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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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• mean (subs.):
    1. I. That which lies between two opposites:
      1. 1. mŏdus (the proper measure or limit): there is a m. in all things, est m. in rebus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 106 (see the place): v. measure, limit.
      2. 2. mĕdiocrĭtas: to observe the m. (in action), m. tenere [quae est inter nimium et parum], Cic. Off. 1, 25, fin.: the golden m. (of poverty and riches), aurea m., Hor. Od. 2, 10, 5. Phr.: to observe the m., temperamentum tenere, Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 3 (temp. implies a blending of two things; mediocritas, a steering between them). For medius (not medium as subs.), v. intermediate.
    2. II. Usu. pl., that which conduces to an end: v. means.
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• mean (adj.):
    1. I. Middle: mĕdius: v. intermediate. In the m. time, interim, interea: v. MEANWHILE.
    2. II. Low in rank or birth:
      1. 1. hŭmĭlis: v. humble (I.), low (VI.).
      2. 2. sordĭdus (stronger than humilis, and implying actual degradation: cf. Liv. 22, 25, extr., loco non humili solum, sed etiam sordido ortus): the very m.est people, sordidissimus quisque, id. 1, 47: Cic.
    3. III. Grovelling, miserly:
      1. 1. sordĭdus: Hor.: Quint.: v. niggardly.
      2. 2. illībĕrālis (unworthy of a free-man, or, as we say, of a gentleman): Cic.: v. unhandsome.
    4. IV. Slight, contemptible: mĕdiocris, e: esp. with a negative: no m. men, non mediocres viri, Cic. Rep. 3, 11: no m. instrument, (non) m. telum [ad res gerendas], id. Am. 17, 61. See also contemptible, insignificant.
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• mean (v.):
    1. I. To have in the mind, purpose: expr. by in animo est (mihi), cōgĭto, etc.: v. to intend.
    2. II. To import:
      1. 1. vŏlo, irr. (with dat. of pron. refl.): to understand what the words (of a law) m., intelligere quid sibi verba velint, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, extr.: what does my father m.? quid sibi vult pater? Ter. Andr. 2, 3, 1. (Volo implies more than mere verbal sense; indicating drift, intent, scope.)
      2. 2. signĭfĭco, 1: v. to signify.
      3. 3. văleo, 2 (to have a certain force): they do not see what this word m.s, hoc verbum quid valeat, non vident, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 39.
    3. III. To comprehend under a term:
      1. 1. intellĭgo, exi, ectum, 3: whom do we m. by a rich man, quem intelligimus divitem? Cic. Par. 6, 1, 42.
      2. 2. dīco, xi, ctum, 3 (after something has been mentioned): of course you m. Plato, Platonem videlicet dicis, Cic. Leg. 3, init.: cf. paulo infr. § 3, quod quum dico, legem a me dici, nihilque aliud intelligi volo.
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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• MEAN
1.
  • adj.,
  • Middle, intermediate, medius. In the mean time, interim (at some time during the interval: interim of a point of time; interea, of a space, Döderlein; but Vid: Pr. Intr., ii., note 7, p. 195): interea (during the same time, while a thing was going on; usually in connection with a conjunction; e.g., interea dum, or quod).
  • Moderate, mediocris; modicus medius (in the Silver Age).
  • Of inferior quality, vilis; tenuis; exiguus [Vid: BASE].
  • Of small value, exiguus; parvus; levis; levidensis (Cic.).
  • Of small importance, exiguus; tenuis; levis.
  • Without dignity, humilis; ignobilis; obscurus, sordidus (very mean): to be of mean descent, ortum esse obscuro, humili, ignobili loco (Cic.); sordido loco ortum esse (Liv.).
  • Low-minded, humilis; abjectus; illiberalis; sordidus.
2. s. The middle, mediocrity, mediocritas (☞ medium, as a substantive, is not Latin): temperamentum (the right measure, mediocritas, quae est inter nimium et parum; ☞ Ciceronian, but not common in the best prose): modus (e.g., extra modum prodire): the golden mean, aurea mediocritas (Hor., Od., 2, 10, 5): the mean is the best, medio tutissimus ibis (Ov., Met., 2, 137); mediocritas optima est: to keep or observe the mean, medium quiddam tenere; tenere mediocritatem, quae est inter nimium et parum; in anything, mediocritate moderari aliquid; temperamentum servare in aliqua re (Plin. Paneg., 3, in.).
3.
  • v. To indicate, denote, indicare; significare; ostendere; portendere.
  • To have a certain signification (of words), significare; valere; sonare: what does this word mean? quid sonat haec vox? quae vis est hujus vocis? sub hac voce quae subjicienda est vis?
  • To understand, or design to signify, dicere; significare; velle: whom do we mean when we speak of a rich man? or, what do we mean by rich? quem intelligimus divitem? (Cic.)
  • To purpose, intend, propositum habere aliquid; cogitare aliquid, or de aliqua re; quaerere aliquid; habere aliquid in animo est mihi aliquid in animo; velle.
  • To signify, to be of a certain importance, vim quandam habere; momenti, discriminis, esse; aliquid esse: to mean nothing, nullius esse momenti; nullam habere vim.
  • To be of a certain kind or tendency, sibi velle; e.g., hostes admiratio cepit, quidnam sibi repentinus clamor vellet (Liv., ; what it meant): quid ergo illae sibi volunt statuae inauratae? (what mean? Cic., Verr., 2, 61, 150).
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• MEAN, MEANS
s. (anything that serves for the attainment of an object), via, ratio, consilium, ratio quam aliquis init, consilium quod aliquis capit (of the measures which one adopts); auxilium, adjumentum, subsidium, praesidium, telum, instrumentum; to anything, ad aliquid (of helps, which conduce to the attainment of an object): to choose or adopt means, rationem or viam inire, or capere or sequi: to have recourse to a means, ad rationem aliquam confugere: to use outward means, externis adjumentis uti: to try all means, omnia experiri; nihil inexpertum omittere: volo id quam mollissima via consequi (by the gentlest means, Liv.): to try extreme means, extremum auxilium experiri; supremum auxilium effundere; extrema experiri or audere; ad extrema or ad ultimum auxilium descendere: by all means, omnino, plane, prorsus, admodum, utique (entirely, intensive): sane, ita sane, sane quidem, utique, scilicet, nimirum, quidem, vero (affirmative; in assertions and concessions; Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 37, 38, 151): by no means, neutiquam haudquaquam: by some means or other, aliquo modo.