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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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• use (subs.):
      1. 1. ūsus, ūs: cattle were created for the u. of mankind, pecudes ad hominum usum procreatae, Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 25: the necessary u.s of parts of the body, partium corporis necessarii u., id. Off. 1, 35, 127: v. purpose, experience.
      2. 2. ūtĭlĭtas: even if there is no u. in friendship, etiamsi nulla est u. ex amicitia, id. Fin. 1, 20, 69: have I the right u. of my eyes or not? satin' ego oculis u. obtineo sincere an parum? Plaut. Epid. 5, 1, 28.
      3. 3. fructus, ūs: Plaut.: v. enjoyment.
      4. 4. commŏdum: v. profit, advantage.
      5. 5. ūsūra: v. using, enjoyment. Miscell. Phr.: To be of u., utilem esse (v. useful): usui esse, Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33: Liv.: ex usu esse, Caes. B. G. 1, 50: Cic.: Ter.; praebere usum, Hor. Sat. 1, 1, 73; praebere (mirabiles) utilitates: Cic. Att. 7, 5; conducere (v. to serve, profit); prodesse (v. to benefit); ex re esse (alicui ut.), Plaut. Pseud. 1, 3, 103; juvare, adesse (v. assist); valere (v. efficacious); esse utilitati, Cic. (v. advantage, service); facere (with prep., ad, or dat., or abs.), Plin. 22, 18, 21; ib. 19, 22: Quint. Solitude is of u., solitudo adjuvat, Cic. Att. 12, 14: Hor. It is of u. to plant, juvat conserere, Virg. Georg. 2, 37. To be of great, much, u., magno usui esse (alicui), Cic. Att. 1, 1; bono usui esse, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15; magnos usus afferre, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152. It is of the greatest u. to ..., plurimum facit (with acc. and inf.), Quint. 6, 4, 8. To be of no less u., non minorem uitilitatem afferre, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 79. For this purpose lowness is of great u., quam ad rem humilitas multum adjuvat, Caes. B. G. 5, 1. To be of no u., inutilem esse (v. useless); usum nullum habere, Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 1: or expr. by valere attinere, prodesse, proficere, with neg.: v. (OF NO) AVAIL. To make u. of: v. to use, employ, apply. To grow out of u., exolesco, evi, etum, 3: Liv.: Tac.: Suet. Out of u.: desuetus, Liv.: Quint.: Ov.: exoletus: v. obsolete, disuse. In common u., usitatus: words in common u., u. vocabula, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 4. To come into u., invalesco, Quint. 10, 2, 13: in morem venio, Liv. 42, 21: v. fashion, customary. A false u. (of words), abusio, Auct. Her. 4, 33, 45. A making u., usurpatio, Cic. Brut. 71, 250: Liv.