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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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• weaken:
      1. 1. infirmo, 1: he had w.'d the other legions by indiscriminate granting of leave, reliquas legiones promiscuis commeatibus infirmaverat, Tac. A. 15, 10: to w. the credit of a witness, testis fidem infirmare, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.
      2. 2. dēbĭlĭto, 1: the tongue w.'d by suffering, lingua debilitata malis, Lucr. 6, 1149: old age w.s the strength of the mind, senectus debilitat vires animi, Virg. Aen. 9, 611.
      3. 3. ēnervo, 1 (a strong word): sleep, banquets, and ease have w.'d body and spirit, somnus et vinum et epulae enervaverunt corpora animosque, Liv. 23, 18, ad fin.
      4. 4. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 (because coherence of parts constitutes strength): to w. and subdue tribes, nationes frangere domareque, Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33: to be w.'d by pain, dolore frangi, id. Fin. 2, 29, 95.
      5. 5. commĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3: Laelius broke and w.'d Viriathus, Laelius fregit et comminuit Viriathum, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40: to w. and impair a sense of duty, comminuere et violare officium, id. Quint. 6, 26.
      6. 6. imminuo: they w.'d their bodies by ease, their minds by passion, corpus otio, animum libidinibus imminuebant, Tac. H. 2, 93.
      7. 7. ēlĕvo, 1 (to lessen, disparage): to w. suspicions, elevare suspiciones, Cic. Am. 24, 88: that which w.s an adversary (his arguments), quod elevat adversarium, id. de Or. 2, 58, 236.
      8. 8. attĕnuo, 1: a legion w.'d (thinned) by battles, legio proeliis attenuata, Caes. B. C. 3, 89.
      9. 9. extĕnuo, 1: I saw my hope w.'d and vanishing, vidi spem nostram extenuari et evanescere, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 1.
      10. 10. lăbĕfacto, 1 (to make to totter): the year before had w.'d the farmers, superior annus labefactarat aratores, Cic. Verr. 3, 18, 47: with hope of w.ing (shaking) their allegiance, spe labefactandae fidei, Liv. 24, 20, fin.
      11. 11. hĕbĕto, 1 (to blunt, dull): with mind and body w.'d, animo et corpore hebetato, Suet. Claud. 2.
      12. 12. obtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3 (to blunt by blows): I would not have the abilities of young men w.'d, their shamelessness strengthened, adolescentium ingenia obtundi nolui, corroborari impudentiam, Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93. [N.B.--The English to weaken is a general and extensive word: the Latins use special verbs, which negative particular elements of strength, or express elements of weakness. The proper verb must be selected with due regard to the context: probably some few might be added to the above, as possible to use in composition, though not of themselves equivalents of to weaken.]