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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• absurd:
      1. 1. absurdus: a silly and a. reason, ratio inepta atque a., Ter.: that (statement) how incredible, how a.! illud quam incredibile, quam a.! Cic.: very absurd, pĕrabsurdus: these things seem very a., haec videntur p., Cic.: somewhat absurd, sŭbabsurdus, Cic.: Quint. Join: absurdus homo, res, vox, sonus, factum, tempus: absonum et absurdum: incredibile et absurdum, Cic.
      2. 2. ĭneptus: v. silly.
      3. 3. insulsus (prop. insipid): a most a. fellow: insulsissimus homo, Cat.: there seem to be many a. things in the discourse, multa in sermone in. esse videntur, Cic.
      4. 4. rīdĭcŭlus: an a. poem, r. poema, Hor.: v. ridiculous.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• ABSURD
  • insulsus (=in-salsus): absurdus (foolish, senseless): ineptus (= inaptus, without tact and propriety): inficetus (opposed to facetus. - All three of men and things): fatuus (weak, foolish, of persons). (The words are found in this connection and order), ineptus et absurdus. Somewhat absurd, subabsurdus. Very absurd, perabsurdus. To be absurd, ineptire; nugari, nugas agere.
  • Contradictory to reason, rationi repugnans. To be absurd, rationi repugnare.