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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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• signal (subs.):
      1. 1. signum: to give a s., s. dare, Sall. Cat. 18. also, in milit. sense (for battle), signa canere, id. Jug. 99 (but the constr. is exceptional: v. infr. 3): the shepherd's s. (for calling the flocks home), pastorale s., Col. 6, 23 (pastorali s. quasi receptui canitur): Virg. Aen. 7, 512 (p. signum dea canit).
      2. 2. classĭcum (milit. s., given by sound of trumpet): the consul summons the men by s. (sound of trumpet) to his tent, consul classico ad praetorium convocat, Liv. 7, 36: esp. in phr. classicum canit (= the s. is given), ib. 28, 27: less freq. classicum canitur, Caes. B. C. 3, 82. For classicum, also bellicum occurs: Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (bellicum canere, trans.): Liv.
      3. 3. expr. to give a s. (in milit. t. t.), by căno, cĕcĭni, cantum, 3 (used both as v. intrans. and trans.): (Hasdrubal) sounded the s. for retreat, receptui cecinit, Liv. 27, 47: before the s. for battle was given (lit. sounded or rang out), priusquam signa canerent, Liv. 1, 1, med.: Sall.
      4. 4. insigne, is, n.: cf. Caes. B. G. 2, 20, vexillum [a red flag] proponendum quod erat insigne, quum ad arma concurri oporteret (s. to prepare for a battle): the actual s. for battle being denoted by the foll. clause, signum tuba dandum: cf. id. B. C. 3, 89, vexillo signum dare: a night s., nocturnum i., Liv. 29, 25. (N.B.--The word insigne is best suited to denote any conspicuous signal, esp. one of a special kind, as in the places referred to.) Phr.: to give a s. by kindling fire, ignibus significationem facere, Caes. B. G. 2, 33: cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 35, 93, praedonum adventum significabat ignis e specula sublatus: to give the s. for decamping (by pulling up the standards), signa convelli jubere, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77: on the part of the men, the s. was a general shout, cf. vasa conclamare, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: to fire a gun as a s. of distress, *tormento periculi significationem facere (R. and A.).