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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. Agricultural:
      1. 1. ăger., gri (in gen. sense: land for cultivation): a fertile f. (or land), a. fertilis, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: v. land, territory. Dimin. agellus: a f. of not more than a single acre, agellus non major jugero uno, Varr. 3, 16, med.: Cic. Also agellulus: Cat.
      2. 2. arvum (arable land): the best f.s have a crumbling soil, optima putri a. solo, Virg. G. 2, 262: Cic.
      3. 3. prātum: v. meadow.
    2. II. Military:
      1. 1. campus (a plain; suitable for an engagement): to fight a pitched battle in a clear and open f., signis collatis dimicare puro ac patenti c., Liv. 24, 14: to encounter in a fair f., aequo congredi c., Quint. 12, 9, 2. Fig.: the (open) f. of equity, Cic. Caec. 29, 84.
      2. 2. lŏcus [ad dimicandum]: Caes. B. C. 3, 73.
      3. 3. (the battle itself) ăcies, proelium, etc.: v. engagement, battle. Phr.: in the f., militiae, belli: at home and in the f., domi militiaeque, Cic.: Liv.; domi bellique, Pl. Capt. prol. 68: belli domique, Sall. Jug. 41; cf. Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85: to take the f., ad bellum proficisci, Nep. Alcib. 4, init.; after winter quarters, ex hibernis movere (sc. copias), Liv. 27, 39; (copias) ex hibernis educere, Caes. B. C. 1, 10: he insisted on taking the f. as soon as possible, nitebatur ut primo quoque tempore castra fierent, Nep. Milt. 4: to come off masters of the f., superiores, victores discedere (v. to come off, II.).
    3. III. Scope, range:
      1. 1. campus (a wide, unoccupied space; as an arena): there is a wide f. in the commonwealth, an open course to renown, magnus est in republica c., multis apertus cursus ad laudem, Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17: in this f. the orator may roam at large, in hoc c. licet oratori vagari libere, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124.
      2. 2. lŏcus: what f. are you looking for to display your valour, quem l. probandae virtutis tuae spectas? Caes. B. G. 5, 44: what f. has art in this, in hoc quid habet ars loci, Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5.
      3. 3. ārea (an occupied space): here is a f. worthy of my genius, haec animo a. digna meo est, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 26: a f. for crime, a. scelerum, Cic. Att. 9, 18. Phr.: the f. of history is uncultivated by us, abest historia a litteris nostris, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5: in the f. of science, philosophy, etc., in scientia, philosophia, etc., Cic.