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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.
sting (v.) Copy link
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• sting (v.):
    1. I. Lit.: To pierce with a s.:
      1. 1. pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3: to s. the frame, p. corpus, Lucr. 2, 460.
      2. 2. compungo, nxi, nctum, 3: to s. with a nettle, aculeis urticae c., Col. 8, 14, 8.
      3. 3. mordeo, mŏmordi, morsum, 2: a nettle with leaves that do not s., urtica foliis non mordentibus, Plin. 22, 14, 16: to s. the tongue, linguam m., id. 29, 2, 9.
      4. 4. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3: to be stung with rods, virgis uri, Hor. S. 2, 7, 58.
      5. 5. fĕrio, 4: to be stung by a serpent, feriri a serpente, Plin. 29, 4, 22. Phr.: a s.ing nettle, urtīca mordax, Ov. A. A. 2, 417.
    2. II. Fig.: To vex, provoke:
      1. 1. pungo, 3: that letter has so stung me that it has deprived me of sleep, epistola illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum ademerit, Cic. Att. 2, 16. Join: stimulare ac pungere, id. Rosc. Am. 2.
      2. 2. mordeo, 2: your letters stung me very much, valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae, id. Att. 13, 12.
      3. 3. excrŭcio, 1: this is what s.s me, haec sunt quae me excr., Pl. Trin. 2, 2, 9: bad men are stung by their conscience, animi conscientia improbi excruciantur, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53.