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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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• urge:
    1. I. To press upon in a hostile manner:
      1. 1. insto, stĭti, 1: they were u.ing the foe more vehemently, hostes i. instabant, Caes. B. C. 3, 45.
      2. 2. urgeo, ursi, 2: Cic.: Sall. Join: insto et u., Virg. Aen. 10, 433: v. to press upon.
    2. II. To drive, hasten, impel:
      1. 1. urgeo: to u. the cavalry against the town, equites in oppidum u., Auct. B. Afr. 92.
      2. 2. impello, puli, pulsum, 3: to u. forward a ship, i. navem, Virg. Aen. 5, 119. Also fig.: he u.d the men to dishonesty, in fraudem homines i., Cic. Pis. 1, 1.
    3. III. To insist on (a point or argument):
      1. 1. urgeo: Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9.
      2. 2. suādeo, 2, hortor, 1: to u. the necessity of peace, pacem s., Cic. Fam. 7, 3; pacem h., id. Att. 7, 17, fin.
    4. IV. To advise strongly, entreat or bid earnestly: to u. any one to ..., summe contendo ab aliquo ut ..., or de with gerundive: Cic.: acerrime suadeo cui ut ... or ne ...: Vell.: v. solicit, entreat, press. Phr.: to u. the plea of bad health, excusare valetudinem, Liv. 6, 22: Cic.: Suet.: Tac.: Hor.: to u. the plea (or excuse) of business, negotia causari, Tac. Ann. 1, 47, fin.: v. to plead.