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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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• wilful:
      1. 1. pervĭcax, ācis: that he should be of such a w. spirit! adeon' pervicaci esse animo! Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 17.
      2. 2. pertĭnax, ācis: you will be very w. if you persist in this, pertinacissimus fueris si in eo perstiteris, Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107.
      3. 3. obstĭnātus: a more w. determination, voluntas obstinatior, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1.
      4. 4. contŭmax, ācis (stiff-necked): who more w.? quis contumacior? Cic. Verr. 2, 78, 192: for these meanings of wilful, v. obstinate.
      5. 5. tĕmĕrārius (headstrong, rash): that blind and w. tyrant of the mind, passion, caeca ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas, Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2. Phr.: it is a compulsory, not a w. offence, necessitatis crimen est, non voluntatis, Cic. Lig. 2, 5.