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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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• stroke (subs.):
    1. I. A blow:
      1. 1. ictus, ūs, m.: a hand-to-hand s., i. comminus (opp. conjectio telorum), Cic. Caecin. 15, 43: shields being pierced through with one s. of javelins, scutis uno i. pilorum transfixis, Caes. B. G. 1, 25, ad med.: a gladiator's s., i. gladiatoris, Cic. Mil. 24, 65: a s. of lightning, i. fulminis, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94: cf. i. fulmineus, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 11.
      2. 2. plāga: v. blow.
      3. 3. verber, ĕris, n.: v. stripe (subs., III.): the ship is urged on by the s.s of six oars (lit. by six strokes), puppis v. senis agitur, Lucan 3, 536: cf. remorum in verbere perstant, Ov. M. 3, 662 (660). Fig.: the s.s of fate, fortunae v., Gell. 13, 27, fin.
      4. 4. pulsus, ūs, m.: the s. of the oars, p. remorum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, fin.: cf. Liv. 22, 19, med.
    2. II. In mechanics, a s. of the piston, perh. *emboli motus s. ictus.
    3. III. Of lightning: fulmen (v. lightning): more freq. fulminis ictus (v. supr., I.). Fig.: fear of such a s., tanti fulminis (i. e. mortis pueri) metus, Quint. 6. praef., post init.
    4. IV. In writing or painting, a line:
      1. 1. līnea: to make a s., lineam ducere, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84: cf. l. cinere ducere, id. 18, 33, 76, § 327: light s.s, primae s. extremae l. (v. outline, subs.).
      2. 2. līneāmentum: s.s of chalk, l. (cretae), Petr. 79, post init.
      3. 3. nŏta: v. mark (subs., Il.).
      4. 4. ductus, ūs, m.: boys imitate the s.s (lit. forms) of letters, literarum ductus pueri sequuntur, Quint. 10, 2, 2. Phr.: by a single s. of his pen (of one letter producing a great effect), una literarum significatione, Cic. Manil. 3, 7: to have put the finishing-s. to wars, supremam bellis imposuisse manum, Ov. R. Am. 114 (metaphor from painting): cf. perpolire aliquid, Cic.: v. also finishing-stroke: to finish, accomplish.
    5. V. A master-stroke, master-piece: q. v. For a violent and sudden effort, v. coup-de-main, COUP-D'ÉTAT. Miscell.: the clock is upon the s. of twelve, *instat meridies: to keep s. (in rowing), perh. *ad s. in numerum remigare: to make a s. (in swimming), perh. dirigere brachia, based on Juv. 4, 89 (direxit brachia contra torrentem): cf. jactare brachia mediis aquis, Ov. ex P. 1, 6, 34: v. also to strike out (B.): to make a lucky s. (in money matters), magnam pecuniam facere, based on Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: by a lucky s., bene, beate, feliciter: he makes from time to time some brilliantly bold s.s (of an author), nonnullos interdum jacit igniculos viriles, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 2: cf. ingenii igniculos ostendere, Quint. 6, praef. 7: a s. of policy (or a clever s.), ars, artĭfĭciumcium], dŏlus, māchĭna (v. artifice, contrivance).