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

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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illūstrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd pl

illūstrātē: adverbial

• illustro (inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [illustris], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
  1. I. Lit.: o, qua sol habitabiles Illustrat oras, maxime principum? Hor. C. 4, 14, 6: placida nocte leniter illustrante stellas, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80: ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris, Col. 1, 6, 3 (but Cic. Rep. 6, 17, read lustret).—
  2. II. Trop. (acc. to illustris, II. A. and B.).
    1. A. To make clear to the mind, to clear up, elucidate, illustrate, explain: ut ea consilia, quae clam essent inita contra salutem urbis, illustrarentur, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; cf.: illustrantur, erumpunt omnia, id. ib. 1, 3, 6; id. Rep. 2, 18; Lucr. 1, 137: omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt per me, Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; 3, 9, 21; cf.: si modo id patefactum et illustratum est, id. Lael. 26, 97; and: jus obscurum et ignotum patefacere et illustrare, id. de Or. 1, 39, 177: philosophiam veterem Latinis litteris illustrare, id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 64, 228: illustrant eam (orationem) quasi stellae quaedam translata verba atque immutata, place in the right light, embellish, set off, adorn, id. Or. 27, 92; cf. id. Inv. 2, 15, 49: de illustranda oratione ut diceres, id. de Or. 3, 36, 144: orationem, Quint. 4, 3, 4; 8, 6, 14; 11, 1, 2.—
    2. B. To render famous, renowned, illustrious: aliquem laudibus, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1: quem Brutus cognomine suo illustravit, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 82: familiam, Suet. Galb. 3: illustrabit, mihi crede, tuam amplitudinem hominum injuria, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2: humilius genus illustrasse factis, Quint. 3, 7, 10: summa quibus illustratur forum ingenia, id. 10, 1, 122; cf.: Padus poenā Phaëthontis illustratus, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117: vina maxime illustrata Messalae potu et salute, id. 14, 6, 8, § 69; Quint. 10, 1, 67; cf.: quid prius illustrem satiris Musaque pedestri? Hor. S. 2, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91.
GAF Gaffiot (1)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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illūstrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd pl

illūstrātē: adverbial

• illūstrō (inl-), āvī, ātum, āre (in, lustro 1), tr.,
1. éclairer, illuminer ; ejus candelabri fulgore collucere atque illustrari Jovis templum oportebat Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 71, il aurait fallu que le temple de Jupiter fût tout resplendissant et illuminé de l'éclat de ce candélabre
2. [fig.]
  1. a) mettre en lumière, rendre patent : ut ea consilia illustrarentur Cic. Cat. 3, 20, pour que ces projets fussent mis en pleine lumière, cf. Cic. Læl. 97 ; rem disserendo Cic. Br. 276, éclairer une affaire par l'argumentation ; jus inlustratum a patrono Cic. de Or. 1, 177, point de droit éclairci par l'avocat ;
  2. b) rendre brillant, éclatant [le style] : Cic. Or. 92 ; de Or. 3, 144 ;
  3. c) donner de l'éclat, du lustre : qui libri populi Romani nomen illustrant Cic. Arch. 31, cet ouvrage jette de l'éclat sur le nom du peuple romain, cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2 ; 5, 12, 1.
GES Gesner (1)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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illūstrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd pl

illūstrātē: adverbial

ILLVSTRO âre. [λαμπρύνω] Lucidam et splendidam rem aliquam facere, vel ei lucem et splendorem afferre. […]
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FOR Forcellini (1)
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.
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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• illustrate: illustro, 1 (to shed light upon a subject): to explain and i. an obscure and unknown point of law, jus obscurum atque ignotum patefacere et il., Cic. See also to explain. Phr.: to i. a subject by instances, exempla alicujus rei proferre, adducere, supponere: cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 51, fin.
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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• ILLUSTRATE
illustrare (to throw light upon, to explain; e.g., obscura, veritatem; and also figuratively, to glorify, to set off, populi Romani nomen, laudem meam; alicujus eloquentiam; aliquem laudibus): lucem or lumen alicui rei afferre (not affundere): dare alicui rei lumen (set in the proper light; elucidate): explanare aliquid: aperire: explicare: interpretari (explain). (The words are found in this connection and order.) patefacere et illustrare (e.g., obscura, veritatem, Cic.). To illustrate dark passages, etc., occulta et quasi involuta aperire: to illustrate obscure passages, illustrare obscuros locos. Vid: EXPLAIN.