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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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• retreat (subs.):
    1. I. Withdrawal:
      1. 1. rĕceptus, ūs: being anxious about the r. of his men, receptui suorum timens, Caes. B. C. 3, 46: the line of r. lay down a slope, erat per declive r, id. ib. 3, 45: an easy r., facilis r., id. ib. 1, 46: the signal for a r., signum receptui, Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15: to sound a r., receptui canere, id. ib. 12, 3, 8 (but the phr. is also used in Caes. B. G. 7, 47, for sounding a halt).
      2. 2. rĕcessus, ūs: the rear prevented the r. of the front rank, r. primi ultimis non dabant, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: opp. to accessus (advance), Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7.
      3. 3. regressus, ūs (used also fig.): a r. into a safe place, r. in tutum, Liv. 38, 4, ad fin. (The form regressio occurs in Front.)
      4. 4. rĕcursus, ūs: that a way of r. might be open, ut r. pateret, Liv. 26, 42, ad fin.: an orderly r., inconfusus r., Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 622.
      5. 5. rĕdĭtus, ūs (a return): whence they might have a safe line of r. to the ships, unde r. tutus ad naves esset, Liv. 9, 38: v. return.
    2. II. A place of r., refuge;
      1. 1. rĕcessus, ūs: all the r.s and nooks of Phrygia, omnes r. atque anguli Phrygiae, Liv. 38, 45: a lonely place of r., solitudo et r., Cic. Att. 12, 26: a safe r., tuti r., Virg. Aen. 11, 527 (al. receptus: this, however, does not occur in the sense of a r.).
      2. 2. sēcessus, ūs: a pleasant r., amoeni s., Tac. A. 14, 62: Virg.
      3. 3. respectus, ūs: v. refuge.
      4. 4. lătebrae, f. pl. (a lurking-place, esp. of wild animals: very rare in sing.): to hide oneself in a r., latebris se occultare, Cic. Manil. 3, 7: a r. from war, latebra bellorum. Lucan 5, 743.