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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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• affectation:
      1. 1. sĭmulātĭo: the a. of friendship, s. amicitiae, Cic,: the a. of the ancients about the concealment of eloquence, veterum circa occultandam eloquentiam s., Cic.: v. pretence.
      2. 2. affectātĭo: frigid and peurile a., frigida et puerilis af., Quint.: palpable a., manifesta af., Quint.: he rendered his style obscure by a. and pedantry, affectatione et morositate nimia obscurabat stilum, Suet.
      3. 3. mŏlestĭa (rare, and only where the context explains it): careful elegance without a. (tiresome pedantry), diligens elegantia sine molestia, Cic.
      4. 4. mōrōsĭtas: Suet. l. c. (2).
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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• AFFECTATION
affectatio (the endeavor to say or write something surprising. Vid: Bremi ad Suet., Tib., 7): *inepta imitatio (insipid, unnatural imitation): ineptiae (affected graces in one’s carriage, manners, etc.): *putida elegantia (in writing): simulatio (hypocritical imitation of anything).