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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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• snap (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To break off short or suddenly:
      1. 1. praefringo, 3 (to break off the point); to s. the points of spears, hastas p., Liv. 8, 10, post init.
      2. 2. rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3: to s. a bow, r. arcum, Phaedr. 3, 14, 10: see also to burst (A.).
      3. 3. praerumpo, 3: the cables were s.'d, funes praerumpebantur, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: v. to break off (lit. and fig.): cf. frango and compds. (v. to break).
      4. 4. dētergeo, si, sum, 2 (rare in this sense): to s. the oars in sailing by, remos transcurrentes d., Caes. B. C. 1, 58.
      5. 5. infringo, 3 (to break partially, e. g. the stem of anything): ut si quis violas riguove papaver in horto liliaque infringat, Ov. M. 10, 191 (v. to crack, A., I.). See also to burst (A., I.), to break (A., I.), to break open.
    2. II. To s. the fingers or whip:
      1. 1. concrĕpo, pŭi, pĭtum, 1 (either absol. or with digitis): who, as soon as the decemvirs should have s.'d their fingers (i. e. at the least signal from them) might be in arms against the citizens, qui simulac decemviri concrepuerint, armati in cives esse possint, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82: by (merely) s.ing his fingers, si digitis concrepuerit, id. Off. 3, 19, 75 (expr. also by digitorum percussione, ib. 78).
      2. 2. infringo, 3, to s. (or crack) one's fingers, i. manus, Petr. 23 (expr., id. 17, by manus inter se usque ad articulorum strepitum constringere). cf. i. articulos, Quint. 11. 3, 158. Phr.: to s. a whip, insonare flagello, Virg. Aen. 5, 579: to s. one's fingers at (i. e. to show contempt for), contemno, sperno, etc.: v. to despise.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To break asunder with a sharp noise:
      1. 1. dissĭlio, ŭi, 4: the sword s.'d asunder with the blow, mucro ictu dissiluit, Virg. Aen. 12, 739. Frequent. dissulto. See also to crack (B., I.): to fly apart.
      2. 2. crĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (to break with a crash): the oars in pushing against a pointed rock s.'d, acuto in murice remi obnixi crepuere, Virg. Aen. 5, 206.
      3. 3. expr. by refl. of frango, rumpo, etc. (v. to break, B., I.). Phr.: shrubs which s. like glass, arbusculae vitri modo fragiles, Plin. (Quich.). See also to crack (B., I.), to split.
    2. II. To make a sharp sound:
      1. 1. crĕpo, etc. (v. to crack, B., II.): the signal of a finger s.ing, signa digiti crepantis, Mart. 3, 82, 15. Frequent. crĕpĭto (v. to crackle).
      2. 2. incrĕpo (āvi, ātum), ŭi, ĭtum, 1: the bony hand s.'d (or rattled), pollicibus fragiles increpuere manus, Prop. 5 (4), 7, 12: v. to rattle.