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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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• whet (v.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. ăcuo, ui, ūtum, 3: they hear the shrill sound of the saw when it is being w.'d, stridorem serrae audiunt quum acuitur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116: the lioness w.s her terrible teeth, leaena dentes acuit timendos, Hor. Od. 3, 20, 10.
      2. 2. exăcuo (strengthened): the boar w.s his teeth, sus exacuit dentes, Virg. G. 3, 255.
    2. II. Fig.: to provoke, stimulate: ăcuo, exăcuo: to w. the tongue by practice in speaking, linguam a. exercitatione dicendi, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: Tyrtaeus w.'d manly spirits for martial war, Tyrtaeus mares animos exacuit in Martia bella, Hor. A. P. 403.