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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• tan (v.):
    1. I. To prepare leather: expr. by coria, pelles perficere, Plin. 23, 1, 16: 24, 11, 56: subigere, Cat. R. R. 18, 7: depsĕre, id. 135, 3: conficere, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: v. dress, curry. Com.: to t. one's hide, alicui corium concidere, Pl. Am. prol. 85.
    2. II. To discolour: cŏlōro, 1: when I walk in the sun it naturally happens that I become t.'d, quum in sole ambulem natura fit ut colorer, Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60: t.'d by the sun, ădustus, pĕrustus: v. sunburnt, swarthy.
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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  • To prepare leather, subigere, depsere (to work thoroughly): conficere, perficere (to prepare). Fine tanned leather, aluta tenuiter confecta.
  • To make tawny, imbrown, colorare (of the sun; e.g. cum in sole ambulem, natura fit, ut colorer, Cic., De Or., 2, 14, 6; so Quint., 5, 10, 81): cutem adurere or infuscare (Plin.): sole colorare (Sen.).