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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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• deaf:
    1. I. Lit.: unable to hear:
      1. 1. surdus: Cic.: d. ears, s. aures, Tib.: a d.-mute, surdus idemque mutus, Plin. Dimin. surdaster, somewhat d., Cic.
      2. 2. captus auribus (disabled in the ears, whether by nature or otherwise): Cic. Phr.: to be d., carere sensu audiendi, Cic.: to become d., obsurdescere, Cic.
    2. II. Fig.: of those who refuse to hear: surdus: d. to prayers, in vota s., Ov.: deafer than the rising sea, surdior freto surgente, Ov.: to turn a d. ear to prayers, surda negligere aure preces, Prop.: to speak to d. ears, surdo narrare fabulam, Ter. Phr.: to turn a d. ear, and refuse to listen to advice, obsurdescere nec ea quae monemur audire, Cic.: I am d. (comicé), nihil audio, Ter. Andr. 5, 2, 22; mortuo verba fiunt, Ter. Phor. 5, 8, 26: to turn a d. ear to prayers, preces aversari, Liv. (see also supr.): fear makes men d., timor animi aures officit, Sall. to be a trifle d., aures hebetiores habere, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.