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

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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. extremus quasi margo vestis (after Plin., Ep. 5, 6, 9. ☞ Not limbus, which is an edge sown on, border; instita appears also to have been sown on; e.g., subsuta instita, Hor.).
2.
  • v. To form a hem or border, perhaps circumsuere.
  • To edge, Vid:
  • To hem in, circumsedere (to blockade): circumvenire, with or without exercitu (to surround): cingere (mostly poetical and post-Augustan prose): cingere (hostem) stationibus in modum obsidii (Tac.): locorum angustiis claudere (in difficult country, narrow passes, etc., Nep.).
3. interj., hem! (as expressing astonishment, in a good or bad sense; joy, sorrow, dislike, etc.) - ehem! (expresses only joyful surprise): hui