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

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
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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• useful:
      1. 1. ūtĭlis, e (gen. term): a man u. for nothing, homo ad nullam rem u., Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29: he mixed the u. with the pleasant, miscuit utile dulci, Hor. A. P. 343.
      2. 2. sălūtāris, sălūbris: v. wholesome, beneficial. Join: utilis et s., Cic. N. D. 1, 15.
      3. 3. effĭcax: Hor.: Plin.: v. efficacious.
      4. 4. commodus, aptus, accommŏdātus, ĭdōneus: v. fit, serviceable, convenient, suitable. Phr.: to be u., usui esse: to be u. to the state, usui esse civitati, Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33: to be very u., magno usui esse, id. Att. 1, 1: no one is more u. to you, magis ex usu tuo nemo est, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 47: proficere, Cic.: Liv.: v. [TO BE OF] USE: I will make you see how u. I can be, utilitatem ego faciam ut cognoscas meam, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 17: to keep what is u. in war and honourable in peace, utilitatem belli et pacis dignitatem retinere, Cic. Manil. 6, 14. Very u. works, perutilia opera, Cic. Att. 9, 17, fin.
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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• USEFUL
utilis (useful; ☞ conducibilis does not belong to good prose): salubris (as masculine, Cic., Cels.; saluber, Varr. and Ov.): salutaris (salutary; the latter also with ad aliquid): efficax (efficacious): commodus: accommodatus: aptus (convenient, fit). To be useful, utilem, etc. esse; usui, utilitati esse; ex usu esse; prodesse; conducere; for any purpose, valere or vim habere ad aliquid (to have influence upon anything): prodesse or adjuvare ad aliquid (to be of use toward effecting an object; the latter also, with ut).