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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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• bottom (subs.):
    1. I. The lowest part:
      1. 1. fundus: the b. of a chest, armarii f., Cic.: Nereus stirs up the sea from the b., Nereus ciet aequora fundo, Virg.
      2. 2. sŏlum (only where the bottom is formed by the ground): the b. of a trench, fossae s., Caes.: the b. of a pond, s. stagni, Ov.
      3. 3. īmus (adj. usu. agr. with word corresp. to the Eng. word dependent on "bottom": see L. G. 342): at the b. of an oak, ad imam quercum, Phaedr.: at the b. of the ear, in aure ima, Plin.: a hill gradually rising from the b., locus editus paulatim ab imo acclivis, Caes.: from the b. to the top, ab imo ad summum, Hor.: the b. of the sea, ima (pl.) maris Plin.
      4. 4. infĭmus (used like imus): from the b. of an altar, ab infima ara, Cic.: at the b. of a hill, sub inf. colle, Caes.: a hill gently rising from the b., collis leniter ab infimo acclivis, Caes. Phr.: the net went to the b., abiit rete pessum, Pl.: many cities have sunk to the b. of the sea, multae per mare pessum subsedere urbes, Lucr.: in certain channels the sea is so deep that no anchors can find b., mare certis canalibus ita profundum ut nullae ancorae sidant, Plin.: to send to the b.: v. to sink: to understand a thing to the b., rem penitus intelligere, Cic.: v. thoroughly, completely.
    2. II. Low ground: vallis: v. valley.
    3. III. A ship: q. v.
    4. IV. Foundation; cause: q. v. Phr.: he was at the b. of that plan, ejus consilii auctor fuit, Caes.: who will not believe that you have been at the b. of this? hoc quis non credat ab te esse ortum? Ter.
    5. V. Dregs: q. v.: faex, cis.