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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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• struggle (v.):
    1. I. To contend closely or vigorously with any one or any thing:
      1. 1. luctor, 1 (lit. to wrestle): to s. with any one, cum aliquo l., Cic. Sull. 16: poet. with dat.: to s. with death, l. morti, Sil.: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 1, 15. Comps. (1) colluctor, 1 (to s. with: rare): Col.: Gell.: (2) obluctor, 1 (to s. against): to s. against a current, flumini ob., Curt. 4, 8: Col. Fig.: to s. with difficulties, difficultatibus ob., Curt. 6, 6. (3) ēluctor, 1 (to s. out; make a way out by struggling): with acc.: to s. out of (the grasp of) strong hands, validas manus e., Liv. 24, 26.
      2. 2. pugno, 1: v. to fight; also, struggle (subs.). Rarely with dat.: let us s. against love, pugnemus amori, Ov. Her. 16 (17), 189: v. to resist.
      3. 3. conflictor, 1 (to be brought into collision with): to s. with adversity, c. cum adversa fortuna, Nep. Pel. 5: to have to s. with so many disadvantages, tot incommodis c., Caes. B. G. 5, 35: Tac.
      4. 4. congrĕdior, 3: Join: luctari et congredi cum aliquo, Cic. Sull. 16, fin.
      5. 5. obnītor, sus and xus, 3: to s. with adversity, adversis ob., Tac.
    2. II. To exert oneself greatly:
      1. 1. nītor, sus and xus, 3: usu. foll. by ut and subj.: v. to strive. Strengthened, connītor: (infants) s. to get upon their feet, connituntur ut sese erigant, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42: also foll. by ad and ger.: Tac.: Curt.
      2. 2. contendo, di, tum, 3: they s.d (hard) to board the enemies' ships, summa vi transcendere in hostium naves contendebant, Caes. B. G. 3, 15. Join: eniti et contendere, Cic.; (id) contendere et laborare, Caes.
      3. 3. pugno, 1: s. hard for that! illud pugna [et enitere], Cic. Fam. 3, 10: he s.s to overcome sleep, p. evincere somnos, Ov. M. 1, 685 (poet. constr.).
      4. 4. luctor, 1: to s. to restrain a laugh, risum compescere l., Ov. Her. 16 (17), 161.
    3. III. To strain oneself convulsively: perh. nixor, 1: Virg. Aen. 5, 279 (al. nexantem). See also to strain.