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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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• assault (subs.):
    1. I. A hostile and violent onset:
      1. 1. impĕtus, ūs (i e. a sudden rush or onset: q. v.): to attack a town with a vigorous a., oppidum magno i. oppugnare, Caes.
      2. 2. oppugnātĭo (more comprehensive than the preceding, and including the whole offensive operations of a siege): a.s of towns, oppidorum oppugnationes, Cic.: to sustain an a., oppugnationem sustinere, Caes.
      3. 3. vīs, f. (i. e. violent attack, as opp. to blockade): the town could be taken neither by a. nor by blockade, oppidum nec vi nec munimento capi poterat, Liv.
      4. 4. impressio (i. e. an attack of troops which presses hard upon the enemy): to make an a., dare im., Liv.; im. facere, Liv.: Varr.
      5. 5. assultus, ūs (lit. a. springing upon: rare): he presses the place by various a.s, locum variis a. urget, Virg. Phr.: the walls are taken by a., moenia scalis capiuntur, Liv.: v. to storm.
    2. II. Violence exercised or threatened against a person (legal t. t.):
      1. 1. vīs, vim, vī, f.: this is an a., indeed! to be both dragged and pushed at the same time, vis haec quidem est et trahi et trudi simul! Pl.: I charge you to commit no a. upon her, edico tibi ne vim facias ullam in illam, Ter.: he had committed an a. upon me, mihi vim et manus intulerat, Cic.: he kept shouting out at the top of his voice that I was committing an a. upon him, voce maxima vim me sibi afferre clamabat, Cic.: a person charged with a.. de vi reus, Cic. Esp. a "criminal" assault: the tribune was killed by him upon whom he was committing a c. a., tribunus interfectus ab eo est cui vim afferebat, Cic.: a c. a. on a woman, vis illata mulieri, Ov.: v. rape.
      2. 2. mănus, f. (in pl.: only in certain phr.): to commit an a. upon any one, alicui manus afferre, inferre, Cic.: vis and manus are sometimes combined in this sense: v. supr. (1).