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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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• heart:
    1. I. The physical organ: cor, cordis, n.: to be without a h. (of victims), sine c. esse, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119: Cels. (N. B. Cor is rarely used fig. to denote the affections: v. infr.).
    2. II. By anal., the interior of anything.
      1. 1. expr. by intĭmus (cf. L. G. § 343): he retired into the h. of Macedonia, abdidit se in intimam Macedoniam, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, med.: v. inmost. So interior, and esp. neut. pl. interiora may be used: Perseus in interiora regni recepit se, Liv. 42, 39, init.: the h. of the elder-tree (next the pith), interiora sambuci, Plin. 16, 39, 73.
      2. 2. viscĕra, um (like Eng. "bowels," e. g. of a land: poet. and rhetor.): they pierced into the very h. of the earth, itum est in v. terrae, Ov. M. 1, 138 cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31, in venis atque in visceribus reipublicae. Phr.: the h. of a tree, quod proximum medullae est, quae medullae proxima, Plin. 16, 39, 73 (not os [R. and A.], which is only used fig. of trees: also of kernels: cf. Plin. l. c. tota ossea est ilex, cornus, robur, etc.): h. of oak, rōbur, ŏris, n. (strictly a species of oak, Plin. l. c. but used poet. of any very hard wood): v. oak.
    3. III. The heart as the seat of the emotions:
      1. 1. pectus, ŏris, n.: to love one's friend with the whole h., amicum toto p. [ut dicitur] amare, Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 49 Virg. it is the h. that makes eloquent, p. est quod disertos facit, Quint. 10, 7, 15. a h. to friendship true, fidae p. amicitiae, Mart. 9, 14.
      2. 2. ănĭmus (the soul, esp. the emotional part): to say anything from the h. (in accordance with one's real sentiments) and sincerely, aliquid ex animo ac vere dicere, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 95: Cic. N. D. extr.: v. feelings, mind.
      3. 3. cor (infreq. in this sense): to touch the h. of the spectator, cor spectantis tangere., Hor. A. P. 98: a leaden (without feeling) h., c. plumbeum, L. Crassus in Suet. Ner. 2: oft. pl., esp. poet.: a h. that never grows gentle (Pluto's), nescia mansuescere c., Virg. G. 4, 470: a h. that has done with love, desueta c., Virg. Aen. 1, 722 (but corda is as oft. used of the wits: cf. Virg. G. 1, 123): Ov. (N.B.--The phr. cordi esse denotes simply that a thing is agreeable to one's wishes).
      4. 4. praecordia, orum, n. pl. (strictly the midriff: sometimes = pectus): courage returns to the h., redit in pr. virtus, Virg. Aen. 2, 367: Hor.
    4. IV. The seat of the thoughts and will: mens, ănĭmus: v. mind.
    5. V. Courage: ănĭmus: esp. with bonus: be of good h., bono animo este! v. courage.
    6. VI. Memory: only in phr., by heart: Phr.: to know by h., memoria tenere, Cic. (v. to remember): to learn verses by h., versus ediscere, Caes. B. G. 6, 14.
    7. VII. As term of endearment: cor, corcŭlum: Pl.: v. sweet-heart.
    8. VIII. The shape of a heart: cor; cordis effigies, species, Plin. 37, 10, 58: *cordis forma (v. shape).