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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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• agent:
    1. I. An actor, he that acts:
      1. 1. actor: Cato was the a. in those things: Cato a. illarum rerum fuit, Cic.
      2. 2. auctor: the inquiry refers both to the act and to the a., quaeritur et de facto et de a., Quint. Phr.: the man is a free a., homo sui juris est, Cic.: not to be a free a., ad aliorum arbitrium vivere, non ad suum, Cic.: Antony was never a free a., Antonius in sua potestate nunquam fuit, Cic.
    2. II. One who acts for another:
      1. 1. prōcūrātor (in the strictly legal sense): it makes no difference whether you act through a.s or in person, nihil interest utrum per procuratores agas an per te ipsum, Cic.: the a.s of Dolabella, Dolabellae p., Cic.: a legally-appointed a., legitime p. dictus, Cic.: Quint.
      2. 2. cūrātor (with some limiting word): he had a faithful a., erat ei negotiorum curator fidus, Sall.: a. of the commonwealth (said by Bocchus of Sulla), c. reipublicae, Sall.
      3. 3. auctor (rather rare): that admirable a. of his state! praeclarus iste a. suae civitatis., Cic.: the a. of many societies, multarum societatum a., Cic.
      4. 4. interpres, ĕtis (esp. in bad sense): a.s for corrupting the administration of justice, interpretes corrumpendi judicii, Cic.: Liv.
      5. 5. mĭnister, tri: the freedman of Fabricius had been his a. in a crime, Fabricii libertus m. in malefacto fuerat, Cic.: the a.s of their wickedness were arrested, sceleris ministri comprehensi sunt, Liv.: v. ABETTER.
      6. 6. admĭnister, tri: a.s and abetters of Naevius, a. et satellites Naevii, Cic. (Obs. Both this and the preceding are general terms, and must not be used for agent in its strict and legal sense.) Phr.: to be a. for any one, alicui procurare, Dig.: to be a. for distributing provisions, alimentis dividendis procurare, Capit.
    3. III. An active power or cause: in such phr. as, fire is a powerful a.; when it must not be literally trans.: as, a powerful a. in checking pains of the stomach, (herba) in dolore stomachi efficax, Plin.: wind is a powerful a., *magna s. ingens est vis ventorum.