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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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• slow:
      1. 1. tardus (in most applications of the Eng.): opp. to velox: Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35: the s. ass, t. asellus, Virg. G. 1, 273: s. in doing (to do) anything, t. ad aliquid faciendum, Cic. Fig., s. in intelligence: Join: (sensus) hebetis et tardi: indocilis tardusque, Cic.: tardus et segnis, Quint.
      2. 2. pĭger, gra, grum (naturally slow, sluggish): the s. ox, bos p., Hor.: v. sluggish.
      3. 3. segnis (backward in doing anything, inactive, unenergetic): v. sluggish, slothful: a s. blockade, s. obsidio, Liv. 30, 10: s. to do anything, s. ad aliquid (faciendum), Cic.
      4. 4. lentus (lingering, slack, lazy): a s. (tedious) business, l. negotium, Cic. Att. 1, 12: a herb s. in cooking, herba in coquendo l., Plin. 24, 16, 92: to cook by a s. fire, l. igne coquere, id. 16, 11, 22: a s. poison, l. venenum (R. and A.).
      5. 5. lēnis, e (gentle and gradual in action): s. poisons, l. venena, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1 v. gentle. See also sluggish, dull, stupid.
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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• SLOW
tardus (opposed to celer, velox; also of the mind): lentus (opposed to citus; and of the mind, opposed to acer): segnis (opposed to promptus). According to Döderlein, tardus denotes slowness with reference to the great length of time spent; whereas lentus with reference to quietness of motion (Handbuch, p. 209): Slow in transacting business, tardus in rebus gerendis: to be slow in writing, cessatorem esse in litteris: slow in learning, tardus ad discendum or in discendo; lentus in discendo; ingenio tardo; piger (slothful): slow of apprehension, hebes, hebes ad intelligendum, tardus (stupid); stupidus (dull, stupid). (The words are found in this connection and order.) stupidus et tardus: mente captus (without understanding): slow poison, venenum lentum.