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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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• revolve:
    1. I. To move round:
      1. 1. volvo, vi, vŏlūtum, 3 (to turn: as a dep. or with pron. reflect.: to r.): the universe r.s round the earth, mundus volvitur circum terram, Vitr. 9, 1, 2: the courses of the stars r., cursus stellarum volvuntur, Cic. Rep. 6, 17: as the years r., volventibus annis, Virg. Aen. 1, 234. (N.B.--Rĕvolvo is usu. to return: but it is sometimes used by the poets: e. g. id. Aen. 10, 256; Ov.: as is circumvolvo, Virg. Aen. 3, 284 [q. v.].)
      2. 2. circŭmăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. like preced.): the year r d, circumegit se annus, Liv. 9, 18, ad fin.: a dining-room which used to r. like the world, coenatio quae vice mundi circumagebatur, Suet. Ner. 31.
      3. 3. converto, ti, sum, 3 (constr. like preced.): to r., c. se, Cic. Tim. 9, ad fin.: the moon r.s in the lowest orbit, in infimo orbe luna convertitur, id. Rep. 6, 17.
      4. 4. circumverto, ti, sum, 3 (constr. as a dep.): the wheel r.s round the axle, circumvertitur rota axem, Ov. M. 15, 522: Pl.
      5. 5. versor, 1 (to be turned round): they r. in the opposite direction to the heavens, versantur retro contrario motu atque coelum, Cic. Rep. 6, 17; N. D. 1, 20, 52.
      6. 6. rŏto, 1 (to turn like a wheel): a r.ing eddy, rotans turbo, Lucr. 1, 294: v. rotate.
      7. 7. vertīgĭno, 1: Tert. Phr.: the sun r.s, sol circumfertur, Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178: to r. in a larger circle, majorem lustrare orbem, id. Tim. 9; majorem circinationem rotae percurrere, Vitr. 9, 1, 10: as the wheel r.s, currente rota, Hor. A. P. 22: to cause machines to r., circumrotare machinas, App. M. 9, p. 222.
    2. II. To ponder:
      1. 1. vŏlūto, 1. (freq. of foll.: to turn over again and again): to r. anything in the mind, v. aliquid animo, Cic. Rep. 1, 17 (or in animo, Liv.): I r. it silently in my breast, id tacitus mecum ipse voluto, Virg. E. 9, 37; Aen. 6, 185.
      2. 2. volvo, vi, vŏlūtum, 3: he was r.ing many things in his mind, multa cum animo suo volvebat, Sall. J. 6: Virg.: Liv.: Tac.: v. meditate, consider.
      3. 3. rĕvolvo, vi, vŏlūtum, 3: to r. his words and deeds, dicta ejus factaque r., Tac. Agr. 46.
      4. 4. verso, 1 (to turn over): to r. every point in their minds, v. in animis unamquamque rem, Liv. 3, 34.
      5. 5. rĕpŭto, 1: v. reflect, ponder.