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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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• mould (subs.):
    1. I. A shape: forma: to pour wax into a m. (a cast of the face), ceram in f. infundere, Plin. 35, 12, 44: a box-wood m. (for cheese), buxea f., Col. 7, 8, fin. Dimin. formula: used by Pall. of that which has been shaped by a mould, Mai. 9, med. Phr.: of the same m. as we, nostrae farinae, Pers. 5, 115: to be cast in the same m., unâ formâ percussa esse, Sen. Ep. 34, extr. See also, nature, kind.
    2. II. Soil:
      1. 1. terra: v. soil.
      2. 2. terrēnum (earthy soil: only in the Scrr. rei Rusticae): flint, with a little m. above it, silex cui superpositum est modicum t., Col. 3, 11, ad fin.: to prevent any m. adhering to the roots, ne quid terreni (radix) habeat, Col. 12, 56: Pall. (N.B.--Terra is a generic term, including all kinds of earth; terrenum is specific, like the Eng.: cf. Pall. 1, 5, init., sabulum sine admixtione terreni, sandy soil with no earthy mould.)
    3. III. A downy, damp concretion: mūcor: Col.: v. mouldy: also mildew.
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• mould (v.):
      1. 1. fingo, nxi, ctum, 3 (esp. with ref. to plastic art): to m. in wax, e cera f., Cic. Verr. 4, 13, 30: more fully, f. similitudines ex ..., Plin. 35, 12, 43 (with ref. to busts): Ov. So comps. effingo, confingo, but in more gen. sense: v. to fashion, form.
      2. 2. formo, 1 (to shape): v. to form. Esp. in fig. sense: to m. an orator, oratorem f., Quint. 1, 1, 10: to m. (the character) from infancy, a pueritia statim f., Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 7. Join: formare et instituere (sc. educando), ib. 1, 14, 3. Phr.: you will be able to m. anything you choose while the clay is wet (fig.), argilla quidvis imitaberis uda, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 8.
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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• MOULD
1.
  • s. Soil, terra, humus: rich mould, terra gravis, humus pinguis: light mould, terra facilis, humus levis: loose mould, terra resoluta; humus soluta: fine mould, humus minuta, tenera.
  • A damp concretion, situs; mucor (mustiness): putredo (rottenness, ☞ late): to smell of mould, situm redolere: to contract mould, situm ducere.
  • Form, forma (Plin.; formae in quibus aera funduntur); formula (Ammianus): to be cast in the same mould, una forma percussos esse (Sen., Ep., 34).
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  • v. PROP., To fashion, form, fingere, effingere, confingere, formare, figurare, aliquid (ex argella, e cera, ex aliqua materia).
  • Figuratively, fingere; effingere; formare.