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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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• wanting:
    1. I. Defective: vĭtiōsus, părum ĭdōneus: v. defective, faulty: w. in prudence, power, etc.: imprudens, impotens, etc.
    2. II. To be w.:
      1. 1. dēsum: of persons. that he might not be w. to the occasion, ne tempori deesset, Liv. 21, 27, ad fin.: of things: money was w., argentum deerat, Ter. 2, 1, 69: one to whom nothing is w., is cui nihil desit, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28.
      2. 2. absum: I was w. to (failed) Autronius, abfui Autronio, Cic. Planc. 5, 14: history is yet w. to our literature, abest historia litteris nostris, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5.
      3. 3. dēfĭcio, ēci, ctum, 3 (to fail): to be w. in the fight, pugnando deficere, Caes. B. C. 2, 6: to whom strength is w., quem vires deficiunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 50.
      4. 4. dēfio, ĕri: milk is not w. to me, lac mihi non defit, Virg. E. 2, 22. Phr.: to be found w., *improbari, probationi parum satisfacere, in trutina levior evadere: he is weighed in the balance and found w., appensus est in statera et inventus est deficiens, Vulg. Dan. v. 27. Wanting may also be expr. by the foll.: (1) ŏpus est: personally: we w. a leader, dux nobis opus est, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4: impers.: we w. your authority, o. e. nobis auctoritate tua, id. Fam. 9, 25, fin.: with part.: haste is w.'d, maturato o. e., Liv. 8, 13, ad fin.: with gen.: money was w.'d, argenti o. fuit, id. 23, 21. (2) ūsus est: my son w.s twenty minae, usus est filio viginti minis, Pl. Asin. 1, 1, 76. (3) nĕcesse est (of urgent w.): a thing which you by no means w.'d, quod tibi minime necesse fuit, Cic. Sull. 7, 22: v. necessary.
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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• WANTING
(to be), deesse (of that which ought to be present = to be missing): abesse (to be absent, not to be present, sometimes without being missed; Vid: Cic., Brut., 80, 276, hoc unum illi, si nihil utilitatis habebat, abfuit; si opus erat, defuit): deficere (to fail, cease): desiderari (to be painfully missed). Something is wanting to me, careo aliqua re (I have it not): egeo aliqua re (I should like to have it): deficit mihi aliquid (anything fails me); or deficit me aliquid (anything leaves me, goes from me): aliquid non suppedit (is not sufficiently at hand): not to suffer anything to be wanting, nihil deesse pati (to suffer nothing to be missing): nihil omittere; nihil reliqui or reliquum facere (to omit nothing): sumtibus non parcere (to spare no expense): not to let care be wanting, nihil de diligentia relinquere: to be wanting to one’s self, (sibi) deesse; non adesse: I will not be wanting, non deero (I will not withhold my assistance): in me non erit mora (I will make no delay): there are not wanting those who say, etc., sunt, qui dicant; non desunt, qui dicant: that was still wanting to my misfortune, id mihi restabat mali (Ter., Ad., 3, 3, 3): there is much wanting, multum abest: there is little wanting that, etc., paullum (☞ not parum, which = too little), haud multum, non longe abest, quin, etc.; prope est, prope factum est, ut, etc. I have not been wanting to you in gratitude, tibi nullum a me pietatis officium defuit: to be wanting in exertion, non urgere studia sua: not to be wanting in proper attention or due care, nihil de diligentia relinquere.