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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• dirty (adj.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. sordĭdus: a d. napkin, s. nappa, Hor.: d. children, s. nati, Hor.: very d. teeth, sordidissimi dentes, Petron. (In prose, sordidus is chiefly used fig. = mean, base.)
      2. 2. spurcus (offensive and disgusting): v. foul.
      3. 3. lŭteus, lŭtŭlentus: v. muddy.
      4. 4. illōtus: v. unwashed.
      5. 5. coenōsus: v. miry.
      6. 6. squālĭdus (strictly, rough): Plin.: Ov. Phr.: to be d., sordere, Pl.: Sen. (more usu. fig., to be little valued): to become d., sordescere, Hor.: Plin.: the d. swine, amica luto sus, Hor.
    2. II. Mean, shabby: sordĭdus: v. mean.
    3. III. Bawdy: turpis, obscēnus: v. obscene.
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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• DIRTY
1. lutosus, coenosus (PROP.; SYN. in DIRT, s.): lutulentus (also figuratively): luto or coeno oblitus; obscenus (creating disgust when we see or hear of it; figuratively, persons, paintings, verses, etc.): immundus (not neat, not clean; opposed to mundus): spurcus (of uncleanness disgusting to the eye or nose; then figuratively = morally impure): sordidus (also figuratively, of one who is dirtily mean, and of low-minded men generally): squalidus (only PROP.): paedidus (offensively dirty in person; very rare, Petronius). Very dirty, sordium plenus; squalore sordidus; squaloris plenus (Cic., of a person): obsitus sordibus, or squalore, paedore horridus: To be dirty, sordere, squalere: to be very dirty, situ squalere: to become dirty, sordescere.
2. v. inquinare aliquid aliqua re: maculam facere in aliqua re (cause a spot of dirt on it): maculare (spot it; Plaut., Cato, Verg.). To dirty one’s self, se inquinare aliquare (e.g., sordibus, coeno).