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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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• reflect:
  1. A. Trans.: To throw back rays of light:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. rĕpercŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (to cause to rebound: mostly poet.): it ought to be something smooth to r. the sun, leve quiddam esse debet quod solem repercutiat, Sen. N. Q. 1, 7, 2: the gems flashed back the light, r.ing the sun's rays, gemmae repercusso reddebant lumina Phoebo, Ov. M. 2, 110: the unreality of a r.'d image, repercussae imaginis umbra, id. M. 3, 434: Virg. Aen. 8, 23.
      2. 2. reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to give back: gen. with imaginem: also acc. of obj. in the poets): the quality of r.ing, natura imagines reddendi, Plin. 33, 9, 45: the light r.'d his countenance (in the shield), lux vultum reddidit, Stat. Ach. 2, 191.
      3. 3. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to send back): dirty surfaces do not r. the ray, maculosa radium non remittunt, Sen. N. Q. 1, 12, 2: mirrors r. images, (specula) simulacra remittunt, Lucr. 4, 311.
      4. 4. rĕgĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: to r. the sun's rays, solis radios r., Plin. 37, 9, 47.
      5. 5. rĕplĭco, 1: to r. the sun's rays, solis radios r., Sen. N. Q. 2, 10, 3.
      6. 6. rĕflecto, xi, ctum, 3: to r. the rays back to the point whence they proceeded, radios eo unde exierint r., Sen. N. Q. 1, 3, 8.
      7. 7. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3 (to throw or strike back): the image is r.'d straight back, imago recta retrorsum eliditur, Lucr. 4, 294: Plin.
      8. 8. rĕvibro, 1 (both act. and neut.): Mart. Cap. Phr.: (i). the sun is r.'d in the mirror, speculi refertur imagine Phoebus, Ov. M. 4, 349: the moon is r.'d in the sea, luna renidet mari, Hor. Od. 2, 5, 19: he saw his image r.'d in the water, lympharum in speculo vidit simulacrum suum, Phaedr. 1, 4, 3: splendid mansions are r.'d in the glassy sea, vitreo natant praetoria ponto, Stat. Silv. 2, 2, 49: salt of such brilliancy that it is capable of r.ing, sal tanti splendoris ut imaginem recipiat, Plin. 31, 7, 41 § 86: to r. the rays falling upon it in different directions, radios in se cadentes discutere, Plin. 37, 9, 52: to r. the colours of the rainbow on the nearest walls, colores arcus caelestis in proximos parietes ejaculari, id. ib. (ii). Special words used by Lucr.: the bright heavenly bodies are r.'d in water, sidera respondent in aqua radiantia, 4, 211: the image is r.'d from one mirror to another, de speculo in speculum transfertur imago, 4, 312 (for which also traditur, 4, 300): images cannot be r.'d, simulacra nequeunt reverti, 4, 319 (q. v.).
    2. II. Fig.: affĕro, attŭli, allātum, afferre, 3: v. to bring, confer.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To ponder, think over:
      1. 1. consīdĕro, 1 (constr. with acc.; rarely de, or a clause): to r. upon our state and our dangers, c. res et pericula nostra, Sall. C. 52, ad init.: Cic.: I wish you to r. on me and mine, de me ipso ac de meis te c. velim, id. Att. 7, 13, ad med.: will you never r. what you are doing or saying? nunquamne nec quid facias considerabis nec quid loquare? id. Parad. 4, ad fin.
      2. 2. rĕpŭto, 1 (constr. with acc. and inf. or rel. clause): r.ing upon these things and pondering them day and night, haec reputans et dies noctesque cogitans, Cic. Deiot. 13, 38: to r. upon his crime in his mind, facinus suum cum animo r., Sall. Jug. 13, ad med.: I advise you to r. on this again and again, te moneo hoc etiam atque etiam ut reputes, Pl. Trin. 3, 2, 48.
      3. 3. cōgĭto, 1 (constr. with acc., de, or a clause): to r. how honourable it is, c. quam honestum id sit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 58: with regard to these circumstances therefore r. or rather find a solution, ad haec igitur cogita, vel potius excogita, id. Att. 9, 6. extr.: you can r. upon it in your minds, vos id potestis cum animis vestris c., id. Agr. 2, 24, 64.
      4. 4. rĕcŏlo, cŏlui, cultum, 3: if you r. upon these things you will die with greater equanimity, quae si tecum ipse recolis aequiore animo moriere, Cic. Phil. 13, 20, 45: to r. upon his deeds in his mind, pectore sua facta r., Cat. 63, 45: Ov.: Virg.
      5. 5. commentor, 1: v. think over.
      6. 6. circumspĭcio, exi, ectum, 3: v. review.
      7. 7. rĕvolvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3: v. revolve, ponder. Phr.: I r.'d within myself, animum reflexi, Virg. Aen. 2, 741: I r. upon my deeds and words, facta et dicta mea remetior, Sen. Ira 3, 36, 3: r.ing again and again in my mind upon these things, haec identidem mecum replicans, App. M. 3, p. 129.
    2. II. To censure: vĭtŭpĕro, 1: v. censure, CAST A SLUR ON. Phr.: the infamy of our vices r.s upon our friends, vitiorum ad amicos redundat infamia, Cic. Am. 21, 76.