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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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• quickening (adj.):
    1. I. Imparting life (Lit. and Fig.): the usu. sense of the word.
      1. 1. vīvax, ācis: the q. bosom of the earth, cf. fecundaque semina rerum, Vivaci nutrita solo, ceu matris in alvo, Creverunt, Ov. M. 1, 420.
      2. 2. vītālis: cf. vitalis vita, Enn. in Cic. Am. 6, 22: q. power (or vital force), cf. caloris natura vim habet in se vitalem, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24: a q. and healthful breeze, cf. aër vitalem et salutarem spiritum praebet animantibus, ib. 45, 117.
      3. 3. vīvĭfĭcus: Apul. Trismeg., init.: q. power or force, v. vĭgor, Amm. 21, 1: "You give such lively life, such q. power" (Davies), *Vitam vitalem das, vivificumque vigorem: also vīvĭfĭcans, Vulg. and Eccles. v. to quicken: cf. reviving: vivifying.
    2. II. Imparting new energy.
    3. III. Increasing speed: expr. all three senses by the verbs and particips., v. to quicken: cf. animating: exciting: stimulating: accelerating: hastening.