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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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• impulse:
    1. I. Force communicated:
      1. 1. impulsus, ūs: to be moved by external i., alieno imp. moveri, Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 32.
      2. 2. pulsus, ūs: used syn. with impulsus, Cic. l. c.: Gell.
      3. 3. impulsio: some violent i., aliqua vehemens imp., Cic. Tim. 5, fin.
    2. II. A (sudden) motion of mind:
      1. 1. impĕtus, ūs: roused by a sudden i. of mind, repentino quodam imp. animi incitatus, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: (to do anything) under an i. of passion, impetu et ira, Tac. G. 25: to be led not by mere i., but by deliberate design, non imp. quodam sed consilio trahi, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9.
      2. 2. impulsio (a more philos. term: rare): cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 17, impulsio est quae sine cogitatione per quandam affectionem animi aliquid facere hortatur.
      3. 3. instinctus, ūs (usu. of divine action upon the mind): v. instigation, inspiration.