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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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• sting (subs.):
    1. I. The s. of an animal:
      1. 1. ăcūleus: a bee's s., apis ac., Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52.
      2. 2. spīcŭlum: fastening on the veins (bees) leave their s.s behind them hidden in the wound, sp. caeca relinquunt adfixae venis, Virg. G. 4, 237.
      3. 3. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n.: the s. of the scorpion, scorpii ac., Cic. Arat. 685.
    2. II. The wound inflicted by the s.:
      1. 1. ictus, ūs, m.: by which food wasps make their s.s mortal, quo alimento vespae mortiferos ictus faciunt, Plin. 11, 53, 116: the scorpion's tail is ever ready for a s., scorpionis semper cauda in ictu est, id. 11, 25, 30: a puncture made by a s., aculeatus ictus, id. 20, 21, 84.
      2. 2. morsus, ūs, m.: Virg. G. 4, 237. (Though others explain morsus here to be the bite of the bee.)
      3. 3. vulnus, ĕris, n.: v. wound.
    3. III. The s. of plants: spinarum aculei, Plin. 21, 15, 55: there is in those leaves a pungency from their s.s, iis foliis inest aculeata mordacitas, id. 21, 15, 54: without any s., morsu carens, ib.
    4. IV. Meton.:
      1. 1. ăcūleus: the s.s of sarcasm, ac. contumeliarum, Cic. Or. 2, 55, 222. his wit has a s. in it, cum aliquo ac. facetus est, id. Brut. 47, 173.
      2. 2. vĕnēnum: cf. Hor. S. 1, 7, 1.
      3. 3. morsus, ūs, m.: the s. of sorrow, m. doloris, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15.
      4. 4. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n.: they prick themselves with their own s.s, se compungunt suis ac., Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 158.
      5. 5. vulnus, ĕris, n.: this is the s. of our sorrow, hoc nostrum vulnus, Tac. Agr. 45. Phr.: the s.s of conscience, angor conscientiae, Cic. Leg. 1, 14, 40: to feel some s.s of conscience, morderi conscientia, id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45.