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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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• ridicule (subs.):
      1. 1. rīdĭcŭlum (prop. the neut. of the adj.): the force of r., vis ridiculi, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237: r. decides matters better than bitterness, r. acri melius secat res, Hor. S. 1, 10, 14: Quint. 6, 3, 22.
      2. 2. dērīdĭcŭlum: in r., per d., Tac. A. 6, 2.
      3. 3. Expr. sometimes by rīsus, ūs (laughter): to turn unpleasant topics into r., odiosas res joco risuque dissolvere, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236: (cf. Quint. 6, 3, pass.): an object of r. may be expr. by ridendus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9.