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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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• reflection:
  1. A. Lit.:
    1. I. The act of giving back rays of light:
      1. 1. rĕpercussus, ūs (chiefly in abl.): we see the light tremble just as in the r. of water, lucem qualem in r. aquae volitare conspicimus, Plin. 2, 9, 6: the r. of the sun, r. solis, id. 5, 5, 5 § 35: to throw back colours by the r. from the walls, colores r. parietum elidere, id. 37, 9, 52.
      2. 2. rĕpercussio (v. rare): the r. of the neighbouring heavenly bodies, r. vicinorum siderum, Sen. N. Q. 7, 19.
      3. 3. rĕpulsus, ūs: Lucr. 4, 104.
      4. 4. rĕvibrātio: Hyg. Astr. 4, 14.
      5. 5. rĕvibrātus, ūs: Mart. Cap. 2, 110 (Kopp). Phr.: the Lares bright with the r. of the fire, renidentes Lares, Hor. Epod. 2, 66: the broad firth is lighted up with the r., freta lata relucent, Virg. Aen. 2, 312.
    2. II. The image reflected:
      1. 1. ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f.: the r. of the bright moon, radiantis i. Lunae, Virg. Aen. 8, 23: to give a more distinct r., certiorem i. reddere, Plin. 33, 9, 45, extr.: v. image.
      2. 2. effĭgies, ēi: clouds fit to show the r. of the sun, nubes aptae ad exhibendam effigiem solis, Sen. N. Q. 1, 13, 1. Fig.: a daughter who is the r. of my face, my speech, and my soul, filia e. oris, sermonis, animi mei, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 3.
  2. B. Fig.:
    1. I. The act of considering:
      1. 1. cōgĭtātio: many serious r.s occupy my mind, versantur in animo meo multae et graves c., Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5: if that r. about the triumph had not been suggested to us, si ista nobis de triumpho c. injecta non esset, id. Att. 7, 3, ad init. Join: commentatio et c., id. de Or. 1, 33, 150.
      2. 2. consīdĕrātio (rare): careful r., accurate c., Cic. Acad. 2., 11, 35.
      3. 3. consīderantia (very rare: inconsiderantia is read in Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 2, ed. Klotz): Vitr. 6, 1, 10.
      4. 4. rĕpŭtātio: r.s upon ancient and modern manners have made me digress too much, me veterum novorumque morum r. longius tulit, Tac. H. 2, 38, extr.
      5. 5. dēlībĕrātio (a weighing well): v. deliberation.
      6. 6. expr. sometimes by consĭlium (judgment): to do anything upon due r., bono c. aliquid facere, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 121: endowed with reason and r., rationis consiliique compos, id. N. D. 2, 13, 36. Phr.: to do anything with due r., agere considerate, Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; cogitate, id. Arch. 8, 18: to do anything without r., agere temere, inconsiderate, id. Off. 1, 29, 103: v. considerately, rashly.
    2. II. Animadversion: vĭtŭpĕrātio, reprĕhensio: v. censure.
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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• REFLECTION
  • PROP., colorum repercussus (of colors): radiorum duplicatio (of light; Sen., N.Q., 4, 8, extr.).
  • Consideration, meditatio, commentatio. (The words are found in this connection and order.) commentatio et meditatio, upon anything, alicujus rei cogitatio [SYN. in REFLECT]: the matter requires some reflection, res habet deliberationem; res cadit in deliberationem: to require much reflection, multae cogitationis esse: to be void of reflection, nulla cogitatione esse; imprudentem, inconsideratum, inconsultum, or temerarium esse; nullius consilii esse (☞ not incogitantem or incogitabilem esse): in deep reflection, defixus in cogitationibus: with reflection (considerately), cogitate, considerate (☞ but not cogitato: in Cic., Off., 1, 8, 27, modern writers read cogitato; not consulto, which even in Cic., N.D., 1, 31, in. and Off., 1, 8, 27 = purposely, designedly): without reflection, inconsiderate: temere; sine consilio: after due reflection, re diligenter perpensa or considerate; inita subductaque ratione; omnibus rebus circumspectis; re consulta et explorata.
  • Animadversion, Vid: REFLECTIVE (or REFLEXIVE) VERB, *verbum reflexivum.