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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 (subs.):
    1. I. Head person: măgister: v. master. See also head (VII.).
    2. II. Money at interest:
      1. 1. sors, rtis, f.: to run the risk of losing the p., de sorte venire in dubium, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 35: to pay the p. many times over (in interest), multiplicem s. exsolvere, Liv. 6, 14, med.: Cic.
      2. 2. căput, ĭtis, n.: to deduct the interest from the p., de c. quod usuris pernumeratum esset deducere, Liv. 6, 35, med.: Hor. Phr.: to deduct from the p. (capital), de vivo detrahere, Cic. Fl. 37, 91; resecare, id. Verr. 3, 50, 118 (the principal or capital is said to be living because of its power of increase). (N.B.--No authority for vivum caput.)