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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.
shelter (v.) Copy link
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• shelter (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To cover and protect, as from cold, wind, etc.:
      1. 1. tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3: to preserve and s. any one from injury, aliquem conservare et t., Caes. B. C. 1, 85: to s. and protect any one, aliquem t. ac tueri, Cic. Fam. 13, 66. Comp.: prōtĕgo, 3: to s. a person against accusers, aliquem adversus criminantes p., Tac. H. 2, 60: to s. the best men, viros optimos p., Plin. Ep. 3, 9, fin.
      2. 2. dēfendo, di, sum, 3: to s. any one from injury, aliquem ab injuria d., Caes. B. G. 5, 20, fin.: to s. (strictly, i. e. to ward off from) the vines from the too powerful heat of the sun, nimios solis ardores d., Cic. de Sen. 15, 53.
      3. 3. arceo, cui, 2 (to ward off: with acc. and abl.): Neptune s.s the fleets from the North winds, Neptunus classes Aquilonibus arcet, Hor. A. P. 64: Tac.
      4. 4. expr. by suffŭgium praebēre: it s.s neither from rain nor the sun, s. nullum aut imbris aut solis praebet, cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 39, med.
    2. II. To receive and protect:
      1. 1. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: Tigranes s.'d Mithridates when panic-stricken and in flight, Mithridatem in timore ac fuga excepit Tigranes, Cic. Manil. 9, 23: O happy land, which shall s. this man, O terram beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit, id. Mil. 38, 105: cf. Liv. 29, 11, ad fin. (aliquem hospitio excipere).
      2. 2. expr. by in tutelam recipere: v. protection. See also to protect.
  2. B. Intrans.: expr. by circuml.: they s.'d in various places in alarm, diversa tecta metu petiere, Virg. Aen. 4, 164: they s.'d in a cave, *(imbris, tempestatis, etc.) suffugium quaerentes in speluncam se recepere: v. to betake oneself.