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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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  1. A. Lit.:
      1. 1. sursum, sublīme, in sublīme feror, 3 (to rise aloft): rarefied air s.s, extenuatus aer sublime fertur, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: sound naturally s.s, sonus natura in sublime fertur, ib. 2, 56, 141.
      2. 2. sublīmis ăbeo, 4 (to s. away): Virg. Aen. 1, 415. Ov. Met. 5, 648.
      3. 3. subvŏlo, 1 (of birds: to mount upon the wing): Ov. M. 11, 790.
  2. B. Fig..
    1. I. To s. (of the mind): se tollo, sustŭli, sublatum, 3: geometry s.s even to the theory of the universe, ad rationem usque mundi geometria se tollit, Quint. 1, 10, 46. Phr.: to s. in thought, cogitationes ad sublimia intendere, Sen.: let us s. in soul, exsurgamus animis, Val. Max. 4, 4, 11: of a s.ing nature that despises mortal things, excelsus et altus et humana despiciens, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11.
    2. II. To s. (in ambition): to s. too high, ad altiora tendere, Liv. 4, 13: v. ambition, ambitious.
    3. III. To s. above (in the sense of excelling, surmounting): sŭpĕro, 1: in which, though many will vie with me, I shall easily s. above all, in quo, etiamsi multi mecum contendent, omnes facile superabo, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4: cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 24: v. to surpass.