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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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• reach (v.):
  1. A. Intrans.: To extend:
      1. 1. pertĭneo, ui, 2 (the Belgae) r. to the lower part of the Rhine, pertinent ad inferiorem partem fluminis Rheni, Caes. B. G. 1, 1 the wind-pipe r.ing to the lungs, aspera arteria ad pulmonem usque ... pertinens, Plin. 11, 37, 66: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136: (Arabia) r.s to the Red Sea, ad rubrum mare p., Mela, 1, 10.
      2. 2. attĭneo, 2 (less freq. in this sense): (the Scythians) r. to the Don, ad Tanaim attinent, Curt. 6, 2, 13.
      3. 3. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to border on): where Africa r.s to the river (Nile), qua Africa ad fluvium a., Mela, 1, 4: the best authors use no prep.: (the Ubii) r. to the Rhine, Rhenum attingunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 3.
      4. 4. tendo, tĕtendi, tentum and sum, 3 (esp. in a straight course): the gullet r.s to the stomach, haec (gula) t. ad stomachum, Plin. 11, 37, 66.
      5. 5. porrĭgor, rectus, 3 (to stretch out and extend): the Germans r. to the Sarmatians, Germani ad Sarmatas p., Mela, 1, 3 (Rhodope), r.ing to the midst of the polar region, medium porrecta sub axem, Virg. G. 3, 351.
      6. 6. păteo, 2: v. to extend. Phr.: as far as our understanding r.s, quod ad nostram intelligentiam cadit, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 17: beyond where the uneducated can r., ab imperitorum intelligentia disjunctum, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12: let your sowing-time r. even to the frosts, ad medias sementem extende pruinas, Virg. G. 1, 230: as far as the eye can r., quo longissime conspectum oculi ferunt, Liv. 1, 18: wherever the eye can r., qua notes oculis, Ov. Fast. 2, 378: he surveys the sea as far as the eye can r., prospectum late pelago petit, Virg. Aen. 1, 181.
  2. B. Trans.:
    1. I. To touch by reaching; to come to:
      1. 1. attingo, 3: too high for (the horse) to r. the ground with his feet, altius quam ut terram posset attingere, Nep. Eum. 5: when first you r.'d Asia, ut primum Asiam attigisti, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 8.
      2. 2. contingo, 3 (usu. to gain some good): to r. the branches from the ground, a terra contingere ramos, Virg. E. 8, 40: so that they might r. the enemy from so great a height, ut ex tanta altitudine c. hostem possent, Liv. 38, 40.
      3. 3. ădĭpiscor, ădeptus, 3 (to attain to): (old age) which all desire to r., quam ut adipiscantur, omnes optant, Cic. Sen. 2, 4: v. to obtain, attain. (The simple verb, apiscor, is rare: it occurs Cic. Att. 8, 14, maris apiscendi causa. for the sake of r.g the sea.)
      4. 4. apprŏpinquo, 1: v. to approach.
      5. 5. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3: (esp. used of reaching a harbour or other place by sea): they could not r. the island, insulam c. non potuerunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 26, extr.: the Veientian war did not r. its conclusion, non ante cepit finem, Liv. 5, 51. Similarly, căpesso, īvi, ītum, 3 (to endeavour to r., make for): the lots bade us endeavour to r. Italy, Italiam ... jussere capessere sortes, Virg. Aen. 4, 346: let us (endeavour to) r. Melita, Melitam capessamus. Cic. Att. 10, 9.
      6. 6. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3: (Verres), as soon as he r.'d his province, simul ac provinciam tetigit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, 27. let him r. the farthest limit of the world, quicunque mundi terminus obstitit, hunc tangat armis, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 54.
      7. 7. poet. tĕneo, 2 (to have reached): he has r.'d the harbour, portum tenet, Virg. Aen. 1, 400: I had r.'d a place of safety, tuta tenebam, ib. 6, 358.
      8. 8. poet.: pŏtior, 4 (with abl.): the Trojans r. the strand, potiuntur arena, Virg. Aen. 1, 172. (the horse), having r.'d the plain, campo potitus, id. 11, 493. Special terms are to r. by swimming or sailing, adnare, Virg. Aen. 1, 538 (vestris adnavimus oris); by climbing, evadere, escendere (v. to mount, climb) they r. the top of the walls, in muros evadunt, Liv. 4, 34.
    2. II. To come to, fig. of reports:
      1. 1. pervĕnio, 4: the matter r.'d his ears, pervenit res ad illius aures, Cic. Verr. 4, 28, 64. without prep. (poet.) verba refers aures non pervenientia nostras, Ov. M. 3, 462.
      2. 2. accēdo, ssi, ssum, 3: the rumour r.'d my ears, sermo accessit ad aures meas, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 32.
      3. 3. accĭdo, di, 3: when this r.'d the king's ears, quod ubi ad aures accidit regis, Liv. 8, 24. Phr.: the circumstance r.s his ears, res ad eum defertur, Cic. Verr. 5, 62, 160 (a phr. implying some crime or charge reported: that r.'d the ears of Caesar, gnarum id Caesari (sc. factum est), Tac. A. 1, 5.
    3. III. To reach out, in order to give or take, porrĭgo, rexi, ctum, 3: to r. out the hand, manum p. Sen. V. B. 3: v. to stretch out.