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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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• instrument:
    1. I. Implement:
      1. 1. instrūmentum (oft. used as collective): v. implement. Freq. in fig. sense: what powerful i.s (appliances) for attaining to wisdom, quanta i. ad adipiscendam sapientiam, Cic. Leg. 1, 22, fin.
      2. 2. orgănum (Gk. ὄργανον: esp. of an elaborate or scientific kind): an i. called a mallet, org. quod dicitur tudicula, Col. 12, 50, med.: astronomical i.s, organa, per quae stellarum ac siderum loca atque magnitudines signentur, Plin. 2, 26, 24. Freq. of musical instruments: Juv. 6, 380: Quint. (later, a peculiar kind of musical i., Eng. "organ").
      3. 3. māchĭna (of a large or formidable kind): v. machine. Phr.: surgical i.s, *ferramenta chirurgorum (R. and A.).
    2. II. Legal: instrūmentum, tăbŭla, etc.: v. document.