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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Caesar noun Gall. 1.1 omnia

Contents (4 senses)

I. Lit.
1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3
2. mūnio, 4 (to make a road; render a place passable)
II. Fig.

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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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I. Lit.
1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3
2. mūnio, 4 (to make a road; render a place passable)
II. Fig.

• pave:

I. Lit.

1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3: to p. a road with blocks of stone, viam quadrato saxo s., Liv. 10, 23, fin.: also absol., Cic. Att. 14, 15. (Not consterno in this sense: v. to strew.)
2. mūnio, 4 (to make a road; render a place passable): Cic.: Liv.

II. Fig.: in phr. to p. the way for oneself: munire sibi viam ad aliquid, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 25, 64 (cf. Vell. 2, 6, praemuniendae regalis potentiae gratiâ, for the sake of p.ing the way to the regal power); simly. sternere [alicui] viam, Stat. Th. 12, 813.