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

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Contents (4 entries · 7 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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• steep (adj.):
      1. 1. arduus: a s. ascent, a. ascensus, Caes. B. G. 2, 33.
      2. 2. praeruptus: a s. and rugged hill, p. atque asperum jugum, id. B. C. 2, 24.
      3. 3. praeceps, cĭpĭtis: a s. road, p. via, Cic. Fl. 42, 105. Join: declivis et praeceps (sc. locus), Caes. B. G. 4, 33.
      4. 4. dēruptus: s. banks, d. ripae, Liv. 37, 39. Join: arduus et deruptus (sc. collis), Tac. A. 2, 80.
      5. 5. praecisus: a s. path, p. iter, Sall. J. 92.
      6. 6. rectus: s. rocks, recta saxa, Liv. 21, 36.
      7. 7. adrectus: the greater part of the Alps were steeper, pleraque Alpium adrectiora erant, ib. 35.
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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• STEEP
1. adj., praeruptus: deruptus (shelving): praeceps (precipitous): arduus (almost perpendicular; hence, difficult of ascent). (The words are found in this connection and order.) arduus et deruptus. A steep place, locus praeceps: steep places, praerupta or derupta, -orum, neuter; praecipitia, -ium (Suet.): to have a steep approach, arduo esse ascensu.
2. v. mergere in aquam (Cic.): intingere in aqua (Vitr.): madefacere (to moisten, soak).