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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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• effectual:
      1. 1. effĭcax, ācis (that obtains its purpose): e. prayers, e. preces, Liv.: a plant which is very e. as an antidote against poisons, herba efficacissima contra venena, Plin.
      2. 2. vălens, ntis (having force): e. as a remedy against cancer, v. adversus cancerem, Cels.: an e. remedy, v. remedium, Cels. When the adj. follows to be, the verb valeo may be used: why are the poisons less e.? cur minus valent venena? Hor.: Cic.: v. influential.
      3. 3. vălĭdus (= valens): an e. medicine, v. medicamen, Ov.: Tac.
      4. 4. praesens, ntis (exercising immediate influence): an e. remedy, pr. remedium. Col.: Plin.
      5. 5. pŏtens, ntis: v. powerful. Phr.: it is an e. remedy for wounds, vulneribus optime medetur (facit), Plin.: to adopt more e. measures for one's security, acrioribus saluti suae remediis subvenire, Cic.: to take e. precautions for oneself, satis sibi cavere (praecavere), Cic.
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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• EFFECTUAL
efficax: valens: fortis: praesens [SYN. in EFFECTIVE]. An effectual remedy, valens medicamentum (Cels.); praesens medicina, remedium (Col.); effectual consolation, valens solatium (Sen.); effectual against anything, valens adversus aliquid: to be effectual, vim habere (☞ not vim exserere); efficacem esse: to be very effectual, vim magnam habere: the medicine is effectual, concipitur venis medicamentum; is not effectual, medicina imbecillior est, quam morbus: to adopt more effectual measures, fortioribus reinediis agere: he thought that the most effectual measures should be taken to prevent this, ne id accideret, magnopere praecavendum sibi existimabat.