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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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    1. I. A military flag:
      1. 1. vexillum: so that you raised your s., ut v. tolleres, Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102.
      2. 2. signum: so that neither the s.-bearers could see the way, nor the soldiers the s.s, ut neque signiferi viam nec s. milites viderent, Liv. 33, 7. military s.s, signa militaria, Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13.
      3. 3. ăquĭla (properly, the s. of a Roman legion): a silver s., aquila argentea, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24: s.s opposed to hostile s.s, and legions matched against each other, infestisque obvia signis signa, pares aquilas, Luc. 1, 6. Phr. to desert one's s., signa relinquere, Sall. Cat. 7: to serve under a man's s., sub signis alicujus militare, Liv. 23, 42: in exercitu alicujus militare, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36: apud aliquem militare, Curt. 6, 5.
    2. II. That by which anything is measured:
      1. 1. mensūra s. of weights and measures, mensuras et pondera invenit Phidon, Plin. 7, 56, 57. mensura publice probata: pondus publice probatum, Modest. in Digest.
      2. 2. norma: Plin. ib.: nature is the s. by which law is framed, natura norma legis, Cic. Leg, 2, 24, 61.
      3. 3. rēgŭla: let there be a s. for assigning equal penalties to faults, assit regula, peccatis quae poenas irroget aequas, Hor. S. 1, 3, 118.
      4. 4. formŭla: to set up a s., f. exprimere, Cic. Or. 11, 36. Phr.: a s. author, perh. scriptor classicus, Gell. 7, 13: Polybius is a s. author of the highest authority, Polybius bonus auctor in primis, Cic. Off. 3, 32, 113: our human s. of right and wrong, nostri mores, Pers. 2, 63: to set up a s. of right and wrong, mores ponere, Virg. Aen. 1, 264: to have a high s. of morality, *ex optimo exemplo vitam agere.
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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  • s. That which has been established or stands as a test, a settled rate or measure, mensura (general term): mensura publice probata (as a measure, Modestin., Dig., 48, 10, 32, no. 1): pondus publice probatum (as a weight, ibid.).
  • figuratively. A model, rule, regula: norma: lex.
  • An ensign in war, signum militare; or, from the context, signum only: vexillum. SYN. and PHR. in COLORS.
2. adj., *ad publice probatae mensurae (or ad ponderis publice probati) normam redactus.