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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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• strain (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To stretch: contendo, intendo, tendo, 3: v. to stretch. Phr.: to s. every nerve, omnes nervos [aetatis industriaeque] contendere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 12, 35: so, nervos intendere, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20: manibus pedibusque obnixe facere omnia, id. Andr. 1, 1, 134: less fig., summa ope eniti, Sall. Cat. init.: toto pectore incumbere ad laudem, Cic. Fam. 10, 10: to s. the eyes, oculis quantum maximum potest fieri contendere, cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: *aciem oculorum in aliquam rem summa contentione dirigere.
    2. II. To injure by over-exertion: Phr.: to s. the voice, *vocis nimia contentione uti: vocem nimia virium contentione frangere, debilitare.
    3. III. To overdo a thing: chiefly in p. part.: v. strained.
    4. IV. To purify by means of a strainer:
      1. 1. cōlo, 1: to s. honey, mel c., Col. 12, 11: Plin. Comp. percōlo, 1: Cato. Plin.
      2. 2. lĭquo, 1: to s. (clarify) wine, vina l., Hor. Od. 1, 11, 6: a bag for s.ing wine, saccus quo vinum liquatur, Col. Comp. dēlĭquo, 1 (to s. off, into another vessel): Varr.. Cels.: Col.
    5. V. To injure a joint by a sudden wrench: intorqueo, 2: v. to sprain.
  2. B. Intrans.: nītor, nixor; or expr. by intendo, contendo, with pron. refl. or equiv. obj.: e. g. sese intendere: vires (nervos suos) contendere, etc.: v. supr. (I.).