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

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Contents (2 entries · 6 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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• dreadful:
      1. 1. dīrus (esp. poet.: in Cic. the word has the sense of ill-omened: "exta sine capite, quibus nihil videtur esse dirius," Div. 2, 15, 36): d. comets, d. cometae, Virg.: d. wickedness, d. nefas, Virg.: d. dropsy, d. hydrops, Hor.: d. Hannibal, d. Hannibal, Hor.
      2. 2. terrĭbĭlis, e: Sall.: Cic.: v. terrible.
      3. 3. horrĭbĭlis, e (causing a shudder): the d. Mede (Parthian), h. Medus, Hor.: d. to relate, h. dictu, Virg.: that is positively d., illud vero h., Cic. Join: horribilis ac pertimescendus, horribilis et miser, Cic.
      4. 4. foedus (shocking in its features): d. havoc, f. strages, Flor.: a d. wound, f. vulnus, Ov.
      5. 5. tēter (taet.), tra, trum (like foedus, but stronger): d. regions, loca t., Sall.: d. gloom, t. tenebrae [et caligo], Cic.: d. prodigies, t. prodigia, Liv.: a d. crime, t. facinus, Cic.
      6. 6. atrox, ōcis (severe, violent): a d. storm, a. tempestas, Liv.: Tac.: a very d. calamity, atrocissima calamitas, Vell.: the carnage was more d., caedes atrocior erat, Liv.
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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• DREADFUL
terribilis (causing fright; terrificus is poetical only): horribilis: horrendus (causing horrour): atrox (fearful, frightful; e.g., death, bloodshed): immanis (monstrous, quite unnatural, cruel; e.g., animal, deed, character): foedus (causing indignation, abominable; e.g., projects, war, fire, or conflagration): dirus (dire): trux (causing men to shudder; e.g., of looks): incredibilis (that can’t be conceived, e.g., stupidity, stupiditas): to be the bearer of some dreadful news, miros terrores afferre ad aliquem.