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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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• sully (obsol. except in fig. sense: the literal sense being supplied by such verbs as to spot, soil, tarnish):
      1. 1. inquĭno, 1: to s. another's reputation, i. famam alterius, Liv. 29, 37, med.
      2. 2. contāmĭno, măcŭlo, commăcŭlo: v. to pollute (2, 4), to stain. Phr.: to s. a brilliant life, vitae splendorem maculis aspergere, Cic. Planc. 12, 30: cf. labem alicujus dignitati aspergere, id. Vat. 6, 15: fearing lest the glory of his victory should be sullied by a blot of cruelty, verens ne victoriae gloria saevitiae macula infuscaretur, Just. 12, 5, post init. [For to s. one's character, v. to brand, defame (4).]