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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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• akin (adj.):
    1. I. Related by blood: consanguĭnĕus: v. related.
    2. II. Closely connected or resembling:
      1. 1. cognātus: nothing is so a. to our minds as rhythm and words, nihil est tam c. mentibus nostris quam numeri atque voces, Cic.: words a. to things, vocabula rebus c., Hor.
      2. 2. fīnĭtĭmus: boldness is a. to confidence, audacia fidentiae f. est, Cic. This word is sometimes joined with prŏpinquus and vīcīnus; the two words being perhaps equivalent to our phrase "near akin:" emotions near a. to these mental disturbances, motus finitimi et propinqui his animi perturbationibus, Cic.: knowledge of logic is near a. to eloquence, dialecticorum scientia vicina et finitima est eloquentiae, Cic.: v. related, connected.
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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• AKIN
  • PROP., propinquus (general term): agnatus (by tlie father’s side): cognatus (by the mother’s side): consanguineus: consanguinitate propinquus (by blood: especially of full brothers and sisters). Observe. These may be used substantively, as propinquus meus, etc. To be akin to anybody, alicui propinquum esse: alicui or cum aliquo propinquitate con junctum esse: consanguinitate alicui propinquum esse: sanguinis vinculo alicui or cum aliquo conjunctum esse (by blood). To be near akin, arcta propinquitate alicui or cum aliquo conjunctum esse: propinqua cognatione alicui or cum aliquo conjunctum esse (if by the mother’s side). ImPROP.,
  • propinquus (alicui or alicui rei): finitimus, vicinus (alicui or alicui rei). (The words are found in this connection and order), propinquus et finitimus; vicinus et finitimus. The poet is near akin to the orator, oratori finitimus est poeta. All the arts and sciences are akin to one another, omnes artes quasi cognatione aliqua inter se continentur.