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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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• distinguish:
    1. I. To mark as being different:
      1. 1. distinguo, xi, ctum, 3: to be d.'d by their tails (of apes), caudis distingui, Plin.
      2. 2. insignio, 4 (rare): mullets are d.'d by ..., mulli insigniuntur (with abl.), Plin.
      3. 3. signo, 1: v. to mark.
    2. II. To know apart:
      1. 1. internosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3: things which cannot be d.'d from false, quae a falsis internosci non possunt, Cic.: to (be able to) d. twins, geminos int., Cic.
      2. 2. dignosco, nōvi, 3 (not in Cic.): to d. straight from crooked, curvo d. rectum, Hor.: to d. master and slave, dominum ac servum d., Tac.
    3. III. To separate by exercise of the judgment:
      1. 1. sēcerno, crēvi, tum, 3: the flattering friend may be d.'d from the true, secerni blandus amicus a vero potest, Cic.: to d. justice from injustice, justo s. iniquum, Hor.
      2. 2. distinguo, 3 (as the result of mental consideration): to d. the will from the deed, voluntatem a facto d., Cic.: to d. true from false, vera a falsis, (vero falsum, Hor.) d., Cic. Join: dijudicare atque distinguere, distinguere atque dividere, Cic.
      3. 3. dījūdĭco, 1 (implying careful judgment): Cic. (v. supr. 1).
      4. 4. dīvĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 (rare in this sense): to d. a good law from a bad one, legem bonam a mala d., Cic. (and v. supr. 2).
      5. 5. discerno, 3: v. to discern.
      6. 6. sējungo, sēpăro: v. to separate.
    4. IV. To honour:
      1. 1. dĕcŏro, 1: to d. a person with special honours, d. aliquem singularibus honoribus, Cic.
      2. 2. orno, 1: to d. a person with signal favours, or. aliquem maximis beneficiis, Cic. Join: augere atque ornare, Cic.: v. to honour, and distinguished.
    5. V. In reflect. sense, to d. oneself: v. to display.
      1. 1. conspĭcior, spectus, 3 (lit. to let oneself be seen): to d. himself by doing such an exploit, conspici dum tale faceret, Sall.
      2. 2. clāresco, ui, 3 (to become famous): they can more easily d. themselves in perilous times, facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt, Tac.
      3. 3. inclāresco, ui, 3: Suet.: Plin.
      4. 4. ēmĭneo, ēnĭteo, 2: v. distinguished (II., Phr.).
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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• DISTINGUISH
  • [Vid: to DISCRIMINATE, and (for SYN. and construction) DISCERN. Vid :, also, “to make a DISTINCTION.”]
  • In the sense of selecting and marking out particularly, signare: notare: distinguere (PROP., to separate by points; hence, to point out by some ornament, to adorn).
  • IMPROPR. To separate by some mark of honor or preference, aliquem ornare, in honore habere: honorem alicui habere, tribuere (to hold anybody in honor; honor anybody): aliquem unice diligere (to esteem and love anybody in preference to others); aliquid insigne facere (to cause anything to become prominent): to distinguish anybody greatly, maximos or amplissimos alicui habere honores; aliquem praecipuo honore habere or amplissimo honore ornare. To be distinguished, eminere (to stand out, as it were, from the rest): conspici: conspicuum esse (to be conspicuous; to attract observation and admiration: conspicuus, on whom or which men’s eyes are fixed; not pre-Augustan, Liv., 1, 34; Tac., etc.): to be distinguished by anything, aliqua re praestare (above anybody, aliquem or alicui, Vid :, Herz., Hirt., B.G., 8, 6); aliqua re excellere, praecellere (alicui); aliqua re insigniri (of things): to distinguis one’s self in anything, excellere, florere in re; in certain respects, excellere in quodam genere laudis; above all others, inter omnes or super ceteros excellere; for or by anything, aliqua re excellere inter omnes or super omnes; aliqua re praestare omnibus: to be distinguished above all others in any respect, aliqua re unus omnium maxime floreo: the family is distinguished for this, haec laus floret in familia.