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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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• violent:
      1. 1. vĕhĕmens, entis (opp. lenis, placidus: of persons and things): a v. rain, v. imber, Lucr. 6, 516 (v. also heavy, VIII.): a v. blow, v. ictus, ib. 310. Join: Fig.: v. acerque, Cic. Caecin. 10, 28: homo v. et violentus, id. Phil. 5, 7, 19 (v. also fiery, II.): a v. kind of speech, genus orationis v. atque atrox, id. de Or. 2, 49, 200: a v. decree of the senate, v. et grave senatus consultum, id. Cat. 1, 1, 3: v. also vehement.
      2. 2. viŏlentus (stronger than preced.): most v. storms, violentissimae tempestates, id. Clu. 49, 138 (cf. violentior Eurus, Virg. G. 2, 107). Fig.: a v. nature, v. ingenium, Liv. 1, 46, med.: v. rule, v. imperium, id. 45, 12, med.: v. remedies, v. medicamina, Cic. Pis. 6, 13 (but al. vinolenta, Nobbe): [cf. iratae medicamina fortia praebere, Ov. A. A. 2, 489].
      3. 3. viŏlens, entis (poet. for preced.: but violentus much more usual): Hor.: Pers.
      4. 4. fŭriōsus, fŭrĭbundus, etc.: v. furious.
      5. 5. impŏtens, entis (incapable of self-control): a most v. fellow, homo impotentissimus, Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 42. Join: victory makes them more v., victoria eos ferociores impotentioresque reddit, id. Fam. 4, 9, 3 (cf. ferox atque i. mulier, Suet. Ner. 28): most v. rule, impotentissimus dominatus, Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 1: fired to a much more v. frenzy, in multo impotentiorem rabiem accensi, Liv. 29, 9, med. Also with gen.: v. in anger, i. irae, ib. post med.: cf. i. amoris, Tac. H. 4, 44. Rarely of things: e. g., i. Aquilo, Hor. Od. 3, 30, 3.
      6. 6. ācer, cris, cre: a v. engagement, a. proelium (v. smart, adj., II.): v. grief, a. luctus, Lucr. (v. also poignant): cf. a. dolor, Virg. Aen. 7, 291: a very v. wife, uxor acerrima, Pl. Mer. 4, 4, 56: v. masters, domini a., Lucr. 6, 63 (61).
      7. 7. effrēnātus: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v., and art. unbridled.
      8. 8. atrox, saevus, etc.: v. fierce, cruel, and Smith's Lat. Dict. s. vv.
      9. 9. grăvis. v. formidable.
      10. 10. īrācundus, etc.: v. passionate (II.), hasty.
      11. 11. răpĭdus, etc.: v. rapid, swift.
      12. 12. praeceps: v. rushing (adj.). Miscell.: to become v. (= to gain force), crebrescere, increbrescere, gliscere (v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. vv.): to be v. (lit. and fig.), furere, saevire (v. to rage, I., II.): to use v. means, expr. by vis with verb (v. violence, II.): v. passions, libidines importunissimae, Cic. Verr. 4, 50, 111: v. animosities, vivida odia, Tac. A. 15, 49 (cf. odium magnum s. acerbum, Cic. pass.): his most v. acts, quae impotentissime fecit, Sen. Ben. 4, 17, med.: to have a v. longing, flagrare cupiditate, Cic. pass.: to have a v. hatred, odio flagrare, id. de Or. 2, 45, 190: to fly into a v. passion, exardescere iracundia et stomacho, id. Verr. 2, 20, 48 (v. passion, IV.): the more v. storms are, the shorter they last, procellae quanto plus habent virium, tanto minus temporis, Sen. (Quich.): a v. death, nex (v. death, 3: cf. funus [poet.], letum: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. vv.): to die a v. death, neci occumbere, Ov. M. 15, 499: (also expr. by pass. of verbs under to kill): to lay v. hands on oneself, vim suae vitae inferre, Vell. 2, 45, ad fin. (cf. sibi manus afferre, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 4: v. also suicide [to commit]): a v. attack, vis (v. assault, subs. I., II.), impetus (v. attack, subs.): a v. pain, morsus doloris, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15: v. attacks of pain, faces dolorum, id. Off. 2, 10, 37: he suffers from v. pains in the limbs, vehementer ejus artus laborant, based on Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61 (cf. magnus articulorum [joints] dolores habere, id. Att. 1, 5, 9): a v. attack of gout, impetus podagrae, Plin. 28, 4, 9. § 41: the pains become v., dolores accrescunt, cf. Nep. Att. 21, med.: the disease becoming v., ingravescens morbus, Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16: to make a cough v., exasperare tussim, Plin. 23, 4, 51, § 97 (cf. exulcerare dolorem, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, init.): to have a very v. fever, febre ardentissima peruri, id. 7, 1, med.: a v. construction on words (or interpretation), perh. *interpretatio dura: s. contorta: to put a v. construction on words, *verba dure interpretari (Georg.).