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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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• weakness:
      1. 1. infirmĭtas: w. of body, i. corporis, Cic. Brut. 91, 313: w. of mental power, i. animi, id. Rosc. Am. 4, 10.
      2. 2. dēbĭlĭtas: w. of limbs, membrorum d., Liv. 33, 2: w. of mind, animi d., Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49.
      3. 3. imbēcillĭtas: disease and w. of body, morbus et i. corporis, id. Att. 11, 6, 4: on account of w. and helplessness we require friendship, propter imbecillitatem atque inopiam desiderata est amicitia, id. Am. 8, 26: w. of judgment, i. consilii, id. Fin. 1, 32, 117.
      4. 4. languor (w. visibly evidenced by languor): the mind owing to the body's w. cannot use limbs or senses, animus languore corporis nec membris uti nec sensibus potest, id. Div. 2, 62, 128.
      5. 5. lĕvĭtas (of arguments, etc.): the w. of which opinion wants no words (to refute it) from me, cujus opinionis levitas non desiderat orationem meam, id. N. D. 2, 17, 45.
      6. 6. tĕnuĭtas: the w. of the treasury, t. aerarii, id. Off. 2, 21, 74.
      7. 7. exīlĭtas: the w. of a woman's voice, t. femineae vocis, Quint. 1, 11, 1.
      8. 8. mollĭtĭes, ei; or, -ia, ae, f. (softness, irresolution): you know our Nicias' feebleness and w., nosti Niciae nostri imbecillitatem, mollitiam, Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2: it is w. of mind not to be able to endure want for a time, animi est mollitia inopiam paulisper ferre non posse, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: of such w. (tenderness) and gentleness am I, qua mollitia sum ac lenitate, Cic. Sull. 6, 18.
      9. 9. vitium, culpa, error: v. fault, failing. Phr.: w. of a kingdom, state: *regni, reipublicae opes attritae, fractae, senescentes: w. of the eyes, *oculi hebetiores: and often w. of a thing, would be expr. in Latin by the adj.
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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• WEAKNESS
  • Want of physical strength, infirmitas: imbecillitas: debilitas (absence of strength): virium defectio (failure of strength): tenuitas: levitas (slightness, want of proper consistency). Weakness of the stomach, ventriculi imbecillitas: resolutio stomachi (Cels.); cruditas (Cic.): bodily weakness, imbecillitas: infirmitas corporis, valetudinis: infirma valetudo (Cic.); infirmitas virium (Caes.); imbecillitas virium: vires infirmae, aftectae (Cic.): on account of bodily defects, debilitas corporis (Cic.): weakness of voice, vocis infirmitas (Plin., Ep.); exilitas (Quint.): weakness of sight, infirmitas oculorum (Plin., Ep.); resolutio oculorum (Cels.); acies hebes oculorum (Cic.); oculi hebetiores (Quint.): weakness of the nerves, resolutio nervorum (Cels.): weakness of the pulse, exigui imbecillique venarum pulsus (Cels.): weakness of a kingdom, regni imbecillitas, infirmitas: regni opes attritae, affectae, senescentes: regnum imbecillum (Sall.).
  • Want of strength of mind, animi imbecillitas (Caes.); animus imbecillus (Cic.), infirmus, tenuis, fractus (Caes.); animi vigor obtusus (Liv.); ingenii imbecillitas.
  • Want of resolution or courage, infirmitas.
  • Fault, failing, error: vitium: to be guilty of a weakness, errare: labi: peccare: human weakness, infirmitas, imbecillitas humana.
  • High-wrought sensibility, excessive tenderness, animus mollis: animi mollities.