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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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• enfeeble:
      1. 1. expr. by compar. of adj. and facio, reddo: that (old age) e.s the body, quod corpus faciat infirmius, Cic. Sen. 5, 15: v. feeble.
      2. 2. dēbĭlĭto, 1: terror e.s the limbs, terror membra d., Hirt.: but the word is stronger than the Eng., meaning to reduce to a state of powerlessness: cf. Cic. Marc. 3, 8: "nulla est tanta vis quae non ferro ac viribus debilitari frangique possit:" (fortune) if she has not extinguished (my powers) has yet greatly e.d them, ut non extinxerit, debilitavit tamen, Quint. proem. lib. 6, 15.
      3. 3. infirmo, 1: v. to weaken.
      4. 4. ēnervo, 1: old age has not altogether e.d or prostrated me, non plane me enervavit nec afflixit senectus, Cic. Sen. 10, 32.
      5. 5. lăbĕfacto, 1: v. to shake, undermine. Phr.: to become e.d with age, consenescere atque deficere, Cic. Sen. 9, 29: I am afraid the orator must be e.d by old age, orator, metuo, ne languescat senectute, Cic. Sen. 9, 28.