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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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• break up:
    1. I. To break in pieces (q. v.):
      1. 1. frango, 3: to b. up a clod, glebam f., Virg.
      2. 2. solvo, 3: to b. up a ship, navem s., Ov.
      3. 3. dissolvo, 3: to b. up a ship, navigium d., Cic. Phr.: to b. up land, arva subigere, Virg.: terras vomere imbuere, Ov.
    2. II. To put an end to, to dismiss:
      1. 1. solvo, 3: Tarquin broke up the custom of consulting the senate, Tarquinius morem senatum consulendi solvit, Liv.
      2. 2. discŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, 3: to b. up a council, consilium d., Liv.: v. to dismiss. Phr.: to b. up an army, exercitum dimittere, Caes.: v. to disband.
    3. III. Intr.: to go to pieces; to separate; to leave a position: Phr.: the ship has broken up, navigium dissolutum est, Cic.: the sharp frost b.s up, solvitur acris hiems, Hor.: the council b.s up, consurgitur ex consilio, Caes.: next day the enemy b. up (i e. leave their position), postero die hostes castra movent, Caes.: we shall b. up to-morrow (of a school), *cras nobis feriae incipient: v. to separate, disband.