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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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• thorny:
      1. 1. spīnōsus: t. places, loca s., Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8: Plin.: Ov.: Fig.: t. cares, s. curae, Cat. 64, 72: when used fig. in Cic. it means harsh, obscure, or, as in Sen. Ep. 108, 39, difficult to solve: somewhat t., spinosulus, Hier.
      2. 2. spīneus (made of thorns): t. bands, s. vincula, Ov. M. 2, 789.
      3. 3. spīnĭger, ĕra, ĕrum or spīnifer, ĕra, ĕrum (thorn-bearing): the former in Prud., the latter also in Pall.: the reading in Cic. Arat. 178, fluctuates between the two.
      4. 4. sentus (rough, rugged): rough, t. places, loca s., Ov. M. 4, 436: Virg.
      5. 5. sentĭcōsus, App., or sentōsus, Paul. Nol. Phr.: to grow t., spinescĕre, Mart. Cap.
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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• THORNY
spinosus (only PROP.): laboriosus: arduus: aerumnosus (figuratively, troublesome). ☞ Disserendi spinae and spinosum disserendi genus signify “a subtle investigation,” not a “thorny” one (Vid: Cic., Fin., 3, 1, 3; 4, 28, 79).