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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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• interest (subs.):
    1. I. Concern, advantage:
      1. 1. bŏnum: esp. in phr., cui bono (fuit), for whose i.? Cass. in Cic. R. Am. 30, 84: v. good (subs.)
      2. 2. rătio, ōnis, f.; esp. in pl. (one's reckonings or calculations): (consider) what your i.s demand, quid tuae r. postulent, Sall. Cat. 44: nothing could be more to his i., nihil esse suis r. utilius, Cic. Clu. 25, 69.
      3. 3. ūtĭlĭtas (utility, expediency): to seek the advantage and i. of one's subjects, eorum quibus praesis commodis utilitatique servire, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8: oft. contrasted with honestas, interest as opp. to honour, Cic. Part. 25, 89.
      4. 4. oft. expr. by dat. (cf. L. G. § 288): esp. after such verbs as consulo, prospicio, provideo: to have regard to a person's i.s, the i.s of one's country, consulere alicui, prospicere s. providere patriae (the two latter pointing to the future): so, to neglect the i.s of one's country, male patriae consulere, Nep. Epam. 10: v. to consult (III.), provide for.
      5. 5. expr. it is my, thy, etc., interest, by intĕrest or rēfert, with pron. adjj. meâ, tuâ, suâ, nostrâ, vestrâ; and gen. of a subs., the latter rarely with refert (L. G. § 283): it is greatly to my i., magni meâ interest; it is the i. of all, omnium interest, etc.: Cic. pass.: for refert, v. (IT) MATTERS. See also advantage.
    2. II. Share: Phr.: you have an i. in the matter, tua res agitur, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: he has no pecuniary i. in the concern, *illi nullae in negotio aguntur pecuniae, cf. Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 113, quasi istic minor mea res agatur quam tua: v. share.
    3. III. Attractiveness; esp. of books: Phr.: the book possesses much i., *tenet legentem liber; multum delectationis habet; has no i., *omnino frigidus atque odiosus est, legentem taedio s. fastidio afficit: v. interesting; uninteresting.
    4. IV. Attention excited:
      1. 1. stŭdium: any one's i. is kept alive by reading, alicujus in legendo s. tenetur, Cic. Fam. 5, 12: to take an i. in anything, *studio alicujus rei teneri. (Studium denotes an interest of a warm, eager character: v. devotion, zeal.)
      2. 2. if with ref. to the future, exspectātio: what a lively i. you excite in my mind about ..., quantam tu mihi moves ex.! Cic. Att. 2, 14, init. Also to take an i. in may sometimes be expr. by trahi, duci, capi: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18, omnes trahimur et ducimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem: v. to attract, charm. Phr.: nobody takes any i. in the matter, sane quam refrixit, Cic. Q. F. 2, 6, ad fin.: so, frigere, to excite no i., fall flat, id. Att. 1, 14, 2: they watch the spectacle with intense i. and anxiety, erecti suspensique in spectaculum animo intenduntur, Liv. 1, 25, ad init.: eager i. in study, erecta circa studia mens, Quint. 1, 3, 10.
    5. V. In commerce:
      1. 1. fēnus, ŏris, n. (gen. term): to advance money at a rate of i., pecunias fenori dare, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, 170; in fenore ponere, Hor. S. 1, 2, 13: to lend money to any one at high i., pecuniam alicui grandi f. occupare, Cic. Fl. 21, 51.
      2. 2. ūsūra, oft. pl.: to pay any one i., usuram alicui pendere, Cic. Att. 12, 20: to pay i., usuras praestare, solvere, Paul. Dig. 22, 1, 17. A particular rate of interest is expr. by pl., e. g. quincunces usurae, i. e. 5 per cent., Paul. Dig. l. c. (for other rates, see Dict. Ant. p. 526, b).
      3. 3. impendium (rare in this sense): the commons broken down by payment of i., plebs debilitata impendiis, Cic. Rep. 2, 34: cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 36, 183, usurâ quod in sorte accedebat impendium appellatum. Phr.: one (= 12, being paid monthly) per cent., with compound i., centesimae [usurae] cum anatocismo, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8: same expr. in pure Lat., cum renovatione singulorum, ib. 6, 1, 4: money lent on i., pecunia usuraria, Ulp. Dig. 16, 2, 11.