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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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• creature:
    1. I. Strictly: a created thing: (N.B. Not creatura, which has no earlier authority than Tert.):
      1. 1. ănĭmal, ănĭmans (a living c.): the latter esp. in pl.: man a divine c., homo divinum animal, Cic.: that pernicious c. (Clodius), funestum illud animal, id.: every living c., omne genus animantum, Lucr.: that one c. should live by the death of another, alterius animantem animantis vivere leto, Ov.
      2. 2. Use res. or neut. of adj.: v. thing.
      3. 3. ŏpus, ĕris: all ye c.s, omnia opera (Dei), Vulg.: v. being (II.).
    2. II. As term of endearment:
      1. 1. ănĭma: dearest c.s, carissimae animae! Cic.
      2. 2. dēlĭciae, arum: v. darling.
      3. 3. mellītus (a sweet c.): Cat.
      4. 4. May sometimes be expr. by a dimin.: as Catullus to Lesbia's sparrow, miselle passer! poor little c.! or Adrian's animula, blandula, etc.
    3. III. Of contempt: ănĭmal: v. supr. (I.). Phr.: servile c.s, servientum animae, Tac.: ridiculous c., ridiculum caput! Ter.: poor c.s of men, homunculi! Cic. (comp. supr. II.).
    4. IV. A tool, dependant: mĭnister, tri: more fully, alienae minister potentiae, Vell. 2, 33. Phr.: Lentulus is the mere c. of Pompey, L. est totus in potestate Pompeii, Cic.: of your c. (in good sense), de te pendentis, te respicientis amici, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 105: cf. Sall. 19: "Cn. Pompeii veteres fidosque clientes."
    5. V. Something formed, imagined: Phr.: empty c.s of the fancy, vanae species (finguntur), Hor. A. P. 8: vana simulacra, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 9: Lucr.: Hor. calls the fanciful c.s of the Odyssey, speciosa miracula, A. P. 144: phantasma (= simulacrum) occurs in late writers, as Tert.