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

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Contents (2 entries · 6 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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• worthless:
      1. 1. ĭnūtĭlis, e (useless): a helpless and w. man, homo iners atque inutilis, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 31.
      2. 2. vīlis, e (paltry): nothing is so w. or common, nihil est tam vile neque tam vulgare, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71.
      3. 3. lĕvis, e (of no weight or worth): w. and venal judges, leves ac numarii judices, Cic. Clu. 28, 75.
      4. 4. ĭnānis, e (containing nothing of value, unmeaning): to be pleased with w. things, as glory, delectari inanibus rebus, ut gloria, Cic. Am. 14, 49: our w. contentions, inanes nostrae contentiones, id. de Or. 3, 2, 7.
      5. 5. mĭser (contemptuously): abandoned and w. man, homo perditus miserque, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 28.
      6. 6. nēquam, indecl. (mostly of moral worthlessness): w. and wicked freedmen, liberti nequam et improbi, Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 130: fish is w. unless fresh, piscis nequam est nisi recens, Pl. Asin. 1, 3, 26: v. bad.
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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• WORTHLESS
  • Physically, vilis, parvi pretii (without great value or price): tenuis (slight, poor): levis (without intrinsic value); facete also levidensis: nullius pretii (of metals, etc., without value): rerum inops (of writings; Vid: Hor., A.P., 322): inanis (void; e.g., speech, letter): miser (miserable, pitiable): malus (bad): corruptus (spoiled).
  • In a moral point of view, malus (inclined to evil: opposed to bonus): pravus (spoiled). (The words are found in this connection and order.) malus pravusque: improbus (not acting in a proper manner): nequam; nihili (worth or good for nothing; opposed to frugi, especially of slaves): inutilis (not fit for anything). A worthless person (rascal, squanderer, etc.), nebulo; also, homo nulla re bona dignus: to be worthless, nihili esse (Vid: Cic., Qu. Fr., 1, 2, 4); nullius pretii esse. Vid: also, CORRUPT.