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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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• suitable, suited:
      1. 1. aptus: a day s. for sacrifice, a. dies sacrificio, Liv. 1, 45, post med.: a rhythmical and s. speech, numerosa et a. oratio, Cic. Or. 50, 168: no character seemed more s.'d to talk about age, nulla videbatur aptior persona quae de aetate loqueretur, Cic. Am. 1, 4 (for constr. v. Zumpt, Gr. § 568). Join: a. et accommodatus, Cic.; a. et congruens, id.: a. consentaneusque, id.: v. fit (adj.), adapted.
      2. 2. ĭdōneus (for a definite purpose = ad eam rem: usu. with ad, a relative, the dat., or absol.): counsels s.'d to this our business, consilia i. ad hoc nostrum negotium, Cic. Att. 5, 6, 1: the character of Laelius seemed to me s.'d for discussing the subject of friendship, i. mihi Laelii persona visa est quae de amicitia dissereret, id. Am. 1. 4: he chooses a site s. for a camp, castris i. locum deligit, Caes. B. G. 6, 10: a s. time, tempus i., Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68. (For rarer constructions, v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.)
      3. 3. accommŏdātus, accommŏdus (poet.: rare), appŏsĭtus: v. fit (adj.), adapted.
      4. 4. congruens, consentāneus, convĕniens, consentiens: v. appropriate, agreeing (adj.), applicable.
      5. 5. ingĕniōsus (naturally adapted: poet.): v. adapted (4.).
      6. 6. hăbĭlis, e (in active sense, possessing ability or capability): v. fit (adj., 3.).
      7. 7. commŏdus, opportūnus: v. convenient (II.), opportune.
      8. 8. dĕcōrus, dĕcens: v. becoming (adj.).
      9. 9. dignus: v. worthy.
      10. 10. aequus, pār: v. right, proper. Phr.: classes of herbs s. for the bites of beasts, genera herbarum ad morsus bestiarum, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 13: not s., alienus (v. also unsuitable): hence s., non alienus, Sall. C. 40, ad fin. [N.B.--To be s., expr.: (1.) by verb (v. to suit, B., to become). (2.) by sum with adj. (v. becoming, suitable, fit). (3.) by sum with prepp.: the other materials which are s. for conflagrations, (reliquae res) quae sunt ad incendia, Caes. B. C. 3, 101, post init.: he orders things which are s. (or to the purpose), imperat quae in rem sunt, Liv. 26, 44, ad fin.]
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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• SUITABLE, SUITED
accommodatus alicui rei or ad rem (adapted): aptus alicui rei or ad aliquid (appropriate): conveniens: congruens (☞ congruus is not Latin): consentaneus alicui rei or cum re (that agrees with): decorus alicui or alicui rei (becoming): dignus aliquo or aliqua re (worthy). (The words are found in this connection and order.) aptus et accommodatus: aptus consentaneusque: congruens et aptus: aptus et congruens: commodus (in due measure): opportunus (proper, fit; especially of situation or position, then of time, of age, etc.): idoneus (fit, adapted by nature). (The words are found in this connection and order.) opportunus et idoneus: commodus et idoneus: habilis et aptus. Very suitable, percommodus; peropportunus; peridoneus (to anything, alicui rei or ad aliquid): a suitable opportunity, occasio idonea or commoda et idonea; opportunitas: not suitable, alienus: a suitable punishment, pro modo poena: a suitable speech, decora oratio: suitable to time or circumstances, consentaneus tempori; ad tempus accommodatus; ... and persons, aptus consentaneusque tempori et personae: to be suitable, convenire ad aliquid; consentire or congruere alicui rei or cum aliqua re; respondere alicui rei; (of climate, food, etc.) salubrem esse: not to be suitable, gravem, parum salubrem esse.