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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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• powerful:
    1. I. Physically: vălĭdus, praevălĭdus; praevălens: v. strong.
    2. II. Having great or extensive power:
      1. 1. pŏtens: two most p. kings, duo potentissimi reges, Cic. Man. 2, init.: great and p. friends, magni et p. amici, Suet. Aug. 56: et pass. Very p., praepotens: Cic. Bal. 15, 35 (pr. terra marique Karthago).
      2. 2. vălĭdus (having natural strength and importance; whereas potens denotes actual influence or control): Join: valida urbs et potens, Cic. Rep. 2, 2.
      3. 3. vălens (like preced.): Cic. To be very p., multum posse, valere: v. power (III., fin.)
    3. III. Effectual; telling powerfully:
      1. 1. vălens, ntis: more p. arguments, valentiora argumenta, Quint. 5, 13, 12: a p. dialectician, v. dialecticus, Cic. Fat. 6, 12: Ov.
      2. 2. vălĭdus: a most p. kind of eloquence, genus dicendi validissimum, Quint. 12, 10, 63.
      3. 3. pŏtens: Plin. 29, 4, 30 (of medicine). See also efficacious, potent.