caes.: v. favourable.
    5. V. Equitable: aequus: a f. and honourable claim, ae. et honesta postulatio, Cic.: f. terms, conditions, ae. leges, conditiones, Cic: a f. and wise praetor, praetor ae. et sapiens, Cic.: for a f. price, quanti aequum est., Plin. Ep.: I think it f., aequum censeo, Ter.: v. equitable. Phr.: make money by f. means if you can, if not, anyhow money, rem facias; si possis, recte: si non quocunque modo rem, Hor.: f. play, aequitas, aequum, Cic. (v. fairness): to show f. play, ex bona fide, sine dolo malo agere, Cic.: f. words, prithee! bona verba, quaeso! Ter.: to speak one f., blandiri, verba dare alicui (with the notion of imposing upon): Pl.: Ter.: with a f. outside-skin, speciosus pelle decora, Hor. Ep. 1, 16., 45: Haterius bid f. to be an orator, Haterius oratorem promisit, Sen. Contr.: a young man who bids f. to excel both morally and intellectually, adolescens summa spe et animi et ingenii praeditus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46: he bid f. to become a great general, *spem fecit omnibus fore ut dux magnus evaderet.
    6. VI. Moderate, considerable:
      1. 1. mŏdĭcus: v. moderate.
      2. 2. mĕdiocris, e: a f. speaker, m. orator, Cic.: f. abilities, m. ingenium, Cic.
    7. VII. Unblemished: Phr.: f. fame, bona fama, Cic.: or without bona: uprightness is the foundation of a f. fame, justitia est famae fundamentum, Cic.: v. fame, refutation. Join: fama et existimatio, Cic.