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

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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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• frail (adj.):
      1. 1. frăgĭlis, e: an immortal soul animates a f. body, f. corpus animus sempiternus movet, Cic. Rep. 6, 24: the glory of riches and beauty is fleeting and f., divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa et fr. est, Sall. Cat. 1.
      2. 2. cădūcus (apt to fall and fade away): a f. and weak body, corpus c. et infirmum, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98. Join: fragilis et caducus, Cic. Am. 27, 102.
      3. 3. infirmus, imbēcillus, etc.: v. feeble.
      4. 4. obnoxius (subject to something else; dependent): a free soul dwells in this f. tenement, in hoc ob. domicilio, animus liber habitat, Sen. Ep. 65, 22: Plin.
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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• FRAIL
1. fiscina (a basket made of rushes, Spanish broom, brambles, etc., for fruit, making cheese, etc., Cic. and Verg., etc.).
2. adj., fragilis: fluxus (inconstant; anything that can not be depended upon). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fluxus et fragilis: caducus (litterally, inclined or fated to fall; hence perishable in its nature). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fragilis caducusque: fugax (easily or quickly passing by): brevis (short): imbecillus (that is deficient in strength; a later form is imbecillis): infirmus (that has no stability and duration): caducus et infirmus (e.g., corpus): debilis (weak from disease): (multis) erroribus obnoxius: ad vitia proclivis or propensus (morally frail; ☞ Cic., Tusc., 37, fin.).