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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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• amuse:
    1. I. To entertain the mind agreeably:
      1. 1. dēlecto, 1: send for Pamphilus to a. us, Pamphilum accerse, ut delectet nos, Ter.: to a. other people's leisure, aliorum otium d., Plin.
      2. 2. oblecto, 1 (esp. of diversion after labour, drudgery: to a. with fictions the minds of readers, fictis o. legentum animos, Tac.: to a. oneself with agriculture, se agri cultione o., Cic.: we are a.d with games, ludis oblectamur, Cic.: a. yourself with Cicero, oblecta te cum Cicerone, Cic.: v. also to amuse oneself.
    2. II. To delude, q. v.: dēlūdo.