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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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• turn (subs.): ; turning:
    1. I. Circular motion:
      1. 1. conversio: t.s of heavenly bodies, c. caelestes, Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24.
      2. 2. circumactus, ūs: a t. of the body, c. corporis, Plin. 8, 30, 44.
      3. 3. versātio: t. of the eye, v. oculi, Plin. 8, 33, 51: Vitr.
      4. 4. versūra: t. at the end of a furrow, Col. 2, 2, 28: in archit. of a wall, Vitr.
      5. 5. vertīgo, gĭnis, f.: one t. makes a citizen, una v. Quiritem facit, Pers. 5, 76.
      6. 6. flexio. Fig. (rare): Cic. Pis. 22, 53: v. revolution, rotation.
    2. II. An alteration of direction in shape or course, a bend or winding:
      1. 1. flexus, ūs: the t.s of the sun at midwinter, solis brumales flexus, Lucr. 5, 615: in some t. of the road, in aliquo flexu viae, Liv. 22, 12: artful t.s, (in Rhet.), f., Quint. 5, 13, 2.
      2. 2. flexūra: virtue is straightforward, she admits no t., virtus recta est, f. non recipit, Sen. Ep. 71, med.
      3. 3. anfractus: v. curve, winding.
      4. 4. ambāges, gum, f.: v. winding, roundabout.
      5. 5. commūtātio: t. of the tide, c. aestūs, cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 1. Full of t.s: flexuōsus: a way ..., fl. iter, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; sinuosus flexibus (Maeander), Plin. 5, 29, 31. Repeated t.s, occursus et recursus (of the Labyrinth), Plin. 36, 13, 19.
    3. III. An alteration of the course of events, a change, vicissitude:
      1. 1. vĭcissĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.: t.s of fortuna, fortunae v., Cic. Fam. 5, 12.
      2. 2. commūtātio: an important t. of affairs, magna rerum commutatio, Caes. B. C. 1, 52: v. change.
      3. 3. conversio: t. of affairs, c. rerum, Cic. Flacc. 37, 94.
      4. 4. exĭtus, ēventus (decisive or final t.): v. issue, result. Phr.: fortune takes a sudden t., celeriter fortuna mutatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 59: fortuna subito convertitur, Nep. Att. 10, 2: all things take an unfavourable t., omnia in pejorem partem vertuntur ac mutantur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: affairs in Apulia having taken a t. (for the better), inclinatis in Apulia rebus, Liv. 9, 20: things seem to have taken a t. most favourable to us, most disastrous to them, omnia secundissima nobis, adversissima illis accidisse videntur, Caes. in Cic. Att. 10, 8, B.: to take a different t., aliter cadere, Cic. Fam. 5, 19: it is easy for good things to take a t. for the worse, bona facile mutantur in pejus, Quint. 1, 1, 5: all things have taken a different t., omnia versa sunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 61: all things had taken a more favourable t., omnia erant facta laetiora, id. Att. 7, 26: the matter is taking a t. for the better, incipit res melius ire, ib. 14, 16 [v. improve]: to give a t. to anything: v. to turn, change, alter, direction: or with an adj., expr. by facere, reddere, with a comp. adj.
    4. IV. Inclination of mind: expr. by adj. inclīnātus, prōnus, dēdĭtus, etc., e. g. the general himself was of a more peaceable t. of mind, ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat, Liv. 34, 33: v. inclination, disposition.
    5. V. Form of expression: t.s of expression, conformationes verborum, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 208: to give a good t. to a speech, orationem constructione verborum conformare, ib. 1, 5, 17: a t. of expression, orationis figura, ib. 3, 55, 212.
    6. VI. Of succession by t.s: alternis: by asking and persuading by t.s, rogando alternis suadendoque, Liv. 2, 2, ad fin.: by t.s, alternē, Plin.: Sen.: mūtuo: Suet.: invĭcem: Caes.: Cic.: Liv.: Poet.: vicibus factis, Ov. Fast. 4, 353: per vices, Ov. Fast. 4, 483. In t., invĭcem: Liv. 1, 40: this badge of royalty goes the round of all in t., hoc insigne regium in orbem suam cujusque vicem it, Liv. 3, 36: he gave his vote in t., sententiam dixit ex ordine, Cic. Verr. 4, 64, 143: if he speaks let me speak in my t., si iste loquitur sine me pro mea re loqui, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81: they raise their arms in regular t., illi inter sese brachia tollunt in numerum, Virg. Aen. 8, 452.
    7. VII. Of requital, an office: A good t., offĭcium [v. kindness]: bĕnĕfĭcium [v. benefit]: grātia: as good a t. cannot be done as is due, tanta referri gratia non potest quanta debetur, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 4. An ill t.: v. hurt, injury.
    8. VIII. Inclination of the scale: Fig.:
      1. 1. inclīnātio: t.s of affairs and periods, rerum i. et momenta temporum, Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11.
      2. 2. discrīmen, ĭnis, n.: v. critical [III. 3], crisis. Phr.: to give a t. of the scale, momentum habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 70; rem inclinare, Liv. 3, 61; rem decernere, Liv. 5, 55: so important a t. of affairs, tantus cardo rerum, Virg. Aen. 1, 672.
    9. IX. A short walk up and down:
      1. 1. ambŭlātio: v. walk (subs.).
      2. 2. spătium (the distance traversed): after two or three t.s, duobus s. tribusve factis, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28. A little t., ambŭlātiuncŭla: Cic. Phr.: Let us go for a t., eamus deambulatum, Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256: he has gone for a t., abiit ambulatum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 96. Miscell. Phr.: at every end and t., ĭdentĭdem (lit. repeatedly), Cic.: Plaut. To serve one's t.: v. to suffice: it serves your t. well, tuam in rem bene conducit, Plaut. Cist. 3, 4: to trust all to the t. of the die, dare summam rerum in aleam, Liv. 42, 59.