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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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• advantage (subs.):
    1. I. Benefit:
      1. 1. bŏnum (a real good): the greatest a.s are those which belong to the mind itself, b. maxima sunt quae in ipso animo versantur, Cic.: it was for their a. that the man should be killed, iis occidi hominem bono fuit, Cic.: for whose adv. was it? cui bono fuit? Cic.: the adv.s of peace, pacis bona, Tac.
      2. 2. commŏdum: to derive great adv. from anything, magnum c. (multa c.) ex aliqua re capere, Cic.: Ter.: to neglect one's own adv., c. suum praetermittere, praeterire, Cic.: the adv.s of peace, pacis commoda, Cic.: with adv., commodo, Cic.; per commodum, Liv.
      3. 3. commŏdītas: friendship includes very great adv.s, maximas c. amicitia continet, Cic.
      4. 4. ēmŏlŭmentum: by no a. are good men induced to deceive, boni nullo e. impelluntur in fraudem, Cic.: the adv.s of peace, emolumenta pacis, Tac.
      5. 5. opportūnĭtas: between such men friendship has great adv.s, tales inter viros amicitia magnas op. habet, Cic.: this kind of fortification has very great adv.s for the defence of cities, hoc opus ad defensionem urbium summam habet op., Caes.: adv. of ground, op. loci, Cic.
      6. 6. fructus, ūs: I have derived very great adv. from your letter, ex tuis literis cepi (percepi) f. maximum, Cic.: the adv.s of riches, f. divitiarum, Cic.
      7. 7. ūtĭlĭtas: Tiro affords me wonderful adv.s, Tiro mirabiles u. mihi praebet, Cic.
      8. 8. ūsus, ū: they discovered what adv. we could derive from every beast, invenerunt quem ex quaque bellua u. habere possemus, Cic.: that thing had happened to the adv. of Gaul, ea res ex usu Galliae acciderat, Caes.
      9. 9. rēs, rĕi, f. (in certain phr.): it is not for your adv. that I should die, ex tua re non est ut ego emoriar, Pl.: upon you it depends whether I shall do this in vain, or with adv., id frustra an ob rem faciam in vestra manu situm est, Sall. Phr.. to take adv. of any one's ignorance, alicujus ignorantiam sibi quaestui habere (cf. Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77): I have taken my own adv. into account, duxi meam rationem, Cic.: to consult any one's adv., alicui consulere, Cic.: to be of adv. to any one, alicui prodesse, utilem esse (v. TO DO GOOD): to buy with adv. (i. e. cheap), bene emere, Cic.: Pl.: Aristippus appeared to adv. in every hue (of life), omnis Aristippum decuit color, Hor.: many women show to adv. with the hair neglected, neglecta decet multas coma, Ov. (v. to be becoming) in that cause Cicero did not appear to adv., *in ea causa minus placuit C. (v. also TO BE OF ADV.)
    2. II. Superiority: Phr.: the enemy had the adv. of us in number, hostes nobis numero praestabant, Caes.: in the cavalry battle our men had the adv., equestri proelio nostri superiores fuerunt, Caes.: the Romans had the adv., res Romana erat superior, Liv.: v. benefit, gain, interest.