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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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• ass:
    1. I. Lit.: the animal: ăsĭnus: Cic.: a young ass, an ass's colt, or simply (poet.), an ass, ăsellus: Cic.: Virg.: Hor.: Ov.: a she ass, ăsĭna: Varr.: Plin.: a small or young she ass, ăsella, Ov.: a wild ass, ŏnăger or ŏnăgrus, Virg.: Plin.: an ass-driver, ăsĭnārĭus, Cato: asses' milk, lac ăsĭnōrum, Plin.
    2. II. Fig.: a stupid person:
      1. 1. ăsĭnus: Ter.: Pl.
      2. 2. vervex, ēcis, m. (prop. a sheep): Pl.: Juv.: v. fool, simpleton, blockhead.
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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  • asinus. Little ass, asellus. Young ass, colt of an ass, pullus asininus. The ass brays, asinus rudit. A wild ass, onager.
  • As a word of contempt (= fool, dolt) the Romans used asinus only of a simple, sillyperson, [In me quidvis harum rerum convenit Quae sunt dictae in stultum, caudex stipes, asinus, plumbeus, Ter.]: stipes: truncus: aeque hebes ac pecus, (Cic.). Ass’s skin, pellis asinina: milk, lac asininum.