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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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• good-for-nothing: nēquam: fish is g. for nothing unless fresh, piscis n. est, nisi recens, Pl. As. 1, 3, 26. Esp. in moral sense: Join: malus nequamque, Pl. As. 2, 2, 39: Cic. Phr.: to be a g. for nothing fellow, nihil hominis esse, Cic. Tusc. 3, 32, 77: in sim. sense, (homo) nihili, Varr. 10, 5 § 81: to be g. for nothing, nulli rei esse, Gell. 13, 30, med.: he has g. for nothing friends, amicos habet meras nugas, Cic. Att. 6, 3, med.