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

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Contents (2 entries · 7 senses)
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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• serviceable:
    1. I. That does service, beneficial, advantageous:
      1. 1. ūtĭlis: (of both persons and things): an advantageous and s. law, lex accommodata ac u., Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: that they could be s. friends to them, posse iis utiles esse amicos, Caes. B. G. 4, 7, fin.
      2. 2. opportūnus (rare in this sense): all other things are s. each for a separate purpose, ceterae res opportunae sunt singulae rebus singulis, Cic. Am. 6, 22.
      3. 3. aptus: with ad or dat. (of persons always with dat.): the bones have joints s. for stability, ossa habent commissuras ad stabilitatem aptas, id. N. D. 2, 55, 139: a s. place for an ambush, locus ad insidias a., id. Mil. 20, 53: that that which is true, simple, and sincere, is s. to the nature of man, quod verum, simplex sincerumque sit, id esse hominis naturae aptum, id. Off. 1, 4, 13. Or translate by verb: inservio, 4: with dat.: to render oneself s. to any one, alicui inservire, id. Off. 1, 15, 49.
    2. II. Capable of, or fit for, military duty:
      1. 1. aptus a s. army, i. e. in fighting trim, exercitus a., Liv. 10, 25, init.
      2. 2. ūtĭlis navigando (of ships): v. seaworthy. So by anal., utilis pugnando, bello, etc.
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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• SERVICEABLE
utilis (useful; ☞ not conducibilis in good prose): saluber, salutaris (wholesome): efficax (efficacious): commodus, accommodatus, aptus (fit): to be serviceable to, adjuvare aliquem, adjutorem (feminine, adjutricem) esse alicui, adjumento esse alicui (general term, to help, support); auxiliari alicui, auxilio esse alicui (to aid or help one in need); sublevare aliquem or aliquid (PROP., to raise one up); consulere alicui (to consult the good of anybody). To be serviceable to a person in any matter, adjuvare aliquem or adjutorem (adjutricem) esse alicui in aliqua re or ad aliquid (general term, to assist): commodare alicui operam suam ad aliquid (to lend one’s help to anything): in re alicui non deesse (not to withdraw one’s aid): sublevare aliquid aliqua re (to lighten or render easy; e.g., fugam alicujus pecunia). He has been serviceable to me for that purpose, ejus opera consecutus sum, quod optabam