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

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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căpācem: masc/fem acc sg

• căpax, ācis, adj. [capio], that can contain or hold much, wide, large, spacious, roomy, capacious (in poets and in post-Aug. prose freq.; in Cic. perh. only once, and then trop; v. infra).
  1. I. Lit.: mundus, * Lucr. 6, 123: conchae, Hor. C. 2, 7, 22: urna, id. ib. 3, 1, 16; Ov. M. 3, 172: capaciores scyphos, Hor. Epod. 9, 33: pharetram, Ov. M. 9, 231: putei, id. ib. 7, 568: urbs, id. ib. 4, 439: ripae, id. Am. 3, 6, 19: uterus, Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 93: portus, id. 4, 7, 12, § 26: spatiosa et capax domus, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: villa usibus capax, id. ib. 2, 17, 4: forma capacissima, Quint. 1, 10, 40: moles, Tac. A. 2, 21.—With gen.: circus capax populi, Ov. A. A. 1, 136: cibi vinique capacissimus, Liv. 9, 16, 13: flumen onerariarum navium capax, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 12, 1, 5, § 11: magnae sedis insula haud capax est, Curt. 4, 8, 2.—
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Capacious, susceptible, capable of, good, able, apt, fit for: Demosthenes non semper implet aures meas: ita sunt avidae et capaces, etc., * Cic. Or. 29, 104: ingenium, great, Ov. M. 8, 533: animi ad praecepta, id. ib. 8, 243: animo majora capaci, id. ib. 15, 5: capax est animus noster, Sen. Ep. 92, 30.—With gen.: animal mentis capacius altae (i.e. homo), Ov. M. 1, 76: imperii, Tac. H. 1, 49; cf. id. A. 1, 13: aetas honorum nondum capax, id. H. 4, 42: molis tantae mens, id. A. 1,11: secreti, that can keep or conceal, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7: capacia bonae spei pectora, Curt. 8, 13, 11: magnorum operum, id. 6, 5, 29: ingenium omnium bonarum artium capacissimum, Sen. Contr. 2, praef. § 4: cujusque clari operis capacia ingenia, Vell. 1, 16, 2: bonum et capax recta discendi ingenium, id. 2, 29, 5: laboris ac fidei, id. 2, 127, 3: ingenia fecunda et totius naturae capacissima, Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190: doli, fit, suitable for, Dig. 43, 4, 1.—
    2. B. In the Lat. of the jurists (cf. capio, II. F.), that has a right to an inheritance, Dig. 34, 3, 29.—Adv.: căpācĭter, Aug. Trin. 11, 2.
GAF Gaffiot (1)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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căpācem: masc/fem acc sg

• căpāx, ācis (capio), capable, qui peut contenir, qui contient, spacieux, ample, étendu : capaciores scyphi Hor. Epo. 9, 33, des coupes plus profondes ; flumen onerariarum navium capax Plin. 6, 99, fleuve navigable pour les vaisseaux de transport ; vini capacissimus Liv. 9, 16, 13, qui absorbe plus de vin que personne ; villa usibus capax Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 17, 4, villa qui se prête largement à tous les besoins || [fig.] aures capaces Cic. Or. 104, oreilles insatiables ; capax secreti Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 12, 7, capable de garder un secret ; capax imperii Tac. H. 1, 49, digne de l'empire ; capax doli Dig. 43, 4, 1, capable de dol, de fraude || habile à succéder, qui peut hériter : Paul. Dig. 34, 3, 29.
GES Gesner (2)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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căpācem: masc/fem acc sg

CAPAX [1], vid. CAPIO.
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căpācem: masc/fem acc sg

CAPAX [2], acis. Adi. [δεκτικὸς, χωρητικὸς, εὐρύχωρος] Quod capit, […]
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seu continet, aut continere potest.
FOR Forcellini (1)
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.