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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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• play (v.):
    1. I. To take recreation: lūdo, si, sum, 3 with abl. of the game played: to p. at ball, pila l., Hor. S. 1, 5, 49: Cic. To p. odd and even, l. par impar, Suet. Aug. 71, fin.: Hor. Comp. colludo, 3 (to p. with): Hor. A. P. 159.
    2. II. To frolic, gambol.
      1. 1. lūdo, 3: Virg. G. 1, 363.
      2. 2. lascīvio, 4 (of animals, gamboling about): v. to frisk.
    3. III. To p. games of hazard: aleam exercēre: v. to gamble.
    4. IV. On a musical instrument:
      1. 1. căno, cĕcĭni, cantum, 3: to p. on a stringed instrument: fidibus canere, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; on the flute, tibiis c., id. de Or. 2, 83, 338. Also, (tibiis) cantare, Nep. pref. init. (where the ref. is to the practice of playing, not a single performance): Pl.
      2. 2. mŏdŭlor, 1 (rhythmically, tunefully; chiefly poet.): to p. tunes upon an oaten pipe. carmina avenâ m., Virg. E. 10, 51: p. part. in pass. sense, Hor. Od. 1, 32, 5. Other poet. exprr. are, (citharâ) persŏno, Virg. Aen. 1, 741; insŏno (calamis), Ov. M. 11, 161. Phr.: to teach any one to p. on a stringed instrument, fidibus docere aliquem (sc. canere), Cic. Fam. 9, 22: see also flute, lyre, etc.
    5. V. In a theatrical piece: Phr.: to p. a comedy of Menander, Menandri [comoediam] agere, Ter. Eun. prol. 19: to p. (the part of) a parasite, parasitum agere, id. Heaut. prol. 37: to p. the principal part, primas partes agere, id. Ph. prol. 27: also, esse primarum partium (= to be the leading actor, protagonist), Cic. Div. Verr. 15, 48: to p. a second part ("second fiddle"), in fig. sense, secundas (sc. partes) ferre, Hor. S. 1, 9, 46: not to p. the part of a sovereign, but of a servant, non principem sed ministrum agere, Suet. Cl. 29, init. Compare the expr. personam (partes) tueri, sustinere (to sustain a certain character): v. part (III.). See also to feign, pretend.
    6. VI. To trifle: lūdo, illūdo, 3. v. to mock, trifle with.
    7. VII. In phr. to p. a trick: lūdĭfĭcor, 1. v. to fool. Phr.: we must p. off a trick upon the old gentleman, intendenda in senem est fallacia, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 2: cf. emungere (lit. to wipe a man's nose for him; implying that he is a fool), Hor. A. P. 238: to p. off a nice trick on any one, egregie alicui imponere, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, med.: Ter.: v. trick.