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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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    1. I. To reap crops:
      1. 1. mĕto, messui, messum, 3: to r. corn: farra metere, Ov. Fast. 2, 519: when the corn is ripe, you must r., quum est matura seges, metendum, Varr. R. R. 1, 50. Comp. dēmĕto: seasons for r.ing and gathering fruits, tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis, Cic. Sen. 19, 70.
      2. 2. dēsĕco, 1: to cut close the corn crops and meadows, desecare segetes et prata, Col. 11, 1: to r. with sickles, falcibus desecare, id. 2, 18.
    2. II. Fig.: to gather or obtain as a reward of labour: Phr. to reap the reward of anything, fructum ex aliqua re percipere or capere, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: to r. the results of any labours, rerum fructum repetere, id. Arch. 1, 1: to r. some advantage from anything, ex aliqua re aliquid commodi consequi, id. Fin. 1, 10, 32 to r. rewards of service, officii praemia percipere, Caes. B. C. 2, 32: to r. (a reward of) glory, gloriam comparare, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: laudem parere, ib. 2, 13, 47: to r. the harvest of evil in return for good, pro benefactis mali messem metere, Plaut. Epid. 5, 2, 52: as you have sown, so will you r., ut sementem feceris, ita metes (prov.), Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261: you have mixed this mess, and you must eat it up, i. e., r. the fruits of your conduct, tute hoc intristi, tibi omne est exedendum, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 4: your descendants will r. the fruits of your labours, carpent tua poma nepotes, Virg. Ecl. 9, 50.