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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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• wag (subs.):
      1. 1. jŏcŭlātor: Cic. Att. 4, 16, ad init.
      2. 2. dērīsor (one given to mock and banter): what a w. you always will be, ut tu semper eris derisor, Hor. S. 2, 6, 54.
      3. 3. hŏmo festīvus (a merry person): a wealthy old man and merry w., locuples et festivus senex, Cic. Att. 4, 16, ad init.
      4. 4. rīdĭcŭlus: our young men now make penniless w.s keep their distance, juventus jam r. inopes ab se segregat, Pl. Capt. 3, 1, 10: they don't value w.s at three unciae, neque r. terunci faciunt, ib. 17. Also, homo ridiculus: if any man wants a w., si r. hominem quaerat quispiam, Pl. Stich. 1, 3, 17.
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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1. s. homo jocosus (Varr., Hor. Ep.); homo multi joci, ad jocandum aptus (Cic.).
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  • v. Transitively, quatere (Liv.); quassare (Plaut.); concutere (Ov.); agitare (Cic., to move, to wag): movere (to move). To wag the tail, caudam movere (Sall.), jactare (Persius).
  • Intransitively, agitari, moveri.