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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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• swell (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To make to bulge out, enlarge:
      1. 1. tŭmĕfăcio, feci, factum, 3: Ov. M. 15, 303.
      2. 2. inflo, 1; to s. out the cheeks, inflare buccas, Hor. S. 1, 1, 21: swollen rivers, inflati amnes, Liv. 40, 33: the sail is swollen by the S. wind, inflatur carbasus Austro, Virg. Aen. 3, 357.
      3. 3. distendo, di, tum, 3: to s. out the dugs by the cytisus, ubera cytiso d., id. E. 9, 31: to s. with fatness, (equum) pingui d., id. G. 3, 124.
      4. 4. augeo, auxi, auctum, 2: to s. the treasury, a. aerarium, Tac. A. 3, 25. Phr.: swollen with food, tumidus, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 61: a swollen sea, tumidum mare, Virg. Aen. 8, 671.
    2. II. Meton.:
      1. 1. tŭmĕfăcio, 3: swollen with joy, laetitia tumefactus, Ov. M. 15, 303.
      2. 2. inflo, 1: to s. their minds to an intolerable pitch of pride, animos i. ad intolerabilem superbiam, Liv. 45, 31: v. puff up, inflate.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. tŭmeo, 2: my eyes s. with weeping, lumina fletu t., Tib. 1, 8, 68: the feet s., pedes t., Virg. Aen. 2, 273: the wave is swollen from the wind, unda t. a vento, Ov. F. 2, 776.
      2. 2. tŭmesco, mui, 3: the sea s.s, mare t., Cic. Div. 1, 7, 13: the wounds s., vulnera t., Tac. H. 2, 77.
      3. 3. turgeo, tursi, 2: his face s.s from the blow, ora t. ab ictu, Ov. F. 3, 757: the buds s., gemmae t., Virg. E. 7, 48.
      4. 4. turgesco, 3: the seed s.s in the ground, t. semen in agris, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 11.
      5. 5. augesco, 3: when the river began to s., augescente flumine, Tac. H. 2, 34.
      6. 6. cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3: the number of my friends has swollen, mihi crevere amici, Cic. Sest. 32, 69.
    2. II. Meton.: to s. with pride, anger, etc.:
      1. 1. tŭmeo, 3: many of the tribes s.ing with wrath, multis gentibus ira tumentibus, Liv. 31, 8: his fierce breast swells with fury, rabie fera corda t., Virg. Aen. 6, 49: you s. with pride at your long pedigree, alto stemmate t., Juv. 8., 40.
      2. 2. tŭmesco, 3: Ov. H. 8, 57.
      3. 3. turgeo, 2: (my wife) swells with anger at me, (uxor) turget mihi, Pl. Cas. 2, 5, 17.
      4. 4. turgesco, 3: a philosopher's mind never s.s, is never inflated, sapientis animus nunquam t., nunquam tumet, Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19. Phr.: their hearts that had been s.ing with anger then grow calm, tumida ex ira tum corda residunt, Virg. Aen. 6, 407.