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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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• slay:
      1. 1. interfĭcio, feci, fectum, 3 (the most gen. term: very freq. in Caesar): to s. a man, hominem i., Caes. B. G. 5, 7: Cic.: Virg.
      2. 2. occīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3 (to cut down: more rarely transf. to killing by poison, etc.): to s. his virgin daughter with his own hand, virginem filiam sua manu o., Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66: Caes.: Liv.
      3. 3. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3 (to cut, kill: esp. animals for sacrifice): when they were being slain on all sides, cum ab omni parte caederentur, Liv. 4, 10: to s. victims, c. hostias, Cic. Clu. 68, 194.
      4. 4. concīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3 (to cut to pieces: less freq. than the two preced.): to s. a great multitude, c. magnam multitudinem, Caes. B. G. 2, 11.
      5. 5. nĕco, avi (and ui), ātum, 1 v. kill.
      6. 6. interĭmo, ēmi, emptum or emtum, 3 (to take away): he is said to have slain Argus, dicitur Argum interemisse, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56.
      7. 7. pĕrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, or emtum, 3 (poet.): my right hand shall s. him. hunc perimet mea dextra, Ov. M. 8, 395.
      8. 8. exănĭmo, 1 (to deprive of breath: esp. freq. in pass.): to s. oneself, e. se, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: Hor.
      9. 9. trŭcīdo, 1: v. butcher, massacre: (contrucido occurs in Cic.: Sen.)
      10. 10. jŭgŭlo, 1 (to slay by cutting the throat); and obtrunco, 1 (to cut to pieces), v. murder.
      11. 11. percŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (to run through, stab): by whose hand he was slain I care not, cujus manu sit percussus non laboro, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: Ov.
      12. 12. fĕrio, no pf., 4 (strike, smite): to s. the enemy, hostem f., Sall. Cat. 7: to s. a lamb, f. agnam, Hor. Od. 2, 17, 32: so efflīgo, Sen.: efflicto, Pl. = strike dead.
      13. 13. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to make an end of): to s. a vast quantity of serpents, maximam vim serpentium c., Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: Liv. 1, 25.
      14. 14. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (to take away: esp. freq. with de or e medio): to s. Drusus with the sword, t. Drusum ferro, Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81.
      15. 15. absūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to destroy: a post-Augustan word): hunger slew more than did the sword, plures fames quam ferrum absumpsit. Liv. 22, 39: Virg.: so consūmo, v. destroy.
      16. 16. lēto, 1 (rare): slain bodies, letata corpora, Ov. M. 3, 55.
      17. 17. exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to cause to disappear, extinguish): Sall. J. 24. Phr.: to s., inferre (alicui) mortem, Cic. Mil. 7, 17; necem, id. ib. 4, 10; letum, Pl.: morte mactare, Cic. Rep. 2, 35; privare (aliquem) vita, id. Phil. 9, 4, 8; adimere vitam (alicui), id. ib. 2, 3, 5; spoliare (aliquem) vita, Virg. Aen. 6, 168; animam adimere, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 135; morti, leto dare aliquem, Hor. S. 2, 3, 197; Virg.: (also ad mortem, Pl.); neci mittere, demittere, Virg. Aen. 12, 513; 2, 85 (so also Orco); sternere caede (aliquem), id. 10, 119; sopire (to send to sleep), Sil.: to be slain, occumbere (morti, leto, etc.): v. die.