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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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• bulwark:
    1. I. A fortification: q. v.
      1. 1. mūnīmentum, moenia: v. fortifications.
      2. 2. prōpugnācŭlum: they connect the bridges and the b.s, pontes et p. jungunt, Virg.: Cic.
    2. II. Any means of defence:
      1. 1. prōpugnācŭlum: the b.s of tranquillity, p. tranquillitatis, Cic.
      2. 2. arx, arcis, f.: this city is the b. of all nations, haec urbs arx est omnium gentium, Cic.: Philip regarded that city as a b. against the Grecian states, eam urbem pro arce habuit Philippus adversus Graeciae civitates, Liv.
      3. 3. claustra, orum. the b.s of Egypt, c. Aegypti, Liv.: a b. of mountains, montium claustra, Tac.
      4. 4. agger, ĕris, m.: Alpine b.s, a. Alpini, Virg.: Sen. v. defence.
    3. III. That part of the side of a ship which is higher than the deck: moenĭa, ĭum: the b.s of a ship, moenia navis, Ov.