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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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• pitch (subs.):
    1. I. The resin: pix, pĭcis, f.: Plin.: Hor. Of p., pĭceus: Lucan 10, 491 (v. pitchy): to smear with p., picare (v. pitch, IV.).
    2. II. Degree of elevation, esp. in certain phrr.: highest p., fastīgium summum (v. eminence, II.): to such a p., huc, eo, or ădeo; to what a p., quo: foll. by part. gen.: to get to such a p. of arrogance, eo arrogantiae progredi, Suet. Aug. 77. to what a p. of madness, quo amentiae, Liv. 28, 27: Cic.
    3. III. In music. Phr.: at the highest p. of the voice, summa voce, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7: in every voice there is an intermediate p., in omni voce medium quoddam est, Cic. de Or. 3, 61, init.: a high, low, intermediate p. of the voice, vox acuta, gravis, media, Macr. Sat. 1, pref. med.
    4. IV. Inclination: fastīgium: v. slope.
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• pitch (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To fasten, set Phr.: to p. one's camp, castra ponere, Caes.: Liv. pass.: to p. tents, tabernacula (sc. militum] statuere, Caes. B. C. 1, 81 (eo die tabernacula statui passus non est, quo paratiores essent, etc.): also, to p. one's tent, tentorium ponere, Ov. F. 3, 527; t. statuere, Lucan 9, 912: in wider sense, sedem habere, Sall. Jug. 18, init.
    2. II. To fling: conjĭcio, 3: v. to throw.
    3. III. To set the key-note for music: Phr.: to p. a tune too high or low, *acutius vel gravius quam decebat sonare, canendo praeire v. pitch, subs. (III.).
    4. IV. To cover with p.: pĭco, 1: to p. wine-jars, dolia p., Cato R. R. 25: Suet.: Col. Also, impĭco, 1 (v. rare): Col. (Or by circuml., pice illinere, linere, etc.: v. to smear.)
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To light on; in this sense, usu. to pitch upon: incĭdo, 3: v. to fall on (I., III., IV.).
    2. II. Of ships, to rise and fall from bow to stern: *in longitudinem sursum deorsum ferri, inclinari.
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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• PITCH
1.
  • s. Resin of the pine, pix, generally picis.
  • Degree of height, gradus: highest pitch of honor, summus honoris gradus. ☞ “To this pitch,” or “to such a pitch of”... is mostly translated by adverbs huc, eo, etc., with genitive. To this pitch of arrogance, huc arrogantiae (venire): he advanced to such a pitch of insolence, eo insolentiae processit: you seem to be aware to what a pitch of madness you have arrived, scire videmini, quo amentiae progressi sitis.
  • In music, sonus: a high pitch, sonus acutus: a low pitch, sonus gravis.
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  • v. To cover with pitch, picare; impicare (Col., 12, 29): liquida pice linire (Col., 6, 17, 6).
  • To fasten with pitch, pice astringere (Hor., Od., 3, 8, 10).
  • To fix, settle, ponere; statuere; collocare: to pitch a camp, castra ponere, locare, collocare, constituere; tendere: a pitched battle, pugna; acies; proelium.
  • In music, sonare: to pitch high, acute sonare: low, graviter sonare: a pitching of the voice, conformatio vocis (Cic.).