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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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• remedy (subs.):
      1. 1. rĕmĕdium: not a violent but a powerful r., non praeceps sed strenuum r., Curt. 3, 6., 2: a quick r., praesentaneum r., Plin. 21, 31, 105: a most efficacious r., praesentissimum r., Col. 6, 14, ad init.: a r. against cold, r. frigoris, Curt. 8, 4, 11: a r. for the throat, r. ad fauces, Suet. Ner. 35, ad fin.: to cure by opposite r.s (= allopathically), contrariis remediis sanare, Cels. 3, 9: to be a r., esse remedio (also in nom. and gen.), Plin., passim: Fig.: a sharp r., acre r., Cic. Clu. 24, 67: an active r., r. diligens, Sen. Ep. 95, 14: an extreme r., r. extremum, id. 29, 3: a r. arising from war, r. ex bello, Tac. A. 4, 72: to procure r.s for making pain endurable, r. comparare ad tolerandum dolorem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 74: to find r.s for his poisonous devices, veneficiis r. invenire, id. Phil. 13, 11, 25: to apply r.s to the diseases of the mind, r. morbis animorum adhibere., id. Tusc. 4., 27, 58: to use philosophy as a r., philosophiam in r. suum exercere, Sen. Ep. 111, 2: r.s are of no avail unless they are persevered in, r. non prosunt nisi immorantur, id. ib. 40, 4.
      2. 2. mĕdĭcāmentum (a healing drug): to give a r., m. dare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92. Fig.: a r. for grief, m. doloris, id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: a universal r. (panacea), panchrestum m., id. Verr. 3, 65, 152.
      3. 3. mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n. (same as preced.: fig. only in poet.): violent r.s, violenta m., Cic. Pis. 6, 13 (al. vinolenta): to apply strong r.s to an angry woman, iratae m. fortia praebere, Ov. A. A. 2, 489.
      4. 4. mĕdĭcīna (healing; hence, that which heals): to apply a r., m. adhibere, Cic. Att. 16, 15, post med. Fig.: a standing r. for grief, m. perpetua doloris, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4: Ov.
      5. 5. mĕdēla: to apply a r. to one's wounds, m. adhibere vulneribus, App. M. 8, p. 210. Fig.: the r.s provided by the laws, m. legum, Gell. 20, 1.
      6. 6. auxĭlium (a help): to be a r., auxilio esse, Plin. 26, 12, 78: it is better to try a doubtful r. than none, satius anceps a. experiri quam nullum, Cels. 2, 10.
      7. 7. praesĭdium (a protection): it is a r. for ear-diseases, aurium morbis p. est, Plin. 22, 22, 44.
      8. 8. praesentāneum (a r. that operates at once): Plin. 30, 9, 23 § 79.
      9. 9. regressus, ūs (a legal r.): to have no r. against the vendor, nullum adversus venditorem habere r., Pomp. Dig. 21, 2, 34.
      10. 10. lēnīmentum: v. relief, alleviation. Phr.: kinds of herbs which are a r. for the bites of beasts, genera herbarum ad morsus bestiarum, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 13: Caes.: Plin.: it is a r. for strangury, facit ad difficultatem urinae, id. 22, 18, 21: the seed is a r. for serpents' stings, semen contra serpentes valet, id. 22, 22, 35; so, auxiliatur contra serpentes, id. 21, 19, 77: it is a r. for the dropsical, hydropicis prodest, id. 21, 19, 78: it is a most efficacious r. for the sting of wasps, praesentissimum est contra ictus vesparum, id. 21, 20, 86 (v. efficacious): his disorder increases with the r., aegrescit medendo, Virg. Aen. 12, 46: I do not approve of his r.s, curationes non probo, Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 1: no r. is more important for the state, nulla salus reipublicae major est, id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 71.