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

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Contents (4 entries · 15 senses)
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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• lower (adj.):
    1. I. In local sense:
      1. 1. infĕrus (situated below): esp. in phr., inf. mare, the l. (Tuscan) sea, Plin. 3, 5, 10: Mela: the l. regions, inferi, orum (v. infernal). See also low, adj. (I., 4).
      2. 2. infernus (like preced.): the l. regions, inf. partes, poet. in Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114: Liv. As subs. inferna, orum, the l. parts of the body, Plin.
    2. II. Socially: Phr.: the l. classes, vulgus, i, n. (rarely m.): cf. Sall. Cat. 20, ceteri omnes ... vulgus fuimus (we were regarded as "the lower classes,"): Virg.: also, plebs (esp. in later writers): Liv. 5, 39, fin. (multitudo de plebe, opp. to the nobiles). More contemptuously, plebecula, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: Hor.: also popellus, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 65.
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• lower (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To let down:
      1. 1. dēmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3: to l. the fasces, d. fasces, Cic. Rep. 2, 31: to l. the yards, antennas d., Ov. For to lower sails, v. to furl.
      2. 2. submitto, 3: to l. the fasces, fasces s., Plin.
    2. II. To drop the voice: submitto, 3: Quint. 1, 8, 1.
    3. III. To diminish prices: Phr.: to l. the price of corn, pretia frugum levare, Tac. H. 2, 59; majorem annonae vilitatem efficere, Cic. Man. 15, 44.
    4. IV. To humiliate:
      1. 1. abjĭcio, jēci, ctum, 3: he l.'d the authority of the senate, senatus auctoritatem abjecit, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 4: to l. (degrade) oneself, se abj., Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: Nep.
      2. 2. dēmitto, 3: Tac. A. 14, 26 (usque ad servilem patientiam demissus).
      3. 3. mĭnuo, immĭnuo, 3 (in connexion with certain words): v. to impair.
  2. B. Intrans.: to appear dark and threatening: perh. obscūrari (R. and A.). Phr.: the sky l.s darkly, *denuntiat coelum obscuratum imbres ac tempestates.
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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• LOWER
1.
  • v. TRANS.,
  • PROP. To make lower, let down, demittere aliquid. To lower the sails, navis armamenta demittere.
  • Figuratively, minuere, imminuere alicujus auctoritatem; elevare aliquem or alicujus auctoritatem. To lower one’s self, i. e., (a) to humble one’s self, let one’s self down, se demittere, se submittere; to anything, prolabi adaliquid; se projicere in aliquid (e.g., in muliebres fletus); descendere ad aliquid (e.g., ad gravissimas verborum contumelias). (b) to act unworthily of one’s self, minuere suam dignitatem; se abjicere, se abjicere et prosternere (to throw one’s self away): lowering, indecorus.
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  • v. INTRANS.,
  • PROP. To become dark, obscurari.
  • Figuratively. To look sullen, frontem contrahere or obducere.