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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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• seduce (v.):
    1. I. To entice, mislead:
      1. 1. tento, 1 (to tamper with): to s. the minds of the slaves by hope and fear, animos servorum spe et metu t., Cic. Clu. 63, 176: v. to tamper with.
      2. 2. pellĭcio or perlĭcio, lexi, lectum, 3 (to inveigle): he s.d the army with presents, the people with corn, etc., militem donis, populum annona ... pellexit, Tac. A. 1, 2: v. to allure, decoy.
      3. 3. sollĭcĭto., 1 (to tempt, to s. from allegiance): to s. the slaves (from their loyalty), servitia s., Sall. C. 24, fin.: to s. by large presents, ingentibus datis s., Ov. M. 6, 462: v. to tempt, stir up.
      4. 4. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3: to s. the soldiers, milites c., Sall. J. 39.
      5. 5. expr. by phr., a recta via abducere (v. to mislead); corruptelarum illecebris irretire (cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 13): recto cursu depellere (Hor. S. 5, 2, 78): ad nequitiam adducere (Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 4): v. TO LEAD ASTRAY, corrupt, etc.
    2. II. To corrupt, debauch:
      1. 1. corrumpo, 3: to s. a woman: c. mulierem, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 2: Suet. Caes. 50.
      2. 2. expr. by stuprum, with verb (constr. with cum and abl. or simple dat.): he had s.d his sister, cum sorore s. fecerat, Cic. Mil. 27, 73: he s.d the queen, reginae s. intulit, id. Off. 3, 9, 38.