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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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• approach (subs.):
    1. I. The act of approaching (of place or time):
      1. 1. accessus, ūs: an a. to the city by night, a. nocturnus ad urbem, Cic.: the a. and departure of the sun, solis a. discessusque, Cic.: an a. to a subject of discussion, a. ad causam, Cic.
      2. 2. ădĭtus, ūs: a. to Antony is said to be more difficult, a. ad Antonium difficilior esse dicitur, Cic.: v. access.
      3. 3. adventus, ūs (usu. = arrival, q. v.): the a. of evils, malorum a., Cic.
      4. 4. appulsus, ūs (prop. of the a. of a ship to the shore: hence of other kinds of a. which are characterized by forcible motion): the a. of the sun, a. solis, Cic.
      5. 5. apprŏpinquātĭo (of time only): the a. of death, mortis a., Cic.
    2. II. A means of approaching:
      1. 1. accessus, ūs: to examine every a., omnem a. lustrare, Virg.
      2. 2. ădĭtus, ūs: a gently sloping a., leniter acclivis a., Caes.: he carefully inquires about the a.s and roads into the country of the Suevi, aditus viasque in Suevos perquirit, Caes.
      3. 3. appulsus, ūs, m. (of the a.s to a place by sea): the island of the Batavi, on account of its convenient a.s, insula Batavorum ob faciles a., Tac.
    3. III. The works by means of which besiegers draw near to the place besieged: ŏpĕra, um (including the entire siege-works): the Gauls sometimes made attempts upon our a.s, nonnunquam opera nostra Galli tentare, Caes.: Liv.