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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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• raise:
    1. I. To lift up:
      1. 1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: to r. a stone from the ground, saxum de terra t., Cic. Caec. 21, 60: to r. oneself from the ground, se t. a terra, id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37: I cannot r. my head, nequeo caput t., Pl. Truc. 2, 6, 45: to r. the curtain (of a theatre), aulaeum t., Cic. Cael. 27, 65 (this was done at the end of a piece, since the curtain, contrary to our practice, was let down below the stage when the play began; hence aulaeum [aulaea] premere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 89, or aulaeum premere, Phaedr. 5, 7, 23, to drop the curtain, was used to denote the opening of the play.) Comps. (1). attollo, 3 (not in Cic., and chiefly poet.): to r. the head, caput attollere, Ov. M. 5, 503: to r. the eyes from the ground, oculos humo a., ib. 2, 448: to r. the hands to heaven, manus ad coelum a., Liv. 10, 36. (2). extollo, 3 (to r. high): to r. the head, caput extollere, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: to r. on high a bloodstained dagger, alte cruentum pugionem e., Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28.
      2. 2. lĕvo, 1 (to lift up, raise gently): to r. one's limbs from the grass, membra gramine l., Ov. F. 6, 328: to r. oneself from the turf, id. M. 2, 427: to r. up a sick person from a dangerous illness, aegrum ex praecipiti l., Hor. S. 2, 3, 292. Comps. (1). allĕvo, 1 (in Cic. only fig., to alleviate): to r. the hand, manum al., Quint. 11, 3, 94: to r. the arm, brachium a., id. 11, 3, 141: to r. the eyebrows, supercilia a., id. 11, 3, 79: to r. the eyes, oculos a., Curt. 8, 14. (2). ēlĕvo, 1 (to raise to a height): to r. a flooring (to a certain height), contabulationem e., Caes. B. C. 2, 9. (N.B.--Elevo, when used in fig. sense, = not to raise, extol [extollo, effero], but to lessen, disparage: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236.) (3). sublĕvo, 1 (to raise from the ground): he did not even r. us up when stretched at his feet, nos sibi ad pedes stratos ne sublevabat quidem, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3: to r. oneself up, [erigere] se [aut] sublevare, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: the bees r. up on their shoulders the wearied king, apes regem fessum humeris s., Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54: he died in their arms as they were r.ing him up, inter manus sublevantium extinctus est, Suet. Vesp. 24.
      3. 3. ērĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (to lift to an erect position): to r. the finger, digitum e., Quint. 11, 3, 120: to r. the hands to the roof, manus ad tectum e., id. 11, 3, 118: to r. the ladders to the walls, scalas ad moenia e. Liv. 32, 14: to r. the eyes, oculos e., Cic. Sext. 31, 68.
      4. 4. surgo, surrexi, surrectum, 3 (very rare as trans. verb): to r. one's ears, aures s., Virg. Aen. 4, 183: an earthquake brings down mountains, r.s plains, fills up valleys, terrae motus defert montes, s. plana, valles extuberat, Sen. Q. N. 6, 4. (N.B.--Hardly to be imitated.)
    2. II. To erect, to build:
      1. 1. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3: to r. a tomb, sepulchrum e., Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68: to r. a monument, monumentum e., id. Ph. 14, 12, 33: to r. a mound to the height of eighty feet, aggerem in altitudinem pedum octoginta e., Caes. B. C. 2, 1: to r. towers, turres e., ib. 3, 54.
      2. 2. ērĭgo, 3 (rare in this sense): to r. (erect) towers, turres e., Caes. B. C. 1, 26.
      3. 3. expr. by pōno, ēdūco, aedĭfĭco: for examples, v. erect, build.
    3. III. To elevate in condition, to exalt to a state more great or illustrious:
      1. 1. ēvĕho, vexi, vectum, 3: to r. any one to the consulship, aliquem ad consulatum e., Tac. Dial. 13: to r. the empire to the highest point, imperium ad summum fastigium e., Curt. 4, 14: to r. any one to heaven, aliquem ad aethera e., Virg. Aen. 6, 130; ad deos, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 6; ad auras, Ov. M. 14, 127; in coelum, Juv. 1, 38.
      2. 2. prōvĕho, 3: to r. persons of the lowest rank to the highest honours, quosdam infimi generis ad amplissimos honores p., Suet. Caes. 72: to r. any one to consulships, censorships, and triumphs, aliquem in consulatus, censuras, et triumphos p., Vell. 2, 128: v. to promote.
      3. 3. prōdūco, xi, ctum, 3: to r. any one to honour, aliquem ad dignitatem p., Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52: to r. any one to the highest honours, aliquem ad honores amplissimos p., id. Am. 20, 73: to r. any one to (lit. with) every kind of honour, aliquem omni genere honoris p., Liv. 40, 56.
      4. 4. effĕro, extŭli, ēlātum, 3: to r. to the highest authority through the various degrees of preferment, aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus e., Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 28: to r. any one above the laws, aliquem supra leges e., Tac. A. 2, 34.
      5. 5. tollo, 3: to r. any one to threefold honours, aliquem tergeminis t. honoribus (abl. case), Hor. Od. 1, 1, 8 (hardly so in prose, as tollere alone would mean to get rid of): to r. any one to the sky with praises, aliquem laudibus ad coelum t., Cic. Fam. 15, 9. Phr.: to r. any one from obscurity, aliquem e tenebris in lucem evocare, Cic. Deiot. 11, 30; aliquem e tenebris et silentio proferre, Plin. Ep. 9, 14; aliquem ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perducere, Caes. B. G. 7, 39.
    4. IV. To excite, arouse, stir up:
      1. 1. tollo, 3: to r. the courage, animos tollere, Liv. 3, 67: Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 57.
      2. 2. ērĭgo, 3: to r. one's dejected spirits, animum demissum et oppressum erigere, Cic. Clu. 21, 58: to r. and cheer up the dejected province, provinciam afflictam et perditam e. atque recreare, id. Verr. 3, 91, 212.
      3. 3. recreo, 1 (frequently joined with erigo): to r. the spirits, reficere et recreare mentem, id. Planc. 1, 2: to r. a person from the lowest depths of misfortune, afflictum erigere, perditumque recreare, id. Man. 9, 23: to r. the dejected spirits of any one, afflictos animos alicujus r., id. Att. 1, 10, 8.
      4. 4. excĭto, 1: to r. the dejected spirits of a friend, amici jacentem animum excitare, id., Am. 16, 59. Prov.: to r. a storm in a teapot, i. e. make much ado about nothing, fluctus in simpulo [lit. in a ladle] ex., Cic. Leg. 3, 16, 36.
    5. V. To occasion, produce, bring forward: tollo, 3: to r. a shout, clamorem tollere, id. Verr. 4, 43, 94: Virg. Aen. 11, 745: to r. a laugh, cachinnum t., Cic. Fat. 5, 10: risum t., Hor. A. P. 381. Phr.: to r. a report, rumorem fingere, cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 53: to r. a point (in an argument), aliquid proferre, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 41; aliquid in medium proferre, Cic. Fam. 15, 2.
    6. VI. To bring from death to life: Phr.: aliquem ab inferis excitare, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: it is r.d in glory, surgit in gloria, Vulg. 1 Cor. xv. 43: he was r.d again for our justification, resurrexit propter justificationem nostram, ib. Rom. iv. 25.
    7. VII. To collect, assemble, procure: to r. an army, exercitum conscribere, comparare, Cic. Ph. 5, 13, 36; parare, Sall. C. 29; exercitum scribere, Liv. 2, 43; conficere, Cic. Ph. 5, 16, 43; facere, ib. 5, 8, 23; contrahere, Caes. B. G. 1, 34; cogere, ib. 3, 17: (in an irregular or violent manner), conflare, Cic. Ph. 4, 6, 15: to r. the wind (i. e. money), pecuniam cogere, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98.
    8. VIII. To augment, increase: Phr.: to r. the price of any thing, pretium alicujus rei efferre, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6; facere pretium alicujus rei carius, Just. 16, 4: the price of provisions is r.d, annona augetur, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 89; annona crescit, Caes. B. C. 1, 52; annona ingravescit, Auct. pro Dom. 5, 11; annona est carior, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59: to r. prices artificially, annonam incendere, excandefacere, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, fin.: to r. the pay, *augere stipendium.
    9. IX. To cause to grow: exăro, 1: to r. so much corn, tantum frumenti ex., Cic. Verr. 5, 38, 99. See also to cultivate, produce.
    10. X. To raise a siege: Phr.: obsidionem solvere, Liv. 24, 41; obsidionem omittere, Tac. A. 15, 5; ab oppugnatione desistere, Sall. Jug. 25, extr.; oppugnationem relinquere, ib. 15, 16.