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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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• battle:
      1. 1. proelĭum (only of military engagements): to join b., p. committere, Caes.: to fight a b.., p. facere, Cic.: to renew a b., p. redintegrare, Caes.: to begin b., p. inire, Liv.: the b. of Pharsalus, p. Pharsalicum, Cic.: a disastrous b., p. calamitosum, Cic.; adversum, Caes.: a successful b., p. secundum, Cic: Ov.
      2. 2. pugna (the most general term): the horse-soldiers challenge our men to b., equites nostros ad pugnam evocant, Caes.: a b. of cavalry, equestris pugna, Cic.: the naval b. off Tenedos, p. navalis ad Tenedum, Cic.: Caes.: b.s on land or sea, pedestres navalesve pugnae, Cic.: pitched b.s, pugnae proeliares. Pl.
      3. 3. ăcĭes, ei, f. (a regularly fought field): in the b. of Pharsalus, in acie Pharsalica, Cic.: to give b., in aciem descendere, Liv. Phr.: to prepare for b., saga sumere, Cic.: Liv.; ad saga ire, Cic.: Vell.: the b. lasted from dawn till evening, a prima luce ad vesperam pugnatum est, Caes.: to give b., in certamen descendere, Cic.