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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.
• person:
    1. I. A human being:
      1. 1. hŏmo, ĭnis, c.; which, esp. in pl., is often sufficiently indicated by the gender of an adj. or pron.: one of the advocati, a p. of the highest character, quidam ex advocatis, homo summa virtute praeditus, Cic. Clu. 63, 177: many p.s, multi; some p.s, nonnulli, etc.: passim.
      2. 2. esp. in enumerations, căput, ĭtis, n.: 8000 p.s, free and slaves, octo millia liberorum servorumque capitum, Liv. 29, 29: Caes.: common p.s (the mass of the people), ignota c., Liv. 3, 7, init. Also comicé: a nice, jolly p., lepidum c., Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9, etc.
      3. 3. similar to caput, and used chiefly in general descriptions, corpus, ŏris, n.: free p.s, libera c., Liv. 29, 21, med.: to consign a free p. to bondage, liberum c. in servitutem addicere, id. 3, 56, med.
      4. 4. persōna (denoting not a person individually, but as coming under a certain description): he did away with the use of litters except for certain p.s and ages, lecticarum usum nisi certis p. et aetatibus ademit, Suet. Caes. 43: p.s in humbler rank, minores p., id. Tib. 32.
    2. II. In legal sense, as opp. to things: persōna: cf. Paul. Dig. 1, 5, 1, omne jus vel ad personas pertinet vel ad res: cf. Smith's Ant. s. v. actio.
    3. III. With ref. to rank or importance: Phr.: to have respect to p.s, in personam (hominum) per gratiam et preces exorabilem esse, Suet. Aug. 27, init.: *dignitatis hominum magis quam aequi et boni rationem habere, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17 (dignitatis habere rationem alone does not necessarily denote anything improper): personam accipere (not class.), Vulg. Jac. ii. 9 (= Gr. προσωπολημπτεῖν); *dignitatis nobilitatisque magis quam justitiae observantem esse. (Personae servire [R. and A.], in Cic. Off. 3, 29, 106 = to adhere faithfully to a character.)
    4. IV. The body:
      1. 1. corpus, ŏris, n.: (Dionysius) entrusted the keeping of his p. to barbarians, barbaris corporis custodiam committebat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: to prostitute the p. for hire, quaestum corpore facere, Pl. Poen. 5, 3, 21: attention to the p. (personal habits), corporis cura, Suet. Caes. 45.
      2. 2. forma (exterior, shape; usu. implying comeliness or beauty): a maiden of remarkable beauty of p., virgo formâ excellens, Liv. 3, 44: p. and exterior worthy of a gentleman, f. ac species liberalis, Cic. Coel. 3, 6: Plin. In sim. sense, facies: a woman of singular beauty of p., mulier f. eximiâ, Cic. Verr. 5, 31, 82.
      3. 3. spĕcies, ēi (exterior): esp. with other subss. descriptive of the person: e. g. species et motus atque ipse amictus, id. Br. 62, 224; forma et species et statura [apposita ad dignitatem], Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60.
    5. V. Periphrastically, usu. with ref. to people of rank: expr. by pers. pron.: he had 300 unarmed youths in attendance upon his p., trecentos inermes juvenes circa se habebat, Liv. 29, 1, init.: Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, 126: in similar sense with circum: the men who are about his p.., qui circum se sunt, Cic. Att. 9, 9, ad fin.: to denote a lady's waiting maids, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 33: Sall.
    6. VI. Actual self; esp. in phr., in person: expr. by ipse: only with the Roman general in p. (would he confer), non nisi cum ipso coram duce Romano, Liv. 28, 17, med.: Hannibal was present in p. to encourage his troops, ipse Hannibal hortator aderat, id. 21, 11, med. See also FACE TO FACE, personally.
    7. VII. Theologically: persōna: three Persons of the same essence, tres Personae ejusdem essentiae, Aug. Conf. Art. 1.
    8. VIII. In grammar: persōna: Gram. pass.
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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• PERSON
  • Exterior appearance, species: forma: corpus: statura: statura corporis. (The words are found in this connection and order.) forma et species, et statura (the whole person). To have a fine or handsome person, pulchra esse specie, forma, corporis: of a diminutive person, corpore parvo; statura parva (esse): Dionysius custodiam corporis feris barbaris committebat (the custody of his person, Cic.): to know one by person, nosse aliquem de facie (Cic., Pis., 32, 81).
  • Part which one plays, persona; partes (plur.). [Vid: PART.]
  • Individual, persona (with reference to the rank, character, conduct, etc., of the individual): a name is the distinctive appellation of a person, nomen est quod unicuique personae apponitur, quo suo quaeque proprio vocabulo appelletur (Cic.): they gave the same praenomen to three persons successively, continuarunt quodque praenomen per ternas personas (sc. familiae; Suet.): the person of the king, persona regis (e.g., sub specie majestatis occulitur; Justinus): distinguished persons, homines nobiles: to have respect of person, rationem habere, ducere, dignitatis alicujus tribuere, dare aliquid homini (after Cic.); servire personae (Cic.): without respect of person, nulla habita ratione dignitatis, amplitudinis.
  • A human being (indefinitely), some one, homo (☞ not persona in this sense): three persons are present, adsunt tres homines: to speak against the person, not against the thing, in hominem, non in rem dicere (Sen.).
  • Party, Vid: : the chief person, caput, princeps, auctor (Vid: HEAD): he was the chief person in the matter, dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit (Cic., pr. Sext., 28, extr.).
  • Oneself, not a representative, (mea, tua, nostra) persona (ego, tu, nos) in anyone’s person, sumpta alicujus persona; alicujus personam induentes, imitantes (☞ not sub alicujus persona; Vid: Klotz. ad Cic., Tusc., 1, 39, 93).
  • In grammar, persona (Quint.; e.g., tertia persona).
  • In theology, hypostasis (Ecclesiastical); or persona (technical term).
GRG Georges (1)
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Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (8th ed., 1913/1918). Digitized data accessed from latin-dict.github.io and is in the public domain.
Person, persona (eig. die Maske des Schauspielers, dann die Charakterrolle, die er in derselben darstellt [vgl. »Rolle«]: übtr. = Individualität, Charakter, Rolle, worin uns jmd. erscheint).
homo (der Mensch übh., Ggstz. causa [Sache] u. dgl.).
meine P. (als Staatsmann etc.), mea persona: die P. des Königs, persona regis: eine wichtige P. einführen. gravem personam inducere: gegen die P., nicht gegen die Sache sprechen, in personam, non in rem dicere sententiam: ich habe nichts gegen die P., sondern nur etwas gegen die Sache, non cum homine dissideo, sed cum causa: die P. ansehen, Ansehen der P., s. ansehen, das Ansehen.
für meine (deine, seine) P., privatim (d. i. im eigenen Interesse); proprie (speziell, z.B. patior alqd); meo nomine (aus Rücksicht auf mich, aus Privatrücksichten, z.B. non meo nomine paveo: u. suo nomine alqm odisse); meā sponte (ohne fremden Antrieb); pro virili parte (soviel auf meinen Anteil kommt): ich für meine P., ego quidem; equidem (was mich anlangt): für seine P. jmd. hassen, suo nomine alqm odisse: die Verteidigung meiner Person, defensio meae salutis.
in eigener P., ipse (selbst, z.B. ipse venit); praesens coram (gegenwärtig, mündlich, z.B. praesentem od. coram adesse): mehr um ihre eigene P. besorgt als um diejenige dessen, der etc., suam vicem magis anxii quam eius, qui etc.: Kläger und Richter in einer P. sein, ipsum accusatorem et iudicem esse.
in der P. des Dichters (als D.), ex persona poëtae (z.B. dicere).
dah. in weit. Bed.,
a. Mensch übh.: homo (z.B. societas decem hominum).
corpus (der Körper = das menschliche Individuum, die Pers., bes. insofern es äußere [bürgerliche] Freiheit, Leben und Tod gilt, z.B. spes corporis eius [seiner P.] potiundi: u. corpus liberum in servitutem addicere).
caput (das Haupt, meton. für die ganze Person, bes. wo es ihre Sicherheit etc. gilt, z.B. ab eius capite non discessit [von einem Beschützer]; aber auch scherzh. für homo übh., s. Patron).
irgend eine P., aliquis; aliquis de populo (irgend einer aus dem großen Haufen).
eine schöne P. (Frau), mulier formosa: eine kleine P., homo humili staturā: eine feile P., scortum: historische (geschichtliche) Personen, homines veteres: fürstliche Personen, principes (im allg.); reges (aus einem königlichen Hause).
Oft wird »Person« mit irgend einer Eigenschaft etc. im Latein. durch ein abstraktes Substantiv aus gedrückt, z.B. eine von allen gehaßte P., odium omnium hominum: alle vornehmen Personen des Staates, omnes honestates civitatis.
b. äußere Gestalt: (corporis) statura (Körpergröße).
(corporis) forma. corpus (Körpergestalt, -bau).
species (äußeres Ansehen übh.). klein von P. sein, humili staturā esse: groß, staturā esse procerā: ansehnlich liberali formā esse: schön, pulchrā esse specie; esse formosum: jmd. von P. (persönlich) kennen, s. persönlich.
c. grammat. Person: persona (z.B. dritte, tertia).