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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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    1. I. Lit.: of the body:
      1. 1. căput, ĭtis, n. (of men or animals; and by anal. of inanimate objects): a small, graceful h., argutum c., Virg. G. 3, 80: his h. was bald in front, fuit capite praecalvo, Suet. Gal. 21: to pitch a man h. foremost on the ground, aliquem capite pronum in terram statuere, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18 h.s or tails (in tossing), capita aut navia (al. navim) (the reverse being a ship), Macr 1, 7, med.: to tumble h. over heels, ire praecipitem per caputque pedesque, Cat. 17, 9. The h. of an onion, caepae c., cf. Ov. Fast. 3, 339 poppy h.s, papaverum summa c., Liv. 1, 54, med. Dimin. căpĭtŭlum, a little h. (rare in lit. sense): Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 14.
      2. 2. vertex, ĭcis, m. (top of the h.): to draw the hair forward from the crown of the h., capillum revocare a v., Suet. Caes. 45: from the sole of his foot (lit. tips of his nails) to the crown of his h., ab imis unguibus usque ad v. summum, Cic. R. Com. 7, 20.
      3. 3. occĭpĭtium (back of the h.): to have eyes in the back of one's h. (fig.), oculos in oc. habere, Pl. Aul. 1, 1, 25: Varr.: Cels. Also occiput, ĭtis: Pers. 1, 62. Phr having a large h., capito, onis, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, init.: to lay h.s together, conferre consilia, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 65 (but also capita conferre, i. e. to engage in close conference, Liv. 2, 45, med.): to come into one's h., alicui in mentem venire, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 40: Ter.: pray, don't get that idea into your h.! obsecro, ne istuc in animum inducas tuum! Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 5: you are all wisdom from h. to foot, tu quantus quantus es nihil nisi sapientia es, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40 he is h. over ears in love, in amore est totus, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 50: I tremble and shudder from h. to foot, totus tremo horreoque, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 3 (cf. supr. 2): to be over h. and ears in debt, aere alieno obrutum esse, etc. (v. debt): the wine had got into their h.s, incaluerant vino, Liv. 1, 57, med.; vinum iis in cerebrum abierat (colloq.), cf. Petr. 41, extr.
    2. II. Fig.: the top of anything:
      1. 1. căput (cf. supr. 1): at either h. (of the bridge), ad capita, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 18, fin.: v. end (III., 3).
      2. 2. expr. by summus: v. top.
    3. III. The maturated part of a boil, etc.: căput: to come to a h., c. facere, Plin. 22, 25, 76: Cels. 8, 9, ad fin. Fig.: to come to a h., maturescere: v. to ripen.
    4. IV. The froth of beer, wine flos, flōris, m.: Col. 12, 20 To form a h., florere, Col. l. c.
    5. V. Topic of discourse:
      1. 1. căput: esp. used of the divisions of laws: from the first h. of the law to the last, a primo c. legis usque ad extremum, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15.
      2. 2. lŏcus, pl. lŏci (ground of discourse): cf. Cic. Or. 14, extr., locos quasi argumentorum notas tradidit: that was the second h. in the indictment against old-age, is erat l. alter in vitiis senectutis, Cic. Sen. 9, init.
    6. VI. The principal thing: căput: Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98 (caput coenae): the h. and front of my offending, quod [accusatori] criminum c. est, cf. Inv. 2, 7, 24: ea res in qua summa judicii causaque tota consistit, cf. Cic. Quint. 9, 32.
    7. VII. Chief, leader:
      1. 1. căput: the h.s of the conspiracy were beheaded, conjurationis capita securi percussi (not percussa) sunt, Liv 10, 1, ad init.: sometimes the figure is carried out, corpori valido caput deerat, Liv. 5, 46, med.: Cic.
      2. 2. princeps, ĭpis: v. chief.
      3. 3. cŏry̆phaeus (strictly, of a chorus): (Zeno) the h. of the Epicureans, Epicureorum c., Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 59. See also leader. Phr (i.) to be at the h. of: praesum, fui, esse (with dat.): there is one Druid who is h. over all the rest, omnibus Druidibus pr. unus, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: v. to command (II., 3). (ii.) to place at the h.: praefĭcio, praepōno v. to appoint (I., 5, 6).
    8. VIII. Ability: ingĕnium, indŏles: v. ability, capacity