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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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• overtake:
    1. I. To come up with:
      1. 1. consĕquor, cūtus, 3: to o. a fugitive, fugientem aliquem c., Liv. 1, 48, med.: to o. any one on a journey, aliquem in itinere c., Pomp. in Cic. Att. 8, 12, A: Caes.
      2. 2. less freq., assĕquor, 3: Cic. Att. 3, 5: Tac. Sometimes appy. intrans., the object not being expressed: cf. Liv. 24, 20, init., in Bruttios raptim, ne Gracchus assequeretur (sc. eum), concessit.
      3. 3. also less freq., persĕquor, 3 (to follow up): Hor. Od. 3, 2, 14: cf. Cic. Fam. 3, 6, med., eo discessisti quo ego te ne persequi quidem possem xxx diebus (i. e. follow you to the place where you are). (N.B.--Not nanciscor, which is to come upon unexpectedly, light on.)
    2. II. To surprise:
      1. 1. opprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3: to o. any one ("drop down upon him") unawares, imprudentem aliquem o., Ter. Andr. 1, 3, extr.: cf. ib. 1, 2, 10, oscitantes opprimi: death overtook Antonius in the midst of his wrongdoings, Antonium in mediis ejus injuriis mors oppressit, Cic. Verr. 3, 91, fin.: how often night overtook him (at his work), quoties nox oppressit, id. Sen. 14, 49.
      2. 2. dēprĕhendo, di, sum, 3 (esp. of winds, storms, etc.): if (a gale of) wind o.s any, si quos ventus d., Curt. 7, 4, med.: so absol., o.n by a storm, deprehensus, Virg. Aen. 5, 52 (for which prensus, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 2): if any one is o.n by a sudden illness, si quem subita deprehenderit valetudo, pseudo-Quint. Decl.
      3. 3. sŭpervĕnio, vēni, ntum, 4 (to come upon unexpectedly: with dat.): the calamity overtook them in their ignorance, casus (iis) supervenit ignaris, Curt. 9, 9, ad med. Phr.: to be o.n by a fit of illness, morbo corripi, Suet. Caes. 45: she was immediately o.n by death, mors continuo ipsam occupat, Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 62: to be o.n in a fault, delinquere paullum, Hor. S. 1, 3, 84: more precisely, praeoccupatum esse in aliquo delicto, Vulg. Gal. vi. 1 (*propter incuriam magis quam consulto peccare).