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

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L&S Lewis & Short (2)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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• Persae, ārum, m., = Πέρσαι,
  1. I. the Persians, originally the inhabitants of the country of Persis, afterwards of the great kingdom of Persia, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 72; Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15; id. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. Brut. 10, 41; id. Off. 3, 11, 48 et saep.—In sing. in the Gr. form: Perses, ae, m. (ante- and post-class. Persa), Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; Quint. 3, 7, 21; Nep. Reg. 1, 4; Curt. 6, 2, 11; Vulg. Dan. 13, 65.—Form Persa, Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 4; Amm. 23, 6, 79; Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 6, 208. —Also, the name of a comedy by Plautus, the Persian.—
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Persia: in Persas est profectus, to the Persians, i. e. to Persia, Nep. Pelop. 4 fin.—
      2. 2. Poet., the Parthians, Hor. C. 1, 2, 22; 3, 5, 4.—Hence,
    2. C. Persis, ĭdis, f., the country of Persis, between Caramania, Media, and Susiana, now Fars or Farsistan, Mel. 1, 2, 4; 3, 8, 5; Curt. 5, 4, 4 sqq.; Verg. G. 4, 290; Nep. Them. 10, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 225; Luc. 2, 258. —In the Lat. form: Persĭa, ae, f., Persia, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 28.—
      1. 2. Adj., Persian (poet.): rates, Ov. A. A. 1, 172.—Subst., a Persian woman, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 51.—
    3. D. Persĭcus, a, um, adj., Persian, Persic: mare, Mel. 1, 2, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; 6, 26, 29, § 114: sinus, id. 6, 26, 29, § 115: regna, Juv. 14, 328: portus, in the Eubœan Sea, where the Persian fleet was stationed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 248 and 256; cf. Fest. p. 217 Müll.: Persica malus, a peach-tree, Macr. S. 2, 15; also called Persica arbor, Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60: Persici apparatus, poet. for splendid, luxurious, Hor. C. 1, 38, 1.—Absol.: Per-sĭcus, i, f., a peach-tree, Col. 5, 10, 20; 9, 4, 3; Pall. 1, 3.—Hence, subst.
      1. 1. Persĭ-cum, i, n., a peach, Plin. 15, 11, 12, § 42; Mart. 13, 46.—
      2. 2. Persĭcē, ēs, f. (Gr Περσική): porticus, lit. a portico in Lacedœmon, built out of spoils taken from the Persians; hence, a gallery in Brutus's country-seat, named after it, Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1.—
      3. 3. Per-sĭca, ōrum, n., Persian history: ex Dionis Persicis, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46.—Adv.: Persĭcē, in Persian: loqui, Quint. 11, 2, 50.
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Persēs | que: masc nom sg

• Perses, ae, m., = Πέρσης.
  1. I. A Persian; v. Persae.—
  2. II. Son of Perseus and Andromeda, the progenitor of the Persians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201.—
  3. III. Son of Sol and Persa, brother of Æetes and Circe, Hyg. Fab. praef.—
  4. IV. The last king of Macedonia, who was conquered by Æmilius Paulus, Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; id. Agr. 2, 19, 50; id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; 5, 40, 118; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6; Prop. 4 (5), 11, 39. Called also, after the Gr. form, Perseus, Liv. 40, 57 sq.; 41, 23 sq.; 44, 32 sq.; Just. 32, 2 sq.; Luc. 9, 676.—Gen. Persi, Sall. ap. Charis. p. 52 P.; Tac. A. 4, 55.—Dat. Persi, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; Liv. 42, 25, 2 al.—
    1. B. Hence, Persĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to King Perses, Persean: bellum, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107.
GAF Gaffiot (2)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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Persēs | que: masc nom sg

• 1 Persēs, æ, m. (Πέρσης),
1. fils de Persée et d'Andromède, fondateur de la nation perse : Hyg. Fab. 244 ; Plin. 7, 201
2. fils du Soleil et de la nymphe Persa, père d'Hécate : Hyg. Fab. præf.
3. Persée [fils de Philippe, roi de Macédoine, vaincu par Paul Émile]: Cic. Cat. 4, 21 || gén. Persi Tac. Ann. 4, 55 ; dat. -si Cic. Tusc. 5, 118 ; abl. -se Cic. Tusc. 3, 53 ; acc. -ea Cic. Nat. 2, 6.
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Persēs | que: masc nom sg

• 2 Persēs, æ, m., de Perse, Perse : Cic. Tusc. 1, 101 ; Rep. 1, 43 ; v. Persa.