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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• trifling (adj.):
      1. 1. lĕvis (inconsiderable, unimportant): for a t. reason, l. de causa, Caes. B. G. 7, 4: money was always a very t. consideration in his eyes, cui pecunia semper fuit levissima, Cic. R. Com. 5, 15. Very t., perlevis: Cic.
      2. 2. parvus, exĭguus, mĭnūtus: the most t. causes, minima momenta, Cic. Ph. 5, 10, init.: t. things have great influence, parvae res magnum in utramque partem momentum habent, Caes. B. C. 3, 70: some very t. legacies, exiguissima legata, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 7: t. articles, i. e. of t. value, res minutae, Cic. Clu. 64, 180: v. small.
      3. 3. parvi s. levis momenti: parvo s. levi momento: v. importance (I.).
      4. 4. expr. so t. by tantŭlus: such t. business, tantularum rerum occupationes, Caes. B. G. 4, 22: so t. a delay, tantulum morae, Cic. Verr. 2, 38, 93. See also insignificant (throughout).
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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• TRIFLING
1. s. ineptiae: *minutiarum studium (after minutiarum studiosus). Away with this trifling! tolle has ineptias.
2. adj., levis: exiguus: parvus: parvus dictu (e.g., res; opposed to magni momenti res) [SYN. in INCONSIDERABLE]: minutus (insignificant): abjectus (common, low): mediocris (not great). Accuracy or care in trifling matters, minutiae subtilitas or diligentia: trifling investigations, quaestiones minutae. A trifling present, leve munus; munus levidense (once, Cic., Fam., 9, 12, quite at the end): for a more trifling cause, leviore de causa (Caes.): such trifling matters, tantulae res: such trifling occupations or engagements, tantularum rerum occupationes (the business, trouble, etc., such trifling matters cause): no trifling sum, nummi non mediocris summae: to propose trifling questions, res minutas quaerere; minutas interrogationes proponere: to be fond of trifling pursuits, minutiarum esse studiosum: to consider anything as a trifling matter, aliquid parvi facere, or (Tac.) in levi habere.