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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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• true (adj.):
    1. I. Opp. to falsehood:
      1. 1. vērus: opp. falsus, Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 19: et pass. Less freq. = speaking the truth; veracious (verax: v. infr.): a t. prophetess, v. vates, Ov. Her. 16, 123.
      2. 2. vērax (that speaks the truth): a t. oracle, v. oraculum, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 38: Hor.: v. veracious. Phr.: (i.) in asseveration: so t. as I'm alive, ita vivam, ut (with indic.), Cic. Att. 5, 15: for which may be used, ita me dii ament (juvent), Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 1 (like our, so help me God); and, ita sim felix, Prop. 1, 7, 3: *ita deos mihi velim propitios! (R. and A.) (ii.) in replies: when it may be expr. by, ita (prorsus) existimo, mihi ita videtur, certe: v. certainly, yes. True; but ..., atqui: Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: v. yet.
    2. II. Not spurious: real, genuine:
      1. 1. vērus: t. and perfect friendship, v. et perfecta amicitia, Cic. Am. 6, 22: cf. id. 25, 95: v. genuine, real.
      2. 2. sincērus (not adulterated or tampered with): opp. simulatus, fucatus, Cic. l. c.
      3. 3. germānus: v. genuine, thorough.
    3. III. Keeping faith: fīdus, fĭdēlis: v. faithful.
    4. IV. Exact; esp. of lines: Phr.: t. to the perpendicular, square, etc.: *quod subtiliter ad perpendiculum (normam, etc.) respondet: a t. line, *perh. linea justa: or simply, linea recta: v. straight.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (2)
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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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SO FAR, LONG, MANY, MUCH, SOON, TRUE, WELL..., AS Copy link
• SO FAR, LONG, MANY, MUCH, SOON, TRUE, WELL..., AS
Vid: AS.
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• TRUE
  • Not false, real, verus (general term): sincerus, germanus (uncorrupt, pure, genuine). (The words are found in this connection and order.) verus et sincerus. To see anybody in his true colors, aliquem evolutum integumentis dissimulationis nudatumque perspicere (Cic.): a true scholar, vir vere doctus: a true Stoic, verus et sincerus Stoicus: germanus Stoicus: not a syllable of it is true, tota res ficta est: it is true, verum est: res ita se habet: res veritate nititur (general terms): non nego: concedo: fateor (as forms of giving assent): it is not true, falsum est: to be found or proved true, exitu comprobari: dreams come true, somnia evadunt or eveniunt (Cic.).
  • Faithful, Vid:
  • Exact, rectus.
  • In forms of protestation and swearing: “as true as,” ita or sic with the subjunctive followed by ut, with the subjunctive if a wish is to be expressed, the indicative, if an assertion is to be made: “as true as I live, I shudder”, etc., ita vivam (or ita deos mihi velim propitios), ut - perhorresco: or (with ita vivam thrown in parenthetically) perhorresco, ita vivam, etc. “As true as I am alive, I should like,” etc., ita vivam (or ita mihi omnia, quae opto, contingant) ut velim, etc.
  • In answers of partial assent followed by an objection. True... but; Vid: GOOD.