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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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• amusement:
    1. I. Agreeable occupation:
      1. 1. ănĭmus (only in dependence on causā or gratiā): do you suppose that the Romans are drilled every day by way of a.? Romanos animine causa quotidie exerceri putatis? Caes.: Cic.
      2. 2. dēlectātĭo: learning and literature which in prosperity seemed to afford a. only, now really (afford) safety too, doctrina et literae quae secundis rebus delectationem modo habere videbantur, nunc vero etiam salutem, Cic.
      3. 3. oblectātĭo: a. for the mind is sought for, and a respite from cares, o. quaeritur animi requiesque curarum, Cic.
    2. II. That which amuses:
      1. 1. dēlectāmentum: the a.s of boys, delectamenta puerorum, Cic.
      2. 2. oblectāmentum: the a.s of old age, oblectamenta senectutis, Cic.: the a.s of agriculture, o. rerum rusticarum, Cic.
      3. 3. oblectāmen: Ov.: Stat.--Note. Delectatio and delectamentum refer to things as in themselves sources of delight; oblectatio and oblectamentum rather to things which serve as diversion after toil: v. also pleasure.