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

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Contents (4 entries · 26 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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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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• race (subs.):
    1. I. In abstract sense, lineage, descent by birth.
      1. 1. gĕnus, ĕris, n.: born of a noble r., nobili g. natus, Cic. Verr. 5, 70, 180: born of a bad r., malo g. natus, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286: born of an ancient r., antiquo g. natus, Nep. Dat. 2: the first man of his town by r. and noble origin, g. et nobilitate sui municipii facile primus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15: meanness of r., ignobilitas generis, id. Mur. 8, 17: meanness of r. and name, humilitas generis ac nominis, Suet. Vesp. 4.
      2. 2. stirps, pis, f.: to be of the same r., ejusdem s. esse, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2: of a divine r., s. divinae, Virg. Aen. 5, 711; sprung from a most ancient r., ortus s. antiquissima, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3.
      3. 3. prōgĕnies, ēi, f.: virtue, not r., ought to be looked for, virtutem, non progeniem, quaeri oportet, Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 24.
      4. 4. prōsāpia: a man of very ancient r., homo veteris p. ac multarum imaginum, Sall. J. 85: so, nobilissimus, magnaque et vetere p., Suet. Galb. 2.
    2. II. A particular breed:
      1. 1. gens, tis, f.: v. nation.
      2. 2. gĕnus, ĕris, n. (Gens is a political; genus a natural race: gens consists of families, whom the founder of states has united into a community or complex family; genus consists of species and individuals, that by their common properties belong to one and the same class of beings: Döderl.: genus is therefore usually the better word): the human r., humanum genus, Cic. Am. 5, 20: the Roman r., Romanum g., id. Phil. 4, 5, 13: the Italian r., Italicum g., Sall. J. 47: the Caucasian r., *Caucasium g.: the Negro r., *Aethiopicum g.: various r.s of beasts, varia g. bestiarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: the r. of fishes, piscium g., Hor. Od. 1, 2, 9.
      3. 3. prōles, is, f.: that r. of future men, p. illa futurorum hominum, Cic. Rep. 6, 21: the Ausonian r., p. Ausonia, Virg. Aen. 4, 236.
      4. 4. nōmen, ĭnis, n.: the Latin r., nomen Latinum, Liv.: Cic.: the Roman r. seemed to all to be destroyed, deletum omnibus videbatur n. Romanum, Liv. 23, 6.
      5. 5. sanguis, ĭnis, m. (poet.): the Trojan r., Trojanus s., Virg. Aen. 1, 19: the founder of our r., nostri sanguinis auctor, Ov. M. 13, 142.
      6. 6. sēmen, ĭnis, n. (meton.: a figurative and rhetorical expr.): genus ac s., Cic. Agr. 2, 35: sprung from a royal r., regio s. ortus, Liv. 1, 47.
      7. 7. propāgo, ĭnis, f. (poet.): the Roman r., Romana p., Virg. Aen. 6, 871 (with ŏ). (Stirps, genus, and gens, denote the race usually in an ascending line, as abstract and collective terms for majores; whereas progenies, propago, proles, denote a descending line, as abstract and collective terms for posteri. Prosapia is an antiquated solemn expression, and only to be used of ancient noble families; progenies, a select elevated expression; proles, a poetical word. Döderl.) Phr.: to be proud of one's ancient r., tumere alto stemmate, Juv. 8, 40.
    3. III. Fig.: a collection of persons having something in common:
      1. 1. gĕnus: the r. of poets, g. vatum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102.
      2. 2. nātio, ōnis, f.: the r. of Epicureans, n. Epicureorum (vestra natio), Cic. N. D. 2, 29, 73: the r. of busybodies, n. ardelionum, Phaedr. 2, 5, 1. Phr.: O imitators, a servile r., O imitatores, servum pecus, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 19.
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• race (subs.):
    1. I. A contest in running.
      1. 1. certāmen, ĭnis, n. (any contest: hence needing to be defined by context): a horse-r. (of chariots and horses), c. equorum, Cat. 11, 29: c. equestre, Suet. Ner. 12: a r. of two-horsed chariots, c. bijugum (= bigarum), Virg. Aen. 5, 144: a r. of four-horsed chariots, c. quadrigarum, Suet. Claud. 21: a boat-r., certamen remorum, or of sailing boats, c. navigiorum: cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 114: a foot-r., c. cursūs, Ov. M. 7, 792: c. pedum, ib. 12, 304.
      2. 2. cursus, ūs: a horse-r., c. equorum, Virg. Aen. 5, 549; c. equestris, ib. 5, 667: more freq. = foot-r. (c. pedum, ib. 5, 67): to contend in a swift foot-r., rapido contendere c., ib. 5, 291: when the r.s were finished, ubi confecti c., ib. 5, 362.
      3. 3. currĭcŭlum (of chariots): a horse-r., c. equorum, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38. Phr.: to run a neck and neck r., calcem terere calce, Virg. Aen. 5, 324: they are ashamed to come in last at the r., extremos pudet redire, Virg. Aen. 5, 196. Phr.: to compete in the foot-r., stadium currere, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42.
    2. II. Fig.: a progress, course, movement.
      1. 1. currĭcŭlum: the r. of life, c. vitae, Cic.
      2. 2. cursus, ūs: the r. of life is short, that of glory everlasting, vitae brevis c., gloriae sempiternus, Cic. Sext. 21, 47. Phr.: to run the r. (of life), spatium decurrere, Cic. Sen. 23, 83.
    3. III. A strong or rapid current of water: perh. *rapidus rivus: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. rivus.
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• race (v.):
      1. 1. certo, 1: to r. on foot, cursu c., Sall. Jug. 6; *pedibus c.: to r. with horses, *cursu equestri (equorum) c.
      2. 2. contendo, di, 3: to r. on foot, cursu c., Virg. Aen. 5, 291; pedibus c., Ov. Phr.: to r. in the great (Olympic) games, stadium c., Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42.
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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• RACE
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  • s. Family, stock, etc., genus (general term): gens (all who belong to one stock; then, all who bear the same family names (nomina); opposed to familia, which denotes the subdivisions of a gens, distinguished by cognomina (family names): stirps (the stock of a family as sprung from a gens): homines qui aetate aliqua vivunt (men living at one time, contemporaries; e.g., hujus aetatis homines; qui nunc vivunt homines): an ancient race, genus antiquum; gens antiqua: to be of an ancient race, generis antiquitate florere: one of a very ancient race, homo veteris prosapiae et multarum imaginum; ex familia vetere natus. Stirps, genus, and gens, denote the race usually in an ascending line, as abstract and collective terms for majores; whereas prosapia, progenies, propago; proles, suboles, in a descending line, as abstract and collective terms for posteri (Döderlein).
  • Course, cursus, -ūs; curriculum; cursus certamen (foot-race): cursus or curriculum equorum; cursus equester (a horse-race).
2. v. cursu certare: certire pedibus: pedibus contendere (on foot): cursu equestri certare (with homes).