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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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• soothe:
    1. I. To allay pain: whether physical or mental:
      1. 1. mulceo, si, sum, 2: he s.s wounds by manifold appliances, varia vulnera mulcet ope, Ov. F. 5, 402.
      2. 2. permulceo, 2 (seldom used literally, as in Ov. Met. 1, 715, firmat soporem languida permulcens medicata lumina virga, confirms their sound slumber by s.ing their tired eyes with a tinctured wand): by no comfort to s. old age, nulla consolatione p. senectutem, Cic. Sen. 2, 4.
      3. 3. lēnio, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4: to s. wounds, vulnera l., Prop.
      4. 4. dēlēnio, 4 (stronger than lenio: to s. effectually): to s. one's grief, d. dolentem, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 43: to s. a disease, d. morbum, Plin.
      5. 5. lĕvo, 1: to s. care and mental anxiety by talk and advice, curam et angorem animi sermone et consilio l., Cic.: cf. allĕvo, etc. (v. to alleviate, relieve).
      6. 6. sēdo, 1 (oftener fig. than lit.): to s. pains in the ears, dolores aurium s., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 133: to s. (or quiet) alarm, s. pavorem, Liv.
      7. 7. mītĭgo, 1: dolores, labores m., Cic.: to s. one's ears (by explanations), aures m., Quint. 12, 1, 14: also metus m., id.: v. to mitigate.
      8. 8. tranquillo, 1 (fig.): so that their minds are either agitated or s.d, ut aut perturbentur animi aut tranquillentur, Cic. Top. 26, 98: v. to calm. For to be s.d, see also to abate (B.).
      9. 9. consōlor, sōlor, 1: v. to comfort.
    2. II. To s. or soften down anger, tumult, etc.
      1. 1. oblēnio, 4: let reading of poetry s. an irritable man, lectio carminum (iracundum) obleniat, Sen. de Ira, 3, 9, init.
      2. 2. mulceo (poet.): iras m., Virg. Cf. also plāco, sēdo, lēnio, mollio, mītĭgo (v. to pacify, mollify, appease, allay).
    3. III. To lull with pleasure: mulceo, 2: m. tigres (of Orpheus), Virg.: to s. girls with song, puellas carmine m., Hor. Od. 3, 11, 20. Also dēlēnio, rĕcanto, etc.: v. to charm, fascinate.
    4. IV. To caress, flatter: q. v. Phr.: to s. grief, sedationem moerendi afferre, Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65: cf. levationem aegritudinum habere, ib. 1, 49, 119: to s. one's toils, flectere labores, Stat. S. 5, 1, 120: to s. cares with the lyre, curas lyra attenuare, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 16: to s. pain, dolorem abstergere, Cic.