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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• credible:
      1. 1. crēdĭbĭlis, e (not of persons): "credibile est, quod sine ullo teste, auditoris opinione firmatur," Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: scarcely c., vix c., Hor.
      2. 2. prŏbābĭlis, e (stronger than 1: commending itself to the judgment): v. probable.
      3. 3. Very often expr. by fides: as, to make a thing appear c., fidem facere alicui rei, Liv.: a fide non abhorrens (not incredible: q. v.): Liv.
      4. 4. lŏcuples (of witnesses, authorities): a most c. witness or author, testis, auctor locupletissimus, Cic. Phr.: so stated by c. authors, a bonis auctoribus sic scriptum, Cic.: c. and well-informed witnesses, satis idonei testes et conscii, Cic. (N.B. Georges and others give testis fide dignus, but without stating authority.)
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• CREDIBLE
credibilis: facilis ad credendum (that is easily believed): probabilis (that deserves belief): verisimilis (probable, likely): a fide non abhorrens (Liv.): fidem non excedens (Curt.): credible (of witnesses, evidence, etc.), fide dignus: fidus: certus: bonus: locuples: luculentus: it is scarcely credible, vix credibile dictu (Curt.): to render anything credible, probabile facere aliquid: aliquid probare (to cause it to be believed); aliquid confirmare (if by proofs or fads); fidem facere or addere alicui rei (to gain credit or acceptance for it): it seems hardly credible to me that, etc., illuc vix adduci possum, ut, etc.: it seems more credible to me, magis adducor, ut credam: not to be credible, a fide abhorrere; fidem excedere.