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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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      1. 1. aedĭfĭco, 1: to b. a house, domum aed., Cic.: to b. a city, urbem aed., Cic.: to b. a ship, navem aed., Caes.: to b. more carefully, accuratius aed., Caes.: he pulls down, he builds, diruit, aedificat, Hor. Compounds, (i). exaedĭfĭco, 1 (to finish building): to b. a town, oppidum ex., Caes.: to finish b.ing the Capitol, Capitolium ex., Cic. (ii). ĭnaedĭfĭco, 1 (to b. in or over): fortifications built upon the walls, inaedificata in muris moenia, Cic.: to b. upon a place, locum in., Scaev.
      2. 2. strŭo, struxi, structum, 3 (prop. to heap, pile up: q. v.): to b. walls, moenia s., Virg.: to b. houses, domos s., Hor. Comps. (i). constrŭo, 3: birds b. nests for themselves, aves sibi nidos c., Cic. (ii). extrŭo, 3 (b. up): Fig.: Plato selected an unoccupied spot in which he might b. up a state according to his own fancy, Plato aream sibi sumpsit in qua civitatem exstrueret arbitratu suo, Cic. (iii). obstrŭo, 3 (b. before): to b. a strong wall in front, validum murum ob., Liv. (iv). substrŭo, 3 (b. beneath or at the bottom): to b. a foundation, fundamentum s., Pl.: to b. the Capitol at the bottom with hewn stone, Capitolium saxo quadrato s., Liv.
      3. 3. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (lit. to put together): to b. an altar, aram c., Liv.: to b. a tomb, sepulcrum c., Hor.: to b. walls, moenia c., Just.: v. to found.
      4. 4. dūco, duxi, ductum, 3: (esp. of what has length as its principal dimension): to b. walls, muros d., Caes.: Hor. (cf. the phrase, "to carry a wall"): to b. an arch, arcum d., Ov.
      5. 5. mōlĭor, 4 (implying effort, labour): to b. walls, muros m., Virg.: to b. a fleet, classem m., Vir.
      6. 6. texo, xui, xtum, 3 (prop. to weave: hence of what is composed of flexible materials): to b. ships of oak, robore naves t., Virg.: to b. nests, nidos t., Quint. Phr.: to b. a bridge, pontem facere: v. bridge: to b. cells (of bees), favos fingere, Cic. Fig.: to b. upon any one, alicui confidere, in aliquo spem omnem collocare, in aliquem ponere, Cic.: you are b.ing castles in the air, spes pascis inanes, Virg.: to b. upon sand (fig.), fundamenta in aqua ponere, Cic.: v. to construct, erect.