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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• strange (adj.):
    1. I. Foreign externus, pĕregrīnus: v. foreign.
    2. II. Not related by family:
      1. 1. extrāneus chiefly as subs.: v. stranger.
      2. 2. extrārius (rare and often represented by extraneus, as v. l.: but extrarius appears to be more vague than extraneus, and to denote simply what is from outside, not belonging to the house: qui ab extra est non domesticus: cf. Suet. Vesp. 5, canis extrarius e trivio, a s. dog from the streets, where extraneus would be out of place:) v. stranger.
    3. III. Unacquainted with any subject: rŭdis, etc.: v. stranger (IV.).
    4. IV. Unusual, extraordinary:
      1. 1. mīrus, mīrābĭlis: v. wonderful. A s. incident or phenomenon: mīrācŭlum Caes.: Liv.
      2. 2. insŏlĭtus, ĭnūsĭtātus v. unusual.
      3. 3. nŏvus (novel and striking): s. and as it were diabolical appearance, n. ac velut infernus aspectus, Tac. Ger. 43: s. portents, n. monstra, Hor. Od. 1, 2, 6.
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• strange, as exclam.: mirabile dictu! Virg. In conversation, perh. păpae (Gr. παπαί): Pl.: Ter. (a general exclam. of surprise).
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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• STRANGE
1.
  • Foreign, Vid:
  • Figuratively, (a) Unacquainted with anything. To be strange (stranger) in a thing, in aliqua re peregrinum, hospitem, non versatum esse; in aliqua re peregrinum atque hospitem esse; alienum esse in re (not to be trusted with anything): rudem esse in re (to have no knowledge of anything). (b)
  • Unusual, insolitus, insolens; novus (new): mirus (wonderful, striking). To be strange, mirum esse or videri. A thing seems strange to us, mirum aliquid mihi videtur; miror, demiror, admiror aliquid; admiror de re (it excites my astonishment): offendit me aliquid; aegre or moleste fero aliquid (it is very offensive to me); very strange, permirum aliquid mihi accidit. This ought not to appear strange to anybody, mirabile nihil habet ea res.
  • Not belonging to one’s self or one’s family, extrarius, extraneus (the former, that does not belong to one’s person; e.g., extrarius canis, a strange dog; Suet., Vit., 4; the latter, that does not belong to the family; opposed to domesticus; Vid: Col., 12, praef., § 4; Suet., Claud., 4): alienus (general term, that does not concern or relate to one; especially in respect of possession; opposed to meus or noster, amicus, etc.). Strange persons, extranei (opposed to familiares, etc.): alienissimi (Caes., B.G., 6, 31). To pass into strange hands, in alienas manus incidere.
  • Figuratively, (a) To be strange to a person or thing; i. e., not suited, alienum esse; abhorrere a, etc.: (b) to be strange (i. e., averse, disinclined), averso or alieno esse in aliquem animo.
2. interj., papae! (Terentianus): nonne hoc mirum est? nonne hoc monstri simile est?