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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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• spring (v.):
  1. A. Intrans.:
    1. I. To grow up:
      1. 1. ēnascor, nātus, 3: a laurel had sprung up in the stern of a ship of war, lauream in puppi navis longae enatam, Liv. 32, 1, fin.: Varr.: Tac.: Suet. (Nasci = to grow: Plin. pass.)
      2. 2. vĕnio, prōvĕnio, 4 (the former poet.): to s. up without cultivation, sponte sua v., Virg. G. 2, 11: sponte sua provenire, Plin. 17, init.
      3. 3. cresco, 3: v. to grow.
      4. 4. other rarer or more poet. exprr. are, surgere, Virg. G. 2, 14: pullulare, se subjicere (to shoot up), ib. 16 and 18: exoriri, Lucr. 1, 180: emergere, Cic. Sen. 15, 51 (of the blade of corn coming forth to view): and in causative sense, submittere (to cause to s. up), Lucr. 1, 8 (suaves daedala tellus submittit flores).
    2. II. As a river or s., to have its source (Lit.): nascor, ŏrior: v. to rise (III.). Also ēmĭco, 1 (to come spouting up): Liv. 44, 33.
    3. III. To begin, as a gale: ŏrior, exŏrior, surgo: v. to rise (III.).
    4. IV. To be descended from: esp. in p. part. sprung: which is expr. by,
      1. 1. ortus: or where remoter origin is indicated, ŏriundus: (1.) ortus: s. from the same grade, ex eodem loco o., Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 10: (the Belgae) s. from the Germans, o. a Germanis, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: and without prep. equestri loco o., Cic.: Liv. (2.) ŏriundus: s. from Syracuse, oriundus a Syracusis, Liv. 24, 6 (where immediate parentage is expr. by natus): foll. by ex to denote the persons from whom descent is traced, ib. 2, 9 (ex Etruscis o.): but also ab, Cic. Top. 6, 29 (qui ab ingenuis o. sunt, Vet. Lex).
      2. 2. nātus (denoting immediate parentage: with abl.): v. born, son. More exactly in sense of Eng., prognātus: Romulus s. from the loins of a god, Romulus deo p., Liv.: foll. by ex and ab, Caes.: v. descended (3).
      3. 3. sătus (chiefly poet.): with abl.: O thou s. from the blood of gods, sate sanguine divum, Virg. Aen. 6, 125: cf. Liv. 38, 58, non sanguine humano sed stirpe divina s. (in a rhetor. passage).
      4. 4. ēdĭtus (poet.): v. descended.
    5. V. To proceed from: māno, ēmāno, ŏrior: v. TO PROCEED FROM (IV.): also prŏfĭciscor, etc.: v. to originate.
    6. VI. To leap, bound: sălio, ĭi, and ui, ltum, 4: and more freq. comps.: (1.) exsĭlio, 4 (to s. from): he sprang hastily from his seat, properans de sella exsiluit, Cic. Verr. 2, 30, 75: I sprang (eagerly) to you, exsilui ad te, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 44. (2.) dēsĭlio, 4 (to s. down): to s. down from a chariot, etc., curru, essedo, equis d., Caes.: Cic. (3.) insĭlio, 4 (to s. upon): to s. upon a horse, ins. in equum, Liv. 6, 7: to s. upon any one (to attack him), ins. in aliquem, Apul. (4.) prōsĭlio, 4 (to s. forward): the king sprang (started) from his throne, rex ab sede sua prosiluit, Liv. 2, 12: Cic. (5.) rĕsĭlio, 4 (to s. back): Quint.: Plin.: v. to leap.
    7. VII. By anal. with preced.: ēmĭco, 1: cf. supr. (II.). Where the action of an elastic s. is referred to, perh. rĕsĭlio, 4: v. to recoil. To s. asunder, dissĭlio, displōdo: v. to fly apart. Phr.: the gate suddenly s.s open, *porta subito impetu se pandit.
  2. B. Trans.: Phr.: to s. a leak, rimas agere, Ov. M. 2, 211: (to crack, form fissures), rimis fatiscere (of ships), Virg. Aen. 1, 123 (but the expr. does not so much denote the sudden formation of an aperture, as the gradual parting of the timbers): more exactly perh. *rimâ, fissurâ, foramine dissilire: the ship sprang several leaks, (navis) plurimis locis laxari coepisse (R. and A.): to s. a mine, *pulveris (nitrati) cuniculum igni admoto explodere: to s. a rattle, *crepitaculo signum dare; crepitaculo insonare: to s. an arch, *fornicem educere.