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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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• seduction:
      1. 1. corruptēla: I speak of debaucheries, s.s, and adulteries, stupra dico et corruptelas et adulteria, Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75: well versed in s.s of women, in mulierum corruptelis aptus, id. Verr. 2, 54, 134: cf. id. Cat. 1, 6, 13 (quem corruptelarum illecebris irretisses).
      2. 2. illĕcĕbra (attraction; allurement): how great was the s. for youth in that man, quanta in illo fuit i. juventutis, ib. 2, 4, 8: v. allurement; charm.
      3. 3. expr. by verb, to seduce. Phr.: what power of s., *quanta vis ad alliciendos homines, etc.: arts of s., artes ad libidines adolescentulorum excitandas accommodatae, id. Clu. 13, 36.