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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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• simplicity:
    1. I. State of not being compounded: simplĭcĭtas: Lucr. 1, 609. Also simplex natura: v. simple (I.).
    2. II. Plainness, as opp. to elaboration: perh. simplex cultus (v. simple, II.): he studied s. of attire not without elegance, *vestitu simplici nec eo tamen minus eleganti utebatur: books written for children should be marked by s., *quae puerorum in usum scribuntur simplicia ac plana esse oportet.
    3. III. Artlessness, freedom from guile: simplĭcĭtas: the s. of an incautious youth, s. juvenis incauti, Liv. 40, 23, init.: Quint.: Ov. Phr.: old-fashioned country s., antiqua rusticitas, Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 4.
    4. IV. Folly: stultĭtia, stŭpor, (sometimes) crēdŭlĭtas: v. FOOLISHNESS, credulity.