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

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Contents (4 entries · 6 senses)
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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• white (adj.):
      1. 1. albus (dead white, opp. to ater): Democritus could not distinguish things w. and black, Democritus alba et atra discernere non poterat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: w. horses, a. equi, Virg. G. 3, 82: a w. paleness blanches his cheek, ora pallor albus inficit, Hor. Ep. 7, 15: pedibus albis, with w. (chalked) feet, Juv. 1, 111.
      2. 2. candĭdus (glistening w. opp. to niger): w.er than swans, candidior cygnis, Virg. E. 7, 38: w. lilies, c. lilia, Prop. 1, 20, 38: Soracte w. with snow, Soracte nive candidum, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 1.
      3. 3. cānus (hoary): w. waves, cani fluctus, Lucr. 2, 767: w. hairs, c. capilli, Hor. Od. 2, 11, 15: w. rime, cana pruina, ib. 1, 4, 4.
      4. 4. nĭveus (snowy): garments w. as snow, nivea vestis, Ov. M. 10, 432. Phr.: to be w., albēre, albĭcare, candēre, canēre (acc. to kind of whiteness): the plains are w. with bones, campi ossibus albent, Virg. Aen. 12, 36: the meadows are w. with hoar-frost, prata albicant pruinis, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 4: the ivory is w., candet ebur, Cat. 64, 45: while the grass is w., dum gramina canent, Virg. G. 3, 325: the iron glows w. in the fire, ferrum candescit in igni, Lucr. 1, 491.
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• white (subs.):
      1. 1. album: spotted with w., maculis insignis et albo, Virg. G. 3, 56: the w. of an egg, album ovi, Cels.: of an eye, a. oculi, Cels.
      2. 2. candor: the w. of an egg, c. ovi, Plin.
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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• WHITE
adj., albus (colorless; opposed to ater): candidus (of a bright color, clear, pure, shining; opposed to niger): canus (grey, silvery; of hair and water): albidus (whitish, comparative). White as snow, niveus: white as milk, lacteus: white lilies, lilia candida (Ov.): white roses, rosae candidae, albentes: not to be able to distinguish black from white, atra et alba discernere non posse (Cic.): to be white, albere: white bread, panis candidus (Quint.): white wine, vinum album (Plin.), candidum (Pall.): to make black white, quidvis probare alicui posse (Plaut.). Troverbially. To wash a blackamoor white, ebur atramento candefacere (Plaut., Mostellaria, 1, 3, 102); nudo detrahere vestimenta (Plaut.): a white lie, mendaciunculum (little lie); mendacium modestum (opposed to mend, impudens).
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• WHITE, WHITENESS
album (white color): albitudo (as an abiding quality): candor (brilliant, dazzling white). The white of the eyes, album oculorum (Cels.): the white of an egg, album ovi. ☞ Albugo was a white speck in the eye (as disease). Albumen, albumentum, albor (ovi) are all late.