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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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• pious:
      1. 1. pĭus, comp. magis and maxime pius (dutiful to parents; hence, to the gods, as standing in like relation to men): the superl. piissimus was used by M. Antonius, Cic. Ph. 13, 19, 43; and (though declared not to be Latin by Cic. l. c.) is freq. in later writers in sense of most dutiful and affectionate: to distinguish between the p. and impious, p. et impiorum rationem habere, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15.
      2. 2. sanctus (of pure and spotless life): cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 19, 49, vir in publicis religionibus foederum, sanctus et diligens (most conscientious). Phr.: an eminently p. man, religionum diligentissimus cultor, Liv. 5, 50, init.; praecipuâ (singulari) religionis conservandae curâ, cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, 12: insignis pietate vir, Virg. Aen. 1, 10. See also religious, conscientious, upright.
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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• PIOUS
pius (one who maintains respect and love to God, his country, parents, and all who are near to him; where the sense is not evident from the context, erga Deum, erga patriam, etc., must be added): sanctus (pleasing or acceptable to God). (The words are found in this connection and order.) sanctus piusque; religiosus (religious, conscientious). (The words are found in this connection and order.) religiosus sanctusque; sanctus et religiosus; diligens religionum cultor (who zealously complies with religious observances): castus (pure): integer (blameless in his course of life; ☞ integer vitae is poetical); (The words are found in this connection and order.) integer castusque: to be pious, pie Deum (or Deos) colere: to be very pious, Deum (or Deos) summa religione colere; omnia quae ad cultum Dei (or Deorum) pertinent diligenter tractate.