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

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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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• fondle:
      1. 1. mulceo, si, sum (rarely -tum), 2: the creature you fear as a bull, you used to f. when a calf, quem metuis taurum, vitulum m. solebas, Ov. A. A. 2, 341: v. to stroke.
      2. 2. permulceo, 2 (intens. of preced.): thrice she f.d him with her hand, ter manu permulsit eum, Ov. Fast. 3, 551.
      3. 3. palpo and palpor, 1: he allows his bosom to be f.d by the maiden's hand, pectora praebet virginea palpanda manu, Ov. Met. 2, 867: to stroke or f. a horse, equum permulcere, vel palpari, Ulp. Dig. 9, 1, 1, § 7.
      4. 4. fŏveo, fōvi, fōtum, 2 (to cherish, keep warm or comfortable): Dido f.s the boy in her lap, gremio f. puerum Dido, Virg. Aen. 1, 718: she f.s him with snow-white arms in soft embrace, niveis lacertis amplexu molli f., Virg. Aen. 8, 387.