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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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• sweet:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. dulcis, e (prop. s. to the taste): (an animal) tastes things s. and bitter, (animal) sentit dulcia et amara, Cic. N. D. 3, 13, 32: s. honey., d. mel, Pl. As. 3, 3, 24.
      2. 2. suāvis, e (prop. s. to the smell): a s. and pleasant smell, odor s. et jucundus, Cic. Verr. 3, 9, 23: s. to the taste, s. opp. to amarum, Lucr. 4, 660: s. to the ear, s. vox, Gell. 19, 9: s.-smelling, suave olens, Cat. 61., 7.
    2. II. Fig.:
      1. 1. dulcis: the name of peace is s., nomen pacis d. est, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 113: s. loves, d. amores, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 15.
      2. 2. suāvis: 'tis s. from the land to view another's toil, suave e terra alterius spectare laborem, Lucr. 2, 1: s. friendship, s. amicitia, id. 1, 142.
      3. 3. mellītus: my s. sparrow, m. passer, Cat. 3, 6: s. eyes, m. oculi, id. 47, 1: my s.! mi mellite! M. Aur. in Front. Ep. ap. Caes. 415.
      4. 4. blandus, jūcundus, grātus: v. pleasant, charming.
    3. III. Fresh, not corrupted: intĕger, gra, grum: v. sound, fresh.
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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• SWEET
  • PROP., dulcis (the proper word; opposed to amarus, austerus, asper). Sweet as honey, melleus: cloyingly sweet, languide dulcis (Plin.).
  • Figuratively. Of sounds, dulcis: suavis: mollis: blandus: a sweet voice, vox dulcis, suavis, mollis.
  • Of smell, suavis: jucundus (Cic.); mollis (Plin.).
  • Agreeable, pleasant, suavis: jucundus: dulcis: sweet sleep, somnus dulcis or jucundus (Cic.), mollis (Verg.), levis (Hor.): the sweet name of liberty, dulce nomen libertatis (Cic.).