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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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• form (v.):
    1. I. To construct, shape:
      1. 1. formo, 1: to f., shape, colour, animate, bodies (of the atoms), corpora f., figurare, colorare, animare, Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 110. Fig.: to f. the life and manners of youth, vitam et mores juventutis f., Plin. Pan.: to f. any one's character, aliquem f. et instituere, Sen. Ep. 112, 1: v. to shape, mould.
      2. 2. conformo, 1 (strengthened from preced.): nature produced and f.'d us for some greater purposes, ad majora quaedam natura nos genuit et c., Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23. Fig.: to f. one's soul and mind by reflecting on distinguished men, animum et mentem cogitatione hominum excellentium c., Cic. Arch. 6, extr.
      3. 3. fĭgūro, 1: to f. the world of a (certain) shape, mundum forma (quadam) f., Cic.: v. to shape.
      4. 4. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (as one moulding clay): nature herself has f.'d you a great and high-principled man, finxit te ipsa natura magnum hominem et excelsum, Cic. Mur. 39, 60: v. to mould, fashion.
      5. 5. confingo, 3 (strengthened from preced.): to f. honey-combs and wax, c. favos et ceras, Plin. 11, 5, 4: to f. (build) nests, nidos c., Plin.: to f. a word, verbum c., Varr.
      6. 6. effingo, 3: v. to fashion.
    2. II. To make, produce:
      1. 1. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: the Mosa f.s the island of the Batavi, Mosa insulam ef. Batavorum, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: an island f.s a harbour by the projection of its sides, insula portum ef. objectu laterum, Virg. Aen. 1, 160.
      2. 2. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: to f. cohorts, cohortes f., Caes. B. C. 3, 87: to f. an army, exercitum f., Vell.
      3. 3. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to construct by a plan): by his advice the triple harbour of Piraeus was f.'d, hujus consilio triplex Piraeei portus constitutus est, Nep.: v. to construct, establish.
    3. III. To arrange troops: instruo, ordĭno: v. to draw up. As verb refl.: to deploy in order for battle: explĭco, āvi and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (usu. with refl. pron. or in pass.): the cavalry began to f. in squadrons, equites se turmatim ex. coeperunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: before the legions could f. and take up their position, priusquam legiones explicari et consistere possent, Caes. B. C. 2, 26: the Etruscans hardly had time to f. in line, vix explicandi ordinis spatium Etruscis fuit, Liv. 2, 46: v. to unfold, deploy.
    4. IV. To constitute (milit. t. t.): Phr.: the Numidians f.'d the left wing, sinistrum cornu Numidae tenuerunt, Liv. 30, 33, med.: so that both wings might be f.'d of Africans, ita ut Afrorum utraque cornua essent, Liv. 22, 46: v. to consist of.
    5. V. In fig. sense, to enter upon, conceive:
      1. 1. ĭneo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4, irr.: to f. a plan, consilium in., Caes.: Sall.: Cic.: to f. an alliance with any one, societatem cum aliquo in., Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, med.: to f. an estimate, aestimationem in., Sen. Ben. 3, 8, fin.
      2. 2. căpio, 3 (esp. with consilium): v. plan. Phr.: to f. (ambitious) designs upon a foreign kingdom, peregrinum regnum moliri, Liv. 1, 47, init.: comp. Cic. Rep. 2, 35, de occupando regno moliens: simly, regnum affectare, Liv. 1, 46, init.: to f. a friendship with any one, se ad amicitiam alicujus conferre; amicitiam et consuetudinem (intimacy) cum aliquo conjungere, Cic. (v. friendship).