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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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• blood:
    1. I. The vital fluid:
      1. 1. sanguis, ĭnis, m. (vital b.): the b. is diffused through the veins to every part of the body, s. per venas in omne corpus diffunditur, Cic.: to let b., s. mittere, Cic.: to staunch the b., s. supprimere, Cels.: meton. for life: he freely bestowed his b. for his country, largitus est patriae suum s., Cic.: he was thirsting for our b., sanguinem nostrum sitiebat, Cic. Fig.: he had drawn these sums from the b. of the treasury, haec de s. detraxerat aerarii, Cic. (s. mittere, of 'bleeding,' the treasury, Cic.): to shed the first b. in a war, bellum sanguine imbuere, Virg.: the b. of the grape, s. uvarum, Cassiod.; Bacchaeus s., Stat. v. juice. Prov.: to squeeze b. from a stone, aquam a pumice postulare, Pl.
      2. 2. crŭor (usu. b. shed; gore, q. v.): the freshest b. of an enemy, inimici recentissimus c., Cic.: the leech full of b., plena cruoris hirudo, Hor. Phr.: to stain a sword with b., gladium cruentare, Cic.
      3. 3. săniēs, f. (i. e. sanious matter, gore: q. v.): Cels.: Virg.: Tac.
      4. 4. caedes, is, f. (prop. slaughter, carnage): rivers mingled with b., permixta flumina caede, Cat.: Liv.: Ov.
    2. II. Kindred, lineage:
      1. 1. sanguis: connected by b., sanguine conjuncti, Cic.: whether he celebrates gods or kings, the b. of gods, sive deos regesve canit, deorum sanguinem, Hor.
      2. 2. nātūra: you are his father by b., I by training, natura tu illi pater, consiliis ego, Ter.: Cic.
      3. 3. gĕnus: v. race, family.
    3. III. Bloodshed: q. v.
    4. IV. Temper of mind, state of the passions: Phr.: all men's b. was up for revenge, omnium animi ad ulciscendum ardebant, Caes.: there was ill b. between this man and Curio, huic simultas cum Curione intercedebat, Caes.: all the prisoners were killed in cold b., *captivi omnes nihil resistentes (?) et amoto pugnae studio necati s. trucidati sunt: or simply trucidati sunt. (Not 'consulto' or 'tranquillo animo,' which some of the Dictionaries give.)
    5. V. In phr. 'flesh and b.,' i.e human nature. Phr.: flesh and b. shall never drive me to fear, nunquam me caro ista ad metum compellet, Sen.: accursed flesh and b., scelerata pulpa, Pers.: flesh and b. can bear it no longer, *haec non sunt humanae patientiae. extra humanam patientiam sunt.