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

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Contents (2 entries · 11 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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• feature:
    1. I. Lit.: of the countenance:
      1. 1. līneāmentum: mould of f.s, conformatio lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: to observe a man's expression of face and f.s, habitum oris l.que intueri, Liv. 21, 4, ad init.: the f.s of the mind are lovelier than those of the body, animi l. sunt pulcriora quam corporis, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: the observation and study of rhythm furnished as it were the last f.s to oratory, notatus et cognitus (numerus) quasi ... extrema l. orationi attulit, Cic. Or. 56, 186.
      2. 2. vultus, ūs (only of human beings): the eyes, eye-brows, forehead, in short the entire f.s, which are a kind of silent language of the mind, oculi, supercilium, frons, totus denique v., qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, Cic. in Pis. init.: they will give f.s life in marble, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Virg. Aen. 6, 848: to hold a Proteus as he shifts his f.s, tenere vultus mutantem Protea, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 90.
      3. 3. ductus, ūs (with depend. gen.: form or outline of the f.s): Join: ductus oris, vultus, Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47.
      4. 4. hăbĭtus, ūs (with oris: the expression of the f.s): cf. Liv. 21, 2, fin.
    2. II. Fig.: any characteristic property:
      1. 1. expr. by proprius: this is the one special f. of the orator, quod unum est oratoris maxime proprium, Cic. Br. 93, 322: v. peculiar.
      2. 2. (with the verb to be) expr. by gen. case: cf. L. G. § 266: it is the f. of a petty mind to love riches, est angusti animi amare divitias, Cic.
      3. 3. propriĕtas (peculiarity: or the sum of such, collectively): f.s of soil and climate, proprietas terrae coelique, Liv. 28, 17.
      4. 4. (of persons) indŏles, ingĕnium (the sum total of mental and moral f.s): these blended f.s, good and bad, haec indoles virtutum atque vitiorum, Liv. 21, 4, extr.: v. disposition.
      5. 5. often a neut. adj. may suffice: there were many fine f.s about him, multa in eo praeclara erant, Cic.: v. thing.
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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• FEATURE
  • lineamentum oris (a single feature in the face, while ductus oris, in Cic., De Fin., 5, 17, 47, denotes the peculiar features about the mouth of anybody, opposed to vultus, i. e., the features generally; the countenance). The features, os: vultus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) os vultusque; os et vultus: oris habitus (the formation of the face itself): lineamentorum qualitas (the peculiarity of anybody’s features): (The words are found in this connection and order.) habitus oris lineamentaque (Liv.); habitus ons et vultus (Cic.): oris et vultus ingenium (the general expression): facies (face in general; e.g., noble features, facies liberalis) the mother and her son resembled each other strongly in their features, lineamentorum qualitas matri ac filio similis.
  • IMPROPR., The features of anybody’s character, lineamentum animi (Cic., Fin., 3, 22, 75): to study the features of anybody’s character, *lineamenta ingenii alicujus colligere: that is a noble feature in his character, *in hac re, ut in speculo, cernitur ejus bonitas (after Cic., Fin., 2, 10, 32) :