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

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Contents (3 entries · 11 senses)
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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• fool (subs.):
    1. I. A foolish person:
      1. 1. stultus (gen. term): I believe that I am a f., I don't think I am an idiot, egomet me s. esse existimo, fatuum esse non opinor, Poet. in Isid. Or. 10, s. v.: Cic.: v. foolish.
      2. 2. fătuus (a strong word): v. idiot.
      3. 3. homo ĭneptus, dēmens: v. foolish. Phr.: to play the f. (act foolishly), nugas agere, Pl. Men. prol. 54: to play the f. in season, desipere in loco, Hor. Od. 4, 12, extr.: cease to play the f., desinas ineptire, Cat. 8, 1: to make a (pretty) f. of any one, aliquem lepide ludificari, Pl. Mil. 3, 3, 53; ludibrio habere, Pl. Cas. 3, 5, 26: Ter.; (pulchre, lepide) os alicui sublinere, Pl. Merc. 2, 4, 17: you are no f., haud stulte sapis, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 82.
    2. II. A professional jester: sannio: Cic.: v. jester.
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• fool (v.):
    1. I. To trifle with; make a fool of any one:
      1. 1. lūdo, si, sum, 3: I have f.'d him nicely, eum lusi jocose satis, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12: begone, you are f.ing me, abi! ludis me, Pl.: Ter.
      2. 2. lūdĭfĭco, lūdĭfĭcor, 1: v. fool (I., fin.).
      3. 3. lacto, 1 (to lead a person on; to cajole): had you not f.'d me on in my passion, nisi me lactasses amantem, Ter. And. 4, 1, 23: Pl.
      4. 4. frustror, 1: Pl. Am. 2, 2, 210: v. to disappoint.
    2. II. To fool away: i. e., to waste foolishly: illūdo, si, sum, 3 (with dat. or acc.): while seeking to humour you, I have almost f.'d away my daughter's life, dum studeo obsequi tibi, pene illusi vitam filiae, Ter. And. 5, 1, 3: as though in the utmost abundance to f. away money, tanquam in summa abundantia, pecuniae il., Tac. Hist. 2, 94: comp. ib., solâ perdendi curâ: and Sall. Cat. 20, tamen summâ lubidine divitias vincere nequeunt, with all their f.ing of it away, they cannot get through their wealth: v. to squander.
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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• FOOL
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  • s. A silly fellow or person, homo stultus: homo fatuus: homo insipiens: homo demens. [Vid: FOOLISH for SYN. of adjectives.] A great fool, homo stultissimus; homo stultior stultissimo (Plaut., Amph., 3, 2, 25); stultus bis terque (after Cic., Quint., Fr., 3, 8, extr.): a little fool, stultulus; homuncio (as term of contempt); capitulum (in a joking manner; e.g., a droll or amusing little fool; lepidum capitulum, in Ter. Eun., 3, 3, 25): to pretend to be a fool, stultitiam simulare: to play the fool, simulatorem stultitiae induere: to make a fool of anybody, aliquem stultum reddere; aliquem infatuare [if = deceive, take in, Vid:] : to act like a fool, stulte, stolide, dementer facere: to be fool enough to believe anything, stolide or dementer credere: to spend one’s time, money, etc., like a fool [Vid: “to FOOL away”]. I consider him a great fool indeed, who, etc., bis stulte facere duco, qui, etc.: unless they are absolute fools, nisi plane fatui sunt (Cic.): he made his pupils greater fools by half than they were when he received them, discipulos dimidio reddidit stultiores, quam acceperat: he is not such a fool as you would take him to be, praeter speciem sapit or callidus est (after Plaut., Most., 4, 2, 49,” praeter speciem stultus es”). (I see) you are no fool, haud stulte sapis. PROV. Every one has a fool in his sleeve [Vid: “has his HOBBY”]. O you good, easy fool! O tuam mansuetudinem!that man is an absolute fool, hoc homine nihil potest esse dementius. Leave off playing the fool in that way, quin tu mitte istas nugas or ineptias.
  • A person not in his right senses, mente captus: vesanus: delirus. [SYN. in MAD.]
  • Professional jester, coprea (at court): sannio (that amuses by gestures in general): scurra (a person who amused the company by his wit at the table of the rich Romans): maccus (in the Atellanic plays of the Romans, after Diom., 488, Putsch.). To play the fool *copreae personam tueri or sustinere; *copreae partes agere.
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  • v. TRANS., ludere: ludibrio habere: ludificari (to make or render an object of derision): illudere (to make game of). To fool anybody with vain hopes, aliquem spe lactare et producere [ = deceive, cheat, Vid:] .
  • To fool away: to fool away one’s time, tempus perdere lasciviendo (after Ov., Met., 11, 286); tempore abuti: to fool away one’s money, effundere: profundere (to spend without use; e.g., pecuniam, patrimonium); dissipare (to dissipate; e.g., patrimonium, possessiones); lacerare (to ruin; e.g., rem suam, bona patria): to fool anybody out of his money, aliquem circumducere or circumvertere argento: aliquem emungere argento: perfabricare aliquem (all comedy only).
3. v. INTRANS., jocari: ludere: ludos facere: nugari: nugas agere (to commit absurdities): jocularia fundere: ridicula jactitare (the last two, Liv., 7, 7): to fool with anybody, cum aliquo ludere, jocari, joca agere.