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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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I. To speak enigmatically
II. To sift
III. To pierce full of holes

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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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I. To speak enigmatically
II. To sift
III. To pierce full of holes

• riddle (v.):

I. To speak enigmatically: expr. by aenigmata loqui, v. preced. art.
II. To sift: cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3: v. sift.
III. To pierce full of holes: nearest word, confŏdio, fōdi, fossum, 3: to be r.d with wounds, confodi vulneribus, Liv. 24, 7: r.d by so many judicial sentences, tot judiciis confossus, id. 5, 11; Pl. Phr.: r.d with wounds, plenus vulnerum, Liv. 5, 11: a criminal r.d like a sieve by the hangmen, carnificium cribrum, Pl. Most. 1, 1, 52.