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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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• improvement:
    1. I. The act: expr. by verb: v. preced. art. (I.). Phr.: to study philosophy with a view to self-i., philosophiam in suum remedium exercere, Sen. Ep. 111, 1.
    2. II. Progress made: prōfectus, ūs: according as each pupil seemed to be making the most i., ut quisque praecedere profectu videbatur, Quint. 1, 2, 23: Sen. To make i., proficere: v. to improve (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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• IMPROVEMENT
  • Improvement in a sick person’s health, convalescentia (Symm.): An improvement has already taken place, inclinata jam in melius aegri valetudo est; aegrotus convalescit.
  • Of circumstances, *melior rerum conditio: amplificatio rei familiaris (improvement of one’s estate or income).
  • Of morals, mores emendatiores: vita emendatior (Ulp., Dig.).
  • Progress, progressus: progressio: processus: to make an improvement in anything, progressus facere in re: to make great improvement in anything, multum proficere in re: but little improvement, parum proficere in re: I am satisfied with the amount of improvement I have made, me, quantum profecerim, non poenitet.
  • Alteration for the better, correctio: emendatio. (The words are found in this connection and order.) correctio et emendatio [correction. SYN. in To CORRECT]. To introduce many improvements in military tactics, multa in re militari meliora facere.