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

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S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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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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• treble (adj. and subs.): three times as much:
      1. 1. triplus: the third portion the t. of the first, tertia (pars) primae tripla, Cic. Tim. 7: to be condemned to pay t., *tripli damnari (cf. double).
      2. 2. triplex, ĭcis: t. (or triple) form (of Cerberus), t. forma, Ov. Met. 9, 185: t. (or triple) brass, aes t., Hor. Neut. used as subs.: Hor. S. 2, 3, 237.
      3. 3. tergĕmĭnus; also trīgĕmĭnus (only poet.): t. head (of a monster): t. caput, Tib. 3, 4., 88: Virg.: Ov.
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• treble (adj. and subs.): ăcūta (vox): ăcūtus sŏnus: cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251, ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum.
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• treble (v.): triplĭco, 1: Gell.: Macr. (Or by circuml.: to t. a number, numerum triplum facere: see adj.)
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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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• TREBLE
1. adj., triplus (thrice as much): trigeminus or (more poetical) tergeminus (repeated three times): tripartitus (in three parts): triplex (consisting of three divisions): terni, -ae, -a (three at once; e.g., soles terni).
2. v. triplicare (Gell.).
3. s. In music, vox attenuata, acuta (Auctor ad Her.): soni acuti (Cic.): summa vox (Hor., Sat.). To sing treble, summa voce canere: to go from the highest treble to the deepest bass, vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere (Cic., De Or., 1, 59, 201).