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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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• burn (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To consume with fire:
      1. 1. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3 (the most general term: also used of other agencies besides fire): you shall neither bury nor b. a dead man in the city, hominem mortuum in urbe ne sepelito neve urito, xii. Tab. ap. Cic.: she b.s the fragrant cedar-oil for lights at night, urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, Virg.. to b. ships, naves ur., Hor.: to b. cities, urbes ur., Tac. So the compounds of uro: (i.) ădūro, 3 (to b. on the surface or partially): to b. a person's clothes, alicujus vestimenta a., Liv.: to b. (singe off) anyone's beard or hair, alicui barbam, capillum a., Cic.: v. to singe. (ii.) ambūro, 3 (to b. all round; over the entire surface): the burnt body of Hercules, Herculis ambustum corpus, Cic.: to restore a theatre that has been burnt (gutted), theatrum ambustum restituere, Suet. (iii.) pĕrūro, 3 (rare: intens.): v. to burn up. (iv.) combūro, 3 (stronger than uro: to burn completely; burn up: q. v.): to b. anyone alive, aliquem vivum c., Cic.: Caes. (v.) exūro, 3 (= comburo): he was burnt alive in his own house, domi suae vivus exustus est, Cic.: v. also to burn up, down.
      2. 2. crĕmo, 1 (to b. to ashes, completely to destroy by fire: Habicht, § 15): to b. and destroy a city, c. et diruere urbem, Liv.: to b. ships, c. naves, Liv.: the most regular word to denote the cremation of a corpse: Sulla wished his body to be burnt by fire, Sulla igni voluit cremari, Cic. So its comp. concrĕmo, which is stronger: they threatened to b. them alive, vivos igni concrematuros minabantur, Liv.: to b. a city with fire (reduce it to ashes), urbem igni c., Liv.
      3. 3. incendo, di, sum, 3 (strictly, to set on fire): v. to fire: to b. incense and perfumes, tus et odores in., Cic.: Virg.
      4. 4. inflammo, 1: v. to fire, kindle.
    2. II. To affect or injure by fire or heat:
      1. 1. ădūro, 3 (v. supr. 1. i.): the philosophers in India submit to be (partially, in the extremities or skin) burnt without groaning. in India sapientes sine gemitu aduruntur, Cic.: burnt bread, panis adustus, Hor.
      2. 2. torreo, ui, tostum, 2: to be burnt with flame, flamma torreri, Cic.: v. to scorch.
      3. 3. ambūro, 3 (v. supr. 1, ii.): to b. the throat (of hot food or drink), gutturem (i. e. guttur) a., Pl.: v. to singe.
      4. 4. cŏquo, coxi, coctum, 3: v. to bake: v. also, sunburnt. Phr.: a burnt child dreads the fire, *refugit ignem puer qui semel adustus est.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To be on fire:
      1. 1. ardeo, arsi, arsum, 2: Tac.: Virg.: v. fire, to be on.
      2. 2. flagro, 1: v. to blaze.
    2. II. To be inflamed with passion:
      1. 1. ardeo, 2: to b. with grief and anger, dolore et ira a., Cic.: to b. with love, amore a., Ter.: to b. for love of anyone, aliquam a., Hor. (or with abl. al.); in aliqua a., Ov.
      2. 2. flagro, 1: to b. with desire and madness, cupiditate atque amentia f., Cic. (a stronger expr. than ardere).
      3. 3. aestŭo, 1 (prop. to boil, be agitated): to b. with desire, cupiditate a., Cic.: v. to be inflamed.