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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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• waste (subs.):
    1. I. Destruction: vastātio, pŏpŭlātio, etc.: v. destruction, ravage.
    2. II. Loss, diminution:
      1. 1. damnum: the swift moons repair the w., celeres lunae reparant damna, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 13.
      2. 2. detrīmentum: to make up for w., reconcinnare detrimentum, Caes. B. C. 2, 15.
      3. 3. dispendium: without loss and w., sine damno et dispendio, Pl. Poen. 1, 1, 35.
      4. 4. jactūra: w. of property, jactura rei familiaris, Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79.
      5. 5. intertrīmentum (w. by attrition): in gold there is no w., in auro nihil fit intertrimenti, Liv. 34, 7, ad init.
      6. 6. retrīmentum (refuse): the w. of olives, r. oleae, Varr. R. R. 1, 64.
      7. 7. rĕcīsāmentum (chips): Plin.
      8. 8. rāmentum (shavings): w. of iron, ferri r., Lucr. 6, 1044: of wood, ligni, Plin.
    3. III. Act of w.ing, throwing away carelessly:
      1. 1. effūsio: w. apes liberality, effusio imitatur liberalitatem., Cic. Part. 23, 81.
      2. 2. prŏfūsio: excessive w., nimia p., Plin. Ep. 2, 4. Or expr. by sumptus effusi, luxuria profusa: v. dissipation.
    4. IV. A desert place:
      1. 1. vastĭtas: what a wilderness, what a w., quae solitudo, quae vastitas, Cic. Verr. 4, 51, 114.
      2. 2. sōlĭtūdo: they had hidden themselves in w.s and woods, se in s. et in silvas abdiderant, Caes. B. G. 4, 18.