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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• mask (subs.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. persōna (theatrical or for disguise): a tragic m., p. tragica, Phaedr. 1, 7: Mart. Dressed in a m., personatus: v. masked.
      2. 2. larva (ugly or caricature): cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 64.
    2. II. A kind of entertainment: v. masquerade.
    3. III. Fig.:
      1. 1. persōna: to wear a m., personam alienam ferre, Liv. 3, 36, init. (ille finis Appio alienae p. ferendae fuit = Appius now threw off the m.): to take the m. from men or things, hominibus et rebus p. demere, Sen. Ep. 24, 12: comp. pers. detrahere, Mart. 3, 43.
      2. 2. intĕgŭmentum (any disguise): cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 86, init., evolutus illis integumentis dissimulationis tuae, nudatusque: v. disguise. Phr.: to tear off the comely m. from the hypocrite, detrahere pellem, nitidus qua quisque per ora cedit, introrsum turpis, Hor. S. 2, 1, 64: cf. id. Ep. 1, 16, 45, speciosus pelle decora.
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• mask (v.):
    1. I. Lit.: expr. by persōna and a verb: e. g. *personam induere (to m. oneself); p. addere capiti alicujus (to put a m. on a person's head), Plin. 12, 14, 32: v. to put on.
    2. II. More freq. fig.: to throw a veil over anything: dissĭmŭlo, 1: cf. Sall. Cat. 31, med., dissimulandi causa aut sui expurgandi, either in order to m. his designs or in order to clear himself. See also to disguise.
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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• MASK
1. persona (the whole mask, adapted for strengthening the voice; drawn over the head): larva (an ugly mask, such as the ancients used at funerals; and in pantomimes; Vid: Hor., Sat., 1, 5, 64): homo personatus (a masked person; ☞ never persona in classical writers): figuratively, simulatio, species (pretence, false appearance): to put a mask on anyone, personam alicui aptare, or alicujus capiti imponere, or alicujus capiti adjicere (PROP.): to assume a mask, personam sibi accommodare or sibi aptare, personam induere, *larvam sibi accommodare or aptare (PROP.), alienam personam sibi accommodare (figuratively, to play a strange part; after Liv., 3, 36): to wear a mask, alienam personam ferre (not to appear in one’s true character, Liv., loc. cit.): to assume the mask of anything (figuratively), speciem or simulationem alicujus or alicujus rei induere; simulare aliquid (to feign, pretend): to drop or lay aside a mask, personam deponere (PROP. and figuratively): simulationem deponere (figuratively): Appius now laid, aside the mask, ille finis Appio alienae personae ferendae (Liv., 3, 36): to pull the mask off anyone, alicui personam demere, alicujus capiti personam detrahere (PROP. and figuratively); alicui or rei personam demere et reddere faciem suam (figuratively, to show a person or thing in its true colors; Vid: Sen., Ep., 24, 12): evolvere aliquem integumentis dissimulationis nudareque (figuratively, to make manifest one’s dissimulation, Cic., De Or., 2, 86, in.): alicujus animum nudare (figuratively, to discover the disposition of anyone; after Liv., 34, 24, extr.): to betray under the mask of friendship, aliquem per simulationem amicitiae prodere: to deceive under the mask of honor, aliquem per fidem fallere, decipere, circumvenire.
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  • v. PROP. To cover with a mask, personam capiti alicujus adjicere (Plin.); persona tegere, occultare aliquem: masked, personatus (Cic.).
  • Figuratively. To conceal, tegere, occultare, abscondere aliquid (Cic.).