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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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• refuge:
      1. 1. perfŭgium (the most gen. term): sleep seems to be the r. from toils and anxieties, p. videtur laborum et sollicitudinum esse somnus, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: to afford a r., p. praebere, id. Arch. 7, 16: in Caesar there was a r. for the unfortunate, in Caesare p. miseris erat, Sall. Cat. 54: to avail oneself of a r., perfugio uti, Caes. B. G. 4, 38: to close the last r. against the vanquished, ultimum victis p. claudere, Tac. Agr. 25. Join: portus ac p., Cic. Clu. 3, 7.
      2. 2. rĕfŭgium (once fig. in Cic.): the woods afforded a safer r., silvae tutius dedere r., Liv. 9, 37, ad fin.: to afford a r. to a runaway slave, p. servo praestare, Ulp. Dig. 11, 3, 1, § 2: the senate was the harbour of r., portus erat et r. senatus, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 26.
      3. 3. suffŭgium (covert, shelter): underground caves, a r. against the winter, subterranei specus, s. hiemi, Tac. G. 16: the sole r. from impending evils, unum urgentium malorum s., id. A. 4, 66.
      4. 4. confŭgium (poet. and very rare): Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 2.
      5. 5. rĕceptācŭlum (a lurking-place, retreat): (Sicily), the r. of our fleets, r. classibus nostris, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3: r. of deserters, r. perfugarum, Tac. A. 14, 29: a place of r. after a defeat, r. adversae pugnae, Liv. 6, 33, ad init. (N.B.--It is a much weaker expr. than the preced.; hence Liv. writes, castra sunt victori r., victo perfugium, 44, 39.)
      6. 6. dēvertĭcŭlum (a place to which one may turn aside): lest a r. should be afforded for crimes, ne d. peccatis darentur, Cic. Part. Or. 39, 136: Quint. 9, 2, 78 (syn. with suffugium).
      7. 7. respectus, ūs (a retreat): if there is no r. elsewhere than among the Romans, si nullus alio sit quam ad Romanos r., Liv. 42, 46: a most glorious r., r. pulcherrimus, Cic. Phil. 10., 4, 9.
      8. 8. ăsȳlum (a sanctuary): to flee to a place of r., in a. confugere, Cic. Verr. 1, 33, 85: Virg.: Liv.
      9. 9. subsĭdium (support; something to fall back upon): there were scarcely a few places of r. for vessels of a moderate size, vix modicis navigiis pauca s., Tac. A. 4, 67: no other r. than the compassion of Caesar, non aliud s. quam misericordia Caesaris, id. A. 2, 63, ad init.: to provide a r., s. comparare, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199.
      10. 10. expr. by several metaphors: (i.) portus (a harbour): there was a r. in him against whom they bore arms, p. fuit apud eum contra quem arma tulerunt, Cic. Verr. 5, 58, 153. Join: p. et perfugium, Cic. Clu. 3, 8. (ii.) arx (the stronghold), the r. of profligate citizens, a. civium perditorum, Cic. Pis. 5, 11 (joined with receptaculum): Liv. 7, 29. (iii.) praesĭdium (defence: r. against an attack): illustrious r. for sorrowing prisoners, insigne maestis p. reis, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 13. (N.B.--Receptus in Virg. Aen. 11, 529, is doubtful: al. recessus: cf. Liv. 44, 39.) Phr.: they had no place of r., quo se reciperent non habebant, Caes. B. G. 4, 38: to have a place of r., habere quo confugere possis, Cic. Fam. 4, 6., 2.