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externus , a, um, adj. exter,
I.outward, external (class.).
II. In partic., with respect to one's family or country, of or belonging to another country, foreign, strange (syn.: alienus, peregrinus; “opp. noster, domesticus, oppidanus, etc.): auxilia (opp. domesticae opes),Caes. B. G. 2, 5 fin.: “qui (dii) jam non procul ab externo hoste atque propinquo, sed hic praesentes sua templa defendunt,Cic. Cat. 2, 13, 29: “hostis (opp. oppidani),Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 2; cf. “bella (opp. civilia),Quint. 8, 3, 78: “neque haec externa vobis est religio neque aliena,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114: “superstitiones,Tac. A. 11, 15: “quam minime peregrina et externa verba,Quint. 8, 1, 2: “verba (opp. nostra),id. 1, 5, 58: “apud externos populos,Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64: “gens,Verg. A. 7, 367: “in externis locis,Cic. Fam. 4, 9 fin.: “gratiae,Tac. A. 12, 15: “mores,id. ib. 11, 16; cf.: “mutatio morum,Curt. 8, 5: “amor,” i. e. for a foreigner, Ov. H. 5, 102: “orbis,” i. e. Asia and Africa, Plin. 22, 24, 56, § 118 et saep.—As subst. in masc. and neutr.: “canum tam amans dominorum adulatio tantumque odium in externos,towards strangers, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: externa libentius quam domestica recordor, id. Off. 2, 8, 26: externa armis falsis velare, hostile feelings or designs, Tac. H. 4, 32: “moliri,id. ib. 3, 5.
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