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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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• fair (adj.):
    1. I. Opp. to dark (niger), with additional idea of brilliancy: candĭdus: f. Dido, c. Dido, Virg.: a f. neck, c. cervix, colla, Hor.: Ov. (Albus is pale: q. v.)
    2. II. Beautiful: pulcher, formōsus: v. beautiful. Phr.: the f. sex, mulieres: v. woman.
    3. III. Of weather; clear, unclouded:
      1. 1. sĕrēnus: f., calm daylight, s. et tranquilla lux, Liv.: f. weather, tempestas s., Enn. ap. Cic.: as subs. serenum = s. tempestas, Suet.
      2. 2. sūdus (strictly, without dampness): chiefly in neut., as, I will send the books if the weather be f., mittam libros, si sudum erit, Cic.: Virg.
      3. 3. clārus (poet.): the f.-weather-bringing Aquilo, clarus Aquilo, Virg.
    4. IV. Favourable (of winds):
      1. 1. sĕcundus: a f. wind and tide, ventus aestusque s., Caes.: Liv.: a f. and wafting gale, s. ac ferens ventus, Sen.
      2. 2. ĭdōneus (suitable for the occasion): f. weather for sailing, tempestas idonea ad navigandum, Caes.: v. favourable.
    5. V. Equitable: aequus: a f. and honourable claim, ae. et honesta postulatio, Cic.: f. terms, conditions, ae. leges, conditiones, Cic: a f. and wise praetor, praetor ae. et sapiens, Cic.: for a f. price, quanti aequum est., Plin. Ep.: I think it f., aequum censeo, Ter.: v. equitable. Phr.: make money by f. means if you can, if not, anyhow money, rem facias; si possis, recte: si non quocunque modo rem, Hor.: f. play, aequitas, aequum, Cic. (v. fairness): to show f. play, ex bona fide, sine dolo malo agere, Cic.: f. words, prithee! bona verba, quaeso! Ter.: to speak one f., blandiri, verba dare alicui (with the notion of imposing upon): Pl.: Ter.: with a f. outside-skin, speciosus pelle decora, Hor. Ep. 1, 16., 45: Haterius bid f. to be an orator, Haterius oratorem promisit, Sen. Contr.: a young man who bids f. to excel both morally and intellectually, adolescens summa spe et animi et ingenii praeditus, Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46: he bid f. to become a great general, *spem fecit omnibus fore ut dux magnus evaderet.
    6. VI. Moderate, considerable:
      1. 1. mŏdĭcus: v. moderate.
      2. 2. mĕdiocris, e: a f. speaker, m. orator, Cic.: f. abilities, m. ingenium, Cic.
    7. VII. Unblemished: Phr.: f. fame, bona fama, Cic.: or without bona: uprightness is the foundation of a f. fame, justitia est famae fundamentum, Cic.: v. fame, refutation. Join: fama et existimatio, Cic.
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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• FAIR
1.
  • Beautiful, Vid:
  • Of weather, winds, etc., serenus (bright, cloudless; of the sky and weather): sudus (seudus, not wet; not rainy; of the wind and weather): secundus (favorable; of the wind). Fair weather, serenum; serenitas (or serenitates; opposed to imbres, Col.); sudum: idonea tempestas (with reference to a voyage; for sailing, ad navigandum): the weather being fair, sereno; serenitate: when it is fair, ubi serenum or sudum est: whilst it is fair, dum sudum est: calm and fair weather, tranquilla serenitas: it is becoming fair, disserenascit (Liv.); but disserenat (Plin.) = it is fair; when the weather is fair and without wind, cum serenum atque placidum est. A fair wind, ventus secundus, or prosper, or idoneus: to sail with a fair wind, ad occasionem aurae evehi (Suet., Oct., 87): to have the wind fair, ventum nactum esse secundum (Caes.): with a very fair wind, secundissimo vento.
  • Equitable, aequus: justus [SYN. in EQUITABLE]: modicus (moderate; of price). It is fair, aequum, verum (☞ Liv., 3, 49, fin.), par, jus, fas est, with infinitive., or accusative and infinitive; to make a fair demand; to ask only what is fair, aequa postulare. I think it fair, aequum censeo.
  • Clear (Vid :), clarus (of letters, writing, etc.). To write out fair, perhaps pure describere (Gell., 9, 13, where, however, the meaning is different). To write a fair hand, *clare scribere.
  • Of complexion, etc, candidus (of a dazzling fairness, etc., puella; humeri, colla, cervix, ora, etc.): clari colons: claro colore (bright-colored): pallidus (pale): subpallidus (rather pale). Poetical expressions are lacteus (Verg.), and lacteolus (Catullus; milk-white): niveus (snow-white): eburneus (like ivory).
  • MISCELLANEOUS PHRASES. To have fair play, libere agere or facere posse (to have full liberty of action); in suo jure non or a nullo impediri (not to have one’s rights encroached upon); aequos, or incorruptos or incorruptos atque integros habere judices (to have impartial judges). Having a fair outside, speciosus (a, um) pelle decora (Hor.): by fair means, cum gratia (e.g., impetro, quod postulo, Terentianus); cum bona gratia (opposed to cum mala gratia, Ter., Phorm., 4, 3, 17): by fair means or foul, *cum gratia aut per vim; *aut precibus aut vi: to wish to stand fair with anybody, alicui placere velle; apud aliquem in gratia poni velle.
2. s. mercatus (also as the place): status in quosdam dies mercatus (Tac., Hist., 3, 30, 1); ☞ nundinae = a weekly market. A much-frequented fair, mercatus frequens: to appoint a fair, mercatum instituere: to hold a fair, mercatum habere: to go or come to a fair, to visit it, ad mercatum ire or proficisci or venire. To come the day after the fair, (Proverb) cena comesa venire.