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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. To cover or overspread a surface:
      1. 1. illĭno, lēvi, lĭtum., 3 (lit. to smear on: with acc. and dat.): marble is overlaid with gold by means of the white of an egg, marmori ovi candido illinitur (aurum), Plin. 33, 3, 20: Sen. Ep. 119, 11. Also foll. by acc. and abl., Plin.
      2. 2. ĭnauro, 1 (with gold): to o. brass with gold, auro aes in., Plin. 33, 3, 20: Vitr. Instead of p. part. inauratus, may also be used auratus: v. gilded. (N.B.--Inargento does not occur: but the p. part. inargentatus, overlaid with silver, does: Plin. 21, 2, 3, lamna inaurata aut inargentata.)
      3. 3. indūco, 3: v. to overspread.
    2. II. To smother by lying upon: opprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3: Vulg. III. Reg. iii. 19 (dormiens quippe oppressit eum). More precisely, *superincubando opprimere.