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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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• revolution:
    1. I. A turning or going round:
      1. 1. conversio (a turning round): the r. of a sphere, c. sphaerae, Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88: a more rapid r., c. concitatior, id. Rep. 6, 18: to perform a r., c. habere, id. Tim. 9, ad init.
      2. 2. circumactus, ūs: the r. of wheels, c. rotarum, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 141: Sen. (The form circumactio occurs in Vitr.)
      3. 3. circumvectio (very rare): the r. of the sun, solis c., Cic. Tim. 9, ad init.
      4. 4. ambĭtus, ūs (a going round): the r. of the heavenly bodies, a. siderum, Cic. Tim. 9: the r. of ages, a. seculorum, Tac. A. 6, 28.
      5. 5. orbis, is, m. (prop. a circle): a solar r., o. solstitialis, Liv. 1, 19: to complete a full r., totum conficere et peragrare o., Cic. Tim. 9 (q. v.): a rapid r., rapidus o., Ov. M. 2, 73: v. circuit.
      6. 6. anfractus, ūs: the r. of the sun, a. solis, Cic. Rep. 6, 12.
      7. 7. Vitr. uses the foll. words to denote the motion of the heavenly bodies: versatio, 9, 1, 4; circulatio, 9, 1, 8; circinatio, 9, 1, 11; redundatio, 9, 1, 15.
      8. 8. turbo, ĭnis, f. (violent circular motion: mostly poet.): the r. of the heavens, coeli t., Lucr. 5, 622.
      9. 9. vertīgo, ĭnis, f. (syn. of preced.): Ov. M. 2, 70.
      10. 10. vŏlūmen, ĭnis, n. (prop. a roll: very rare): Ov. M. 2, 71: v. rotation.
      11. 11. circumductus, ūs: Macr.
      12. 12. circumversio: Amm.
      13. 13. rĕvŏlūtio: Aug. Phr.: to complete a r., cursum lustrare, Cic. Tim. 9.
    2. II. A change: commūtātio, mūtātio: v. change.
    3. III. Esp. as a polit. t. t.:
      1. 1. expr. by nŏvae res: to be eager for a r., novis rebus studere, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3: vast materials for a r., ingens novis rebus materia, Tac. H. 1, 6: to break out in open r., ad novas res consurgere, Suet. Caes. 9: Liv.
      2. 2. commūtātio (a change): a r. in the republic, c. reipublicae, Cic. Rep. 1, 42; c. civilis, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4. Join: perturbatio et c., id. Rep. 2, 37.
      3. 3. mōtus, ūs (commotion): a r. is at hand, m. in republica impendit, Cic. Att. 3, 8, ad med.: joined with conversio rerum et perturbatio, id. Flac. 37, 94: v. rising.
      4. 4. expr. by various phr.: how a r. might be brought about in Greece, quonam modo res in Graecia novaretur, Liv. 35, 34: to bring about a r., res novare, id. 1, 52; nova moliri, Vell. 2, 129, 2: dissensions which tend to produce a r., dissensiones quae ad commutandam rempublicam pertinent, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25: after a r. had taken place in the state, statu civitatis verso, commutato, Tac. A. 1, 4; Auct. Har. Resp. 27, 60: they slew him whilst stirring up a r. in Africa, in Africa turbantem interfecerunt, Tac. H. 1, 7: amazed at the r. in the state, vertigine rerum attonitus, Lucan 8, 16: v. also foll. art.