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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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• nicety:
    1. I. Precise accuracy: subtīlĭtas: v. exactness, accuracy. Phr.: to a n.: (1). ad or in unguem (strictly with ref. to the sculptor passing his nail over the smoothed work): the sutures of the skull are joined to a n., suturae capitis in unguem committuntur, Cels. 8, 1, ad init.: Hor. S. 1, 5, 32 (ad unguem): Col. (2). ad amussim (also written as one word, admussim: lit. according to the rule or square): the number is not to a n., numerus non est ad a., Varr. R. R. 2, 1, ad fin.: Gell.: also, examussim, Pl. Most. 1, 2, 19; Men. prol. 50. See also, exactly, accurately.
    2. II. Fastidiousness; being over particular:
      1. 1. fastīdium (esp. in food): such n. as to refuse to touch (certain food), tantum f., ut nollent attingere, Sen. N. Q. 3, 18, 2: Cic.
      2. 2. ēlĕgantia (usu. in good sense): Pl. Mil. 4, 6, 20 (with ref. to personal appearance): v. refinement.
      3. 3. mōrōsĭtas (over-scrupulousness): Join: affectatio et morositas nimia (de stilo), Suet. Tib. 70.
    3. III. In pl. only, excessive refinements: perh. argūtiae, arum (cf. Cic. Am. 13, 45, nihil est quod illi non persequantur suis argutiis): or, spīnae (thorny subtleties, esp. in logic): n.s of division and definition, spinae partiendi et definiendi, Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, init.
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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• NICETY
  • Accuracy, cura, accuratio (the latter Cic., Brut., 67, 238, mira accuratio in componendis rebus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) cura et diligentia: subtilitas (acuteness, subtilty; e.g., with mathematical nicety, geometrica subtilitate docere aliquid): sometimes diligentia (close application and attention). With the greatest nicety, accuratissime, exactissime, or sometimes diligentissime: nicety of style, loquendi elegantia; urbanitas (opposed to rustica asperitas): niceties of words, argutiae; spinae; dumeta (hair-splitting distinctions, especially in philosophy). PROV., I shall not stand upon niceties, per me sint omnia protinus alba (Persius).
  • Niceties = delicacies, etc, cuppedia (plur.) or cuppediae; cibi delicatiores; res ad epulandum exquisitissimae; bonae res (Nep., Ages., 8, 5); gulae irritamenta.