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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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• festive:
      1. 1. festus (strictly, appertaining to, or proper for, a festival): a f. season, f. tempus, Hor.: the f. wreath (given in token of victory), f. corona, Ov. Met. 10, 598: cf. Virg. Aen. 4, 459. In gen. sense, f. peace, f. pax, Plin. 14, 1, ad init.: Plin. jun.: see also, festival (subs.).
      2. 2. festīvus (more freq. in secondary sense; gay, joyous): in a f. place (the theatre), in f. loco, Pl. Mil. 2, 1, 5: v. merry.
      3. 3. cĕlebrātus (of days, etc.; attended by numbers): a more f. day, dies celebratior, Ov. Met. 7, 430: cf. Liv. 3, 63, med.: and festival, subs. (1). Phr.: in f. attire, candidatus (white being the festive colour), Pl. Rud. 1, 5, 13: in f. attire and wearing a wreath, candidatus coronatusque, Suet. Aug. 98: also, candide vestitus [lauteque exornatus], Pl. Cas. 4, 1, 10; albatus (opp. to atratus), Cic. Vat. 13, 31.