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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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• boil (v.):
  1. A. Intrans.:
    1. I. Lit.: whether of the liquid, or of the vessel containing it:
      1. 1. ferveo, bŭi, 2, and sometimes 3 (fervĕre: Lucr.): b.ing water, aqua fervens, Cic.
      2. 2. fervesco, 3 (to begin to b.): the pots are beginning to b., seriae f., Pl.
      3. 3. effervesco, fervi, 3: waters b. when fires are put under them, aquae ef. subditis ignibus, Cic.
    2. II. To be cooked in liquid: infervesco, bui, 3: when this has b.'d, hoc ubi inferbuit, Hor.: Plin. Phr.: to b. quickly (i. e. to become soon soft in b.ing), in coctura celeriter madescere, Col.: comp. inf. B. (9).
    3. III. To be agitated by heat, or in a similar way:
      1. 1. fervĕo, 2: the sea b.s with the tide, f. aestu pelagus, Cic.: Virg.
      2. 2. aestŭo, 1: the whirlpool b.s, a. gurges, Virg.: the wave is b.ing, a. unda, Hor.
      3. 3. effervo (-esco), 3 (to b. over): we have seen billowy Aetna b. over into the fields, ef. in agros vidimus undantem Aetnam, Virg.
      4. 4. exaestŭo, 1 (to b. up): Etna b.s up from its lowest depth, Aetna fundo ex. imo, Virg.
    4. IV. To be hot or fervid (fig.):
      1. 1. fervĕo, 2: his soul was b.ing with swelling wrath, animus tumida fervebat ab ira, Ov.: Hor.
      2. 2. fervesco, 3.: the mind begins to b. with anger, animus ira f., Lucr.
      3. 3. effervesco, 3: Cic.
      4. 4. aestŭo, 1: his mind b.s up with anger, mens ex. ira, Virg.: v. also to be on fire.
  2. B. Trans.:
      1. 1. fervĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3: to b. brine, muriam f., Cels.: Plin.
      2. 2. infervĕfăcĭo, 3: to b. vinegar, acetum in., Col.
      3. 3. cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3 (gen. term for every kind of cooking): to b. food, cibum [aqua ferventi] coquere, Lucr.: Liv.: Ov.
      4. 4. concŏquo, 3 (b. together): Lucr.: Plin.
      5. 5. dēcŏquo, 3 (b. down or thoroughly): to b. anything down to half the quantity, aliquid in dimidiam partem d., Hor.: Plin.
      6. 6. excŏquo, 3 (b. out or away): b. it till you b. away the half, usque coquito dum dimidiam excoquas, Cato.
      7. 7. incŏquo, 3 (b. in or with): to b. roots in wine, radices Baccho in., Virg.: to b. blood with herbs, cruorem herbis in., Hor.: to b. down juice with honey, succum cum melle in., Cels.
      8. 8. percŏquo, 3 (b. thoroughly): to b. beef thoroughly, bubulas carnes p., Plin.
      9. 9. In pass., to be b.'d: mădeo, ui, 2 (strictly to be soaked; hence, to become tender with boiling): these things shall be b.'d directly; I will see to it, haec madebunt, faxo, Pl.