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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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• strike against or on:
  1. A. Trans.:
      1. 1. incŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3: to s. a staff on one's head, scipionem in caput alicujus i., based on Liv. 5, 41, fin.: to s. the foot on the ground, i. pedem terrae, Quint. 2, 12, 10.
      2. 2. offendo, di, sum, 3: to s. the tooth against something hard, solido (dentem) o., Hor. S. 2, 1, 78.
      3. 3. illīdo, si, sum, 3: to s. one's head against the doors, caput foribus i., Suet. Aug. 23 (of an intentional act: cf. impingere se in columnas, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, post med.): v. also to dash against (I.), to drive against.
      4. 4. pulso, 1 (poet.: to strike against = to touch): he himself is lofty, and s.s against the stars on high, ipse arduus altaque p. sidera, Virg. Aen. 3, 619: cf. qui vertice nubila pulset, Val. Fl. 4, 149.
  2. B. Intrans.:
      1. 1. expr. by pass. of verbs given under (A.): e. g. prows kept s.ing against sterns, incutiebantur puppibus prorae, Curt. 9, 9, ad med.
      2. 2. offendo: v. to strike (B.), to stumble.
      3. 3. incurro: v. to fall foul of: v. also to dash against (II.).