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

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S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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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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• iron (subs.):
    1. I. The metal: ferrum: Caes.: Cic.: Virg. Made of i., ferreus (v. foll. art.): shod or tipped with i., ferrātus, Lucr.: Liv.: i.-mines, ferraria metalla, Plin. 34, 14, 41; also, ferrariae, arum (including the i.-works): Caes. B. G. 7, 22: Liv.
    2. II. An implement of iron: ferrum: cf. Virg. Aen. 10, 100, where it is used of curling-irons.
    3. III. Only in pl. = fetters: vincŭla, compĕdes: v. chain, fetter.
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• iron (adj.): ferreus: i.-hooks, f. hami, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, extr.: Plin. Fig.: the i. shower (of missiles), f. imber, Enn.: "the field all i." (Milt.), f. ager, Virg. Aen. 11, 601: of almost i. strength of body, ferrei prope corporis, Liv. 39, 40, fin. See also iron-hearted.
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• iron (v.): Phr.: to i. linen, *lintea ferro calido premere ac levigare.
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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• IRON
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  • s. ferrum: as adjective, ferreus (made of iron; PROP. and IMPROP.). An iron tool, ferramentum: a vein of iron, vena ferri: iron mine, metallum ferrarium or ferri; ferri fodina or ferraria (these, too, as pit): a plate of iron, lamina ferri: covered with an iron plate, lamina ferratus: iron wire, *filum ferreum: iron color, ferrugo: iron-works, fabrīcae ferrariae: iron filings, ramenta ferri; scobs ferri delimata: as hard as iron, ferreus, adamantinus, or perdurus (general term for very hard): an iron frame (i. e., body), corpus ferreum: a taste of iron, sapor ferrugineus: iron furnace, fornax ferraria: the dross of iron, scoria ferri: impregnated with iron [Vid: CHALYBEATE]. Prov. To strike whilst the iron is hot, utendum est animis, dum spe calent (Curt., 4, 1, 29); matūra, dum libido manet (Ter., Phorm., 4, 5, 14).
  • Irons [Vid: CHAINS].
  • Irons (surgical, for correcting distortions, etc.), serperastra (to straighten the leg, depravata crura corrigere).
  • IMPROPR., Made of iron, ferreus: I must have been made of iron, ferreus essem: Oh! thou iron- hearted man, O te ferreum!
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  • v. *vestes ferro calefacto premere.
  • Put in chains, Vid: CHAIN.