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

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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.
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• prodigy:
    1. I. In strict sense, something out of the course of nature serving as a sign or omen:
      1. 1. prōdĭgium: Cic. Verr. 4, 49, init.: many p.s took place that winter, multa ea hieme p. facta, Liv. 21, 62, init.: Virg.
      2. 2. portentum (less freq. than preced., and oftener in sense of monster): p.s in men and brutes, hominum pecudumque p., Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14: Sall. (portenta atque prodigia, Cat. 30).
      3. 3. ostentum (gen. term; any supernatural intimation: infreq.): Suet. Caes. 32: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 3, init.
      4. 4. monstrum (poet. in this sense): Virg. Aen. 2, 171.
      5. 5. mīrācŭlum (a marvel): cf. Liv. 2, 7, init.
    2. II. Fig.: a person or thing wonderful in any way: expr. by mīrācŭlum: to be looked upon as a p., miraculo esse, Plin. 7, 1, 1: a boar that was a p. of size, aper, magnitudinis miraculum (?), cf. Liv. 25, 9, ad fin. The use of prodigium in this sense is late and rare: cf. Flor. 1, 10, illa Romana prodigia atque miracula (those p.s of heroism, i. e. Horatius, Mutius, etc.). Phr.: he died after performing p.s of valour, *fortissime pugnans mortuus est; *quum ingentem hostium caedem edidisset occisus est: a p. of genius, *ingenio praeditus supra quam natura hominum pati videatur.
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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• PRODIGY
PROP., , monstrum; portentum; prodigium; ostentum. ImPROP., A prodigy of anything, perhaps miraculum alicujus rei (after miraculum magnitudinis, Liv., 25, 9); in quo plus est alicujus rei, quam videtur humana natura ferre posse; quasi unicum exemplum alicujus rei (e.g., antiquae probitatis et fidei; or by some other turn): a prodigy of learning, mire or doctissime eruditus; exquisita doctrina pereruditus: anybody is a prodigy of genius, plus in aliquo est in genii quam videtur humana natura ferre posse. Vid. MIRACLE, MONSTER.