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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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• principal (adj.):
      1. 1. praecĭpuus (standing out from the rest, especial: most important): I shall note (only) the p. figures, ex quibus (modis) praecipuos attingemus, Quint. 8, 3, extr.: the p. remedies for calculus in man, pr. calculo humano remedia, Plin. 11, 48, 109.
      2. 2. maxĭmus (of greatest moment): what is the p. thing, quod m. est [parenthetical], Cic. Fam. 13, 50: the p. charges brought against him were, *maxima ei objecta crimina sunt, quod ...: so, summus: v. chief.
      3. 3. princĭpālis, e (of primary importance: not in best authors): after these two p. points, post haec duo p., Col. 1, 3, init.
      4. 4. pŏtissĭmus (in Cic. = preferable to all others, Inv. 1, 12, 17, utrum potius, aut quid potissimum sit): if this were my p. or only work, si hoc opusculum nostrum aut potissimum esset aut solum, Plin. Ep. 4, 14, fin. Phr.. the p. thing, caput: the p. dish, caput coenae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98: the p. element of happiness, c. ad beate vivendum, id. Am. 13, 45.