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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.
fret (v.) Copy link
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• fret (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To wear away: ērōdo, attĕro: v. TO WEAR AWAY, corrode.
    2. II. To distress:
      1. 1. sollĭcĭto, 1: there are a great many things which f. and worry me, multa sunt quae me s. anguntque, Cic. Att. 1, 18, ad init.: what is it that is f.ing you, quae res te s.? Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 10.
      2. 2. mācĕro, 1 (a strong expr., to f. and waste away): why do I torment myself? why do I f. myself, cur me excrucio? cur me m.? Ter. And. 5, 3, 15: Pl.
      3. 3. ango, anxi, 3; v. to vex.
  2. B. Intrans.: to distress oneself:
      1. 1. ango, 3 (in pass., or with pron. refl.): to f. over one's troubles, suis incommodis (graviter) angi, Cic. Am. 3, 10: sometimes with animo or animi: it is absurd of you to f. (about it), absurde facis qui te angas animi, Pl. Ep. 3, 1, 6: Cic. Fam. 16, 14 (animi angi).
      2. 2. mācĕro, 1 (with pron. refl., or in pass.: v. supr. II., 2): I have f.'d enough with anxiety and tears, sat me cura lacrimisque maceravi, Pl. Capt. 5, 1, 8: v. to pine.
      3. 3. dŏleo, 2; v. to grieve.