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

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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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• fruitless:
    1. I. Lit.: stĕrĭlis, casus: v. unfruitful, barren.
    2. II. Fig.: without result:
      1. 1. irrĭtus (in Cic. = invalid, without legal effect): a f. undertaking, i. inceptum, Liv. 29, 36, extr.: f. gifts, i. dona, Virg. G. 4, 519: f. prayers, i. preces, Plin. jun.: v. vain.
      2. 2. infructuōsus (rare): f. entreaties, inf. preces, Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6: a f. campaign, inf. militia, Tac. H. 1, 51: see also useless. Phr.: to undertake a f. labour, actum or acta agere (prov.), Cic. Fam. 9, 18; Am. 22, 85: after f. attempts to accomplish a purpose, infectis iis quae quis destinaverit, Caes. B. C. 1, 33.