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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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• inability: imbēcillĭtas: v. weakness. (Usu. better expr. by possum: not from unwillingness but i., non quod nolis sed quod non possis: v. to be able.)
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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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• INABILITY
  • by circumlocution with facere aliquid non posse, etc.: or non potentem esse alicujus rei or ad aliquid faciendum. [Vid: INCAPABLE.] ☞ Impotentia can only be used either with a genitive, irae, animi, etc., in the sense of “inability to restrain one’s wrath, govern one’s temper,” etc., or absolutely, in the sense of “weakness,” hinc intelligitur... tacita impotentiae exprobratio, Quint., 6, 2, 16. Sometimes imbecillitas, infirmitas (weakness) may serve.
  • Inability to pay, by circumlocution with solvendo non esse; solvere non posse, non idoneum esse. Vid: SOLVENT.