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

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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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• friend:
    1. I. A personal acquaintance:
      1. 1. ămīcus (the most gen. word): your very old, not merely f., but even lover, tuus antiquissimus non solum a., verum etiam amator, Cic. Verr. 3, 63, 148: to make f.s, parare a., Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 39: a great, i. e., influential, f., potens a., Hor. Od. 2, 18, 12; magnus a., Juv. 3, 57: f. of the Roman people, a. Populi R., al. Populo R., Liv. 26, 50. A female f., ămīca (often = mistress): to desert your female f.s and relatives, tuas amicas et cognatas deserere, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 16. Dimin. ămīcŭlus, Cic.: Hor.: Cat.
      2. 2. fămĭliāris, is, c. (strictly an adj.: an intimate f.): in two days he became my intimate f., biduo mihi factus est f., Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2: he is one of my intimate f.s, est ex meis intimis f., Cic. l. c. extr.: often in super., to denote great intimacy: one of my most intimate f.s, unus ex meis familiarissimis, Cic.: C. Mucius, a very intimate f. of Scipio, C. Mucius Scipioni familiarissimus, Cic.: v. intimate. A very intimate f., perfămĭliāris, used both subs. and adj., as perf. meus, Cic. Fam. 13, 51; perf. Philisto, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, fin.
      3. 3. ămātor (a lover, hence a warmly attached f.): Paetus, a good man, and an attached f. (and admirer) of mine, P. vir bonus, a.que noster, Cic. Att. 1, 20, 8.
      4. 4. hospes, ĭtis, m.; fem. hospĭta (a foreign f.; one connected as a guest or host: Gr. ξένος): this fact Caesar had learnt from his (foreign) f.s, id factum ex suis h. Caesar cognoverat, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: a foreign f. of your family, h. familiae tuae, Cic. Am. 11, 37: v. host, guest. Phr.: to be an intimate f. of any body, familiariter (familiarissime) cum aliquo vivere, Cic. Div. Verr. 9, 29; aliquo familiariter uti, Nep. Phoc. extr.: to make f.s with any one, conferre se ad amicitiam alicujus, Cic. Br. 81, 281: v. friendship.
    2. II. A supporter, advocate of:
      1. 1. ămīcus (strictly, adj.: with dat.): the f. of tyranny, a. tyrannidi (al. tyrannis), Nep. Dion, 3: a greater f. to the freedom of all than to his own dominion, amicior omnium libertati quam suae dominationi, Nep. Milt. 3, extr.: the tribunes are our f.s, tribuni nobis sunt a., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, extr.
      2. 2. ămātor: v. lover (and comp. supr. I., 3).
      3. 3. dīlĭgens, stŭdiōsus (also adjj.): v. fond of, devoted to.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (2)
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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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• FRIEND
amicus (with genitive or dative, fratris mei or fratri meo): sodalis (companion, comrade; also of the cicisbeo of a lady; Martisalis, 9, 3): necessarius (standing in some intimate connection with one): familiaris (so intimate as to be looked upon as almost a member of the family): studiosus, amator alicujus or alicujus rei (one whose affection or liking is fixed on a person or thing): cultor alicujus rei (one who likes to practise it; e.g., a friend to cold-water bathing, cultor frigidae): consectator alicujus rei (passionately fond of anything): diligens alicujus rei (attached to anything from preference, as an act of judgement; e.g., diligens veritatis). A good or great friend of anybody alicui or alicujus amicus, or amicissimus (never bonus or magnus amicus; magnus amicus would be “a powerful friend’): “My good friend” (in addressing anybody; especially a common man), o bone! sodes! my good friend (in apposition), amicus meus: a very intimate friend, amicus conjunctissimus: a treacherous friend, amicus ad fallendum accommodatus. To be an intimate friend of anybody, aliquo uti familiariter; familiaritate (also with magna, arta, maxima, intima) or magno usu familiaritatis cum aliquo conjunctum esse; arta familiaritate complecti aliquem: he and I are old friends, vetustate amicitiae cum eo conjunctus sum: all of them are old friends of mine, veteres mihi necessitudines cum his omnibus intercedunt: a friend of my boyhood, amicus mihi jam inde a puero: we are excellent, or the best possible, friends, nihil potest esse conjunctius, quam nos inter nos sumus; nihil est nostra familiaritate conjunctius: to have a friend in anybody, or anybody for my friend, aliquem amicum habere: to be one of a person’s friends, in amicis alicujus esse; ex familiaribus alicujus esse: to make anybody one’s friend, aliquem sibi facere or reddere amicum; animum alicujus sibi conciliare et ad usus suos adjungere; alicujus amicitiam sibi comparare, conciliare; parere sibi amicitiam cum aliquo (Nep., Alc., 7): anything wins friends, or makes men our friends, aliquid (e.g., obsequium) amicos parit: to make an intimate or confidential friend of anybody, sibi conjungere aliquem familiari amicitia. The right of a friend, jus amicitiae. To be anybody’s friend, i. e., supporter, favorer, alicujus fautorem esse; alicui favere or bene velle. A man’s friends (= supporters, partisans), qui cum aliquo faciunt; qui stant a or cum aliquo. Both friends and foes, aequi et iniqui (supporters and opponents). To be a friend to anything, alicujus rei esse studiosum, amantem, amatorem; aliqua re gaudere, delectari (to economy, delectari parsimonia): to be no friend to anything, abhorrere, alienum esse a re; displicet mihi aliquid.