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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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    1. I. Lit.: of the countenance:
      1. 1. līneāmentum: mould of f.s, conformatio lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: to observe a man's expression of face and f.s, habitum oris l.que intueri, Liv. 21, 4, ad init.: the f.s of the mind are lovelier than those of the body, animi l. sunt pulcriora quam corporis, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: the observation and study of rhythm furnished as it were the last f.s to oratory, notatus et cognitus (numerus) quasi ... extrema l. orationi attulit, Cic. Or. 56, 186.
      2. 2. vultus, ūs (only of human beings): the eyes, eye-brows, forehead, in short the entire f.s, which are a kind of silent language of the mind, oculi, supercilium, frons, totus denique v., qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, Cic. in Pis. init.: they will give f.s life in marble, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Virg. Aen. 6, 848: to hold a Proteus as he shifts his f.s, tenere vultus mutantem Protea, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90.
      3. 3. ductus, ūs (with depend. gen.: form or outline of the f.s): Join: ductus oris, vultus, Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47.
      4. 4. hăbĭtus, ūs (with oris: the expression of the f.s): cf. Liv. 21, 2, fin.
    2. II. Fig.: any characteristic property:
      1. 1. expr. by proprius: this is the one special f. of the orator, quod unum est oratoris maxime proprium, Cic. Br. 93, 322: v. peculiar.
      2. 2. (with the verb to be) expr. by gen. case: cf. L. G. § 266: it is the f. of a petty mind to love riches, est angusti animi amare divitias, Cic.
      3. 3. propriĕtas (peculiarity: or the sum of such, collectively): f.s of soil and climate, proprietas terrae coelique, Liv. 28, 17.
      4. 4. (of persons) indŏles, ingĕnium (the sum total of mental and moral f.s): these blended f.s, good and bad, haec indoles virtutum atque vitiorum, Liv. 21, 4, extr.: v. disposition.
      5. 5. often a neut. adj. may suffice: there were many fine f.s about him, multa in eo praeclara erant, Cic.: v. thing.