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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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• gently:
    1. I. Softly, without violence:
      1. 1. lēnĭter: the torrent rushes more g. down, torrens lenius decurrit, Ov.: to act too g., lenius agere, Caes.: v. gentle (I., 1).
      2. 2. clēmenter (usu. = with mildness, clemency: see also infr. II.).: the South winds breathe more g., spirant clementius Austri, Stat..: to treat any one g., aliquem c. tractare, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5: Cic.: v. mildly, mercifully.
      3. 3. mansuētē (for syn. v. gentle): to do anything mildly, g., justly, moderately, aliquid clementer, m., juste, moderate agere, Cic. Marc. 3, 9: ungentle things must be g. handled, m. immansueta tractanda sunt, Sen.
      4. 4. mītĕ (esp. in compar. or sup.): he addresses the ambassadors as g. as possible, legatos quam mitissime appellat, Caes. B. C. 7, 43. (Positive only in Apul.)
      5. 5. mollĭter (softly, easily: without harshness or irritation): to take a thing g., aliquid m. ferre, Cic. Sen. 2, 5: cf. Liv. 30, 3, med., molliter abnuere.
      6. 6. plăcĭdē: v. calmly.
    2. II. Gradually:
      1. 1. lēnĭter: a hill rising g., collis l. acclivis [ab infimo], Caes. B. G. 7, 19; l. editus, Liv.
      2. 2. clēmenter: a g. rising ridge, [molle et] cl. editum jugum, Tac. G. 1. Join: clementer et molliter [assurgens collis], Col. 2, 2, init.
      3. 3. mollĭter: hills sloping down as g. as possible, quam mollissime devexi colles, Col. 1, 2, med.: v. supr. (2).
      4. 4. sensim: v. gradually.
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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• GENTLY
lente: tranquille: quiete: sedate: sedato animo: placide (e.g., ire, progredi, forem aperire): sedate placideque: placide et sedate (e.g., loqui, ferre dolorem): patienter :aequo animo: modice (with due equanimity): leniter: placide leniterque (gently, slowly, slowly and gently; e.g., procedere): paullatim: pedetentim (gradually). Gently! moderatius, oro (curre, rem age! etc.; Vid: Ov., Met., 1, 510). To open the door gently, suspensa manu blande flectere cardinem (Quint., Decl., 1, 13; Vid: also, placide above). SYN. in GENTLE.