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

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Contents (2 entries · 5 senses)
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.
peculiar (adj.) Copy link
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• peculiar (adj.):
    1. I. Belonging to one person or thing only:
      1. 1. proprius: not the p. fault of old age, non p. senectutis vitium, Cic. Sen. 11, init.: that was a p. feature in Tiberius, p. id Tiberio fuit, Tac. A. 4, 19. Join: proprium et peculiare [alicui], Plin. 7, 25, 26.
      2. 2. pĕcūliāris (strictly, relating to private property): his own p. deity, proprius suus et peculiaris deus, Suet. Aug. 5: these things are p. to Arabia, haec sunt p. Arabiae, Plin. 12, 17, 38.
      3. 3. praecĭpuus (standing out from the rest): not a p. lot, but one on a level with the rest, non p., sed par ceteris fortunae conditio, Cic. Rep. 1, 4, med.: id. Sull. 3, 9 (where it seems to be preferred to avoid repeating proprius).
    2. II. Remarkable: praecĭpuus, singŭlāris, etc.: v. remarkable.
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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• PECULIAR
proprius (in Cic. only with the genitive; opposed to communis): meus (tuus, suus, etc., i. e.; my, thy, his, etc., own). (The words are found in this connection and order.) proprius et meus; praecipuus et proprius (special and peculiar): peculiaris (that anyone alone possesses as a property). (The words are found in this connection and order.) peculiaris et proprius: privatus (that belongs to anyone as private property; opposed to publicus): singularis (characteristic of a person or thing): a custom common to all or quite peculiar to you, consuetudo communis vel tua solius et propria: the peculiar property of liberty is to live as one pleases, libertatis proprium est vivere ut velis: a thirty has its peculiar nature, rei est natura propria et sua: this is peculiar to myself, hic meus et mos; sum natura ita generatus: it is peculiar to mankind, est natura sic generata hominis vis, etc. (see Cic., Fin., 5, 15, 43): by peculiar right, jure quodam suo.