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

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Contents (2 entries · 5 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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• useless:
      1. 1. ĭnūtĭlis, e: Caes.: Cic.: Hor.
      2. 2. cassus (empty): u. toils, c. labores, Plin. Ep. 8, 23: u. prayers, c. vota, Virg. Aen. 12, 780.
      3. 3. ĭnānis, vānus: v. vain, empty.
      4. 4. irrĭtus (ineffectual): a u. undertaking, i. inceptum, Liv. 29, 35.
      5. 5. incommŏdus, ĭnhăbĭlis: v. unfit. To be u.: nihil valere, nihil proficere, usum nullum habere: v. to use. A u. fellow, homo ad nullam rem utilis, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29. U. may be expr. by circuml. with adv. frustra, incassum. To make u.: frustrari: Col.: v. frustrate.
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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• USELESS
inutilis (not useful): cassus (empty, hollow; then profitless, causeless; e.g., labores, vota, formido): inanis (empty, without substance; hence unreal, profitless; e.g., cogitatio: contentiones): vanus (empty, without any useful result; e.g., ictus, inceptum): irritus (done in vain; e.g., inceptum, preces, labor). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vanus et irritus: irritus et vanus. Useless talk [Vid: FRIVOLOUS]. Useless things, inutilia: cassa, inania, etc.: nugae (trifles). To take useless trouble, operam perdere; operam frustra insumere, consumere, conterere; frustra laborem suscipere: to be just taking so much useless trouble, oleum et operam perdere (Cic., proverbially): saxum sarrire (Proverbially, to hoe a rock, Martialis): imbrem in cribrum ingerere (to catch the rain in a sieve, proverbially, Plaut., Pseud., 1, 1, 100): laterem lavare (to wash a tile, proverbially, Ter., Phorm., 1, 4, 9). Useless for anything, inutilis alicui rei or ad aliquid: useless to anybody, inutilis ad alicujus usum: a totally useless person, homo ad nullam rem or ad nullam partem utilis: to be useless, inutilem esse; nulli usui esse.