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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 8 senses)
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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• plainly:
    1. I. Without ornament: Phr. to dress p., *modice vestiri; nullis vestitus munditiis uti; the temples of these deities should be p. built, his diis sine deliciis aedificia constitui decet, Vitr. 1, 2, 5: his house was very p. furnished, instrumenti et supellectilis summa erat parsimonia, cf. Suet. Aug. 73; *domus ejus nulla instrumenti supellectilisve magnificentia insignis.
    2. II. Clearly, intelligibly:
      1. 1. ăpertē: to speak p., a. loqui, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 24: Cic.
      2. 2. plānē: Join: plane et aperte loqui, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15.
      3. 3. explĭcātē: Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53.
      4. 4. ēnucleātē: (of a speaker, who clears his subject of difficulties): Cic. Br. 30, 115. See also clearly, perspicuously. (For syn. v. plain, clear.) Phr to speak p. (not to indulge in mystification, ambages omittere, nulla circuitione uti, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, fin.
    3. III. Unreservedly: simplĭcĭter, ăpertē: v. plain (III., fin.). Phr.: to be p. and unmistakably refused, sine fuco et fallaciis negari, Cic. Att. 1, 1, init. See also frankly.
    4. IV. Without variety of diet: Phr.: to live p., simplici (vulgari) cibo uti: v. plain (IV.).
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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• PLAINLY
  • Clearly, clare: perspicue: evidenter: plane: lucide: dilucide: enodate: enucleate: expresse: to speak plainly, perspicue dicere: plane et aperte dicere: plane et dilucide loqui: distincte dicere (plainly and intelligibly); plane et articulate eloqui (so that every syllable is heard; Gell., 5, 9): to say a thing plainly and clearly, articulatim distincteque dicere aliquid (opposed to fuse disputare aliquid et libere, Cic., Legg., 1, 13, 36): to write plainly, plane, aperte, perspicue scribere: distincte ac distribute scribere (with distinctness and proper order or arrangement; with reference to the sense): litterate perscribere (with regard to the letters; Vid: Cic., Pis., 25, extr.): to write plainly to anybody, enucleate perscribere ad aliquem: to pronounce plainly, exprimere et explanare verba (Plin., Paneg., 64, 3): ☞ evidenter is used by Livy, and therefore correct; but there is no authority for evidenter videre; it should be plane, aperte, penitus, perspicue videre (Krebs):
  • Obviously, undoubtedly, sine dubio (Cic.); procul dubio (Liv.); haud dubie (not sine ullo dubio): sine ulla dubitatione (without any hesitation): certe (certainly). This reading is plainly the right one, haec lectio haud dubie or sine dubio vera est: this reading is plainly preferable, haec lectio sine ulla dubitatione praeferenda est. Often by circumlocution with manifestum est. He is plainly a fool, manifestum est, eum esse stultum.