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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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• start (v.):
    1. I. To move suddenly from agitation or fear:
      1. 1. trĕmisco, 3: he s.s at the sound of footsteps and voice, sonitumque pedum vocemque tr., Virg. Aen. 3, 648.
      2. 2. rĕsĭlio, ui, 4: the polypus s.s back from the smell of savory, polypus r. ab odore cunilae, Plin. 10, 70, 90.
      3. 3. concŭtior, cussus, 3: Sen. Tranq. 2.
      4. 4. horreo, ui, 2: he s.s when hands are applied to fresh wounds, h. admotas vulnera cruda manus, Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 16.
      5. 5. commŏvēri mĕtu: cf. Ter. And. 5, 4, 34.
      6. 6. expăvesco, pāvi, 3: to s. at an uproar, ex. ad tumultum aliquem, Plin. 10, 77, 97: cf. Liv. 6, 14.
      7. 7. to s. up., exsĭlio, ēmergo, Lucr. 2., 200.
      8. 8. to s. back: v. recoil.
    2. II. To s. asunder, burst:
      1. 1. dissĭlio, ui, 4: bronze vessels often s. asunder, aera dissiliunt vulgo, Virg. G. 3, 363.
      2. 2. rumpor, dīrumpor: v. snap.
    3. III. To set out:
      1. 1. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3: when you had s.'d to come to me, cum ad me pr. es ire, Pl. Rud. 3, 6, 9: (cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 16: pr. Cyprum [to s. for Cyprus]).
      2. 2. incĭpĕre ĭtĕr, Pl. Cas. 2, 1, 16.
      3. 3. in viam se dare (to s. on a journey), Cic. Fam. 14, 12. Phr.: to s. with: prīmum, inprīmis, a prīmo: cf. id. N. D. 2, 1, 3., he proves, to s. with, that gods exist, then what their nature is, primum docet deos esse deinde quales sint: in a low tone to s. with, then more earnest, summissus a primo, deinde pressus, id. Or. 8, 26: I now return to the subject with which I s.'d, nunc ad inceptum redeo, Sall. J. 4, fin.: to s. in a race, carcere mitti, or emitti, Ov. H. 18, 166: carcere effundi, Virg. G. 3, 104: e carceribus exire, Cic. Brut. 47, 173: carceribus mitti, Hor. S. 1., 1, 114.
    4. IV. To set on foot:
      1. 1. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3: to s. a barter in one's own house, domesticum mercatum i., Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30.
      2. 2. ĭnĭtium alicujus făcĕre: cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20, he would have s.'d the massacre with me, caedis initium fecisset a me.
      3. 3. auspĭcor, ātus, 1: to s. one's life, vitam a., Plin. 7, prooem. 3.
      4. 4. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3: to s. a canvass, ad petitionem a., Cic. Mur. 7, 15: to s. a business, negotium a., id. Off. 1, 21, 73.
      5. 5. commŏveo, ōvi, ōtum, 2: you have s.'d a subject, rem commovisti, id. Brut. 87, 297: to s. a doubt about a thing, aliquid in dubium vocare, id. de Or. 2, 34: to s. a discussion, inferre sermonem, id. Off. 1, 40, 144.
    5. V. To s. game:
      1. 1. excio, īvi or ii, ītum and ĭtum, 4: the hounds s.'d the boar out of its lair, suem latebris excivere canes, Ov. M. 10, 710.
      2. 2. excĭto, 1: to s. wild animals, feras e., Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: to s. a stag from its covert, cervum nemorosis latibulis e., Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.