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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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• fine (adj.):
    1. I. Opp. to coarse; in texture:
      1. 1. subtīlis, e (strictly of thread for weaving): a f. thread, s. filum, Lucr.: f. flour, s. farina, Plin. By anal., the f. edge of a sword, s. acies gladii, Sen. Ep. 76, 11: a f. palate (taste), s. palatum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 38: a f. judgment or taste, s. judicium, Cic. Fam. 15, 6.
      2. 2. tĕnuis, e (thin): a very f. toga (f. in the thread), toga tenuissima filo, Ov. A. A. 3, 445: f. hair, t. comae, Tib. Fig.: f., keen discrimination, t. acuta distinctio, Cic. Acad. 2, 14, 43. Strengthened, pertenuis, very f.: very f. sand, pert. sabulum, Plin.: also praetenuis, Plin.
      3. 3. vescus (consisting of small particles: rare): f. salt, v. sal, Lucr. 1, 327.
    2. II. Pure, unalloyed: pūrus: f. gold, p. aurum, Plin.: Virg.: v. pure.
    3. III. Handsome, making a show:
      1. 1. praeclārus: a city with a f. situation, urbs situ praeclaro, Cic. Verr. 4, 52, 117: f. features, p. vultus, Lucr. 4, 1030: v. distinguished, famous.
      2. 2. bellus (a general term of praise, with various applications): a f. theatre, b. theatrum, Cic. Att. 13, 20: very f. wine, bellissimum vinum, Col. 12, 19, 2: it is a f. thing (to do this or that), bellum est, Cic. Att. 13, 49.
      3. 3. splendĭdus: v. splendid.
      4. 4. pulcher, chra, chrum (handsome): what finer sight can there be, quid potest esse aspectu pulchrius? Cic.: who thought it a f. thing to sleep till mid-day, cui p. fuit in medios dies dormire, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 30.
      5. 5. lĕpĭdus (strictly, graceful, elegant: freq. in colloq. language): a f. old gentleman, l. senex, Pl.: a very f. (nice) fellow, homo lepidissimus, Pl.
      6. 6. magnĭfĭcus: v. magnificent.
    4. IV. Refined, elegant: Phr.: the f. arts, artes elegantes et ingenuae (but this includes all the branches of liberal knowledge: cf. Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 4); more precisely, *artes elegantiores: a f. gentleman, homo elegans, urbanus (v. refined, elegant) homo omni vita atque victu excultus atque politus, Cic. Br. 25, 95; ad unguem factus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 32.
    5. V. Serene, without storms: sĕrēnus, sūdus: v. fair (III.).
    6. VI. Ironically: bŏnus, praeclārus, etc.: O f. guardian and defender of the province, bone custos defensorque provinciae, Cic. Verr. 5, 6, 12: a f. pair of brothers, par nobile fratrum! Hor. S. 2, 3, 243.