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

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Contents (2 entries · 5 senses)
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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• fineness:
    1. I. Delicacy; opp. to coarseness:
      1. 1. subtīlĭtas: f. of a powder, s. pulveris, Plin. 18, 7, 14: f. of iron-tools, s. ferramentorum, Plin. Fig.: of intellect: most think the minds of military men wanting in f., plerique credunt militaribus ingeniis deesse s., Tac. Agr. 9: v. SUBTILTY.
      2. 2. tĕnŭĭtas: f. of flax, t. lini, Plin. 19, 1, 2 § 1: f. of a sieve, t. cribri, Plin. Fig.: exquisite f. of subjects and terms, limata et rerum et verborum t., Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40.
    2. II. Purity: pūrĭtas: f. of gold, *auri p.: v. purity.
    3. III. Fairness of weather: sĕrēnĭtas: the f. of an autumn forebodes a windy winter, auctumni s. ventosam facit hiemem, Plin.: v. serenity.
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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• FINENESS
subtilitas (fineness, delicacy; IMPROP., acuteness in thinking or discerning): tenuitas (thinness, Cic., Tusc., 1, 22, 50): praestantia (inherent excellence): elegantia (in speaking, discerning, etc., inasmuch as it displays taste): argutiae (acuteness, subtlety; e.g., of a speech).