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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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• call (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To name:
      1. 1. appello, 1: do not c. me by a false name, ne me appella falso nomine, Pl.: we c. corn Ceres, wine Bacchus, fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Bacchum, Cic.: he is c.'d king, rex appellatur, Caes.
      2. 2. nōmĭno, 1: v. to name.
      3. 3. vŏco, 1 (more freq. to summon: v. infr.): the hill is now c.'d the Quirinal, collis nunc Quirinalis vocatur, Cic.: you would c. me unfortunate, me miserum vocares, Hor.
      4. 4. vŏcĭto, 1 (to c. habitually): Demetrius, who was usually c.'d Phalereus, Demetrius, qui Phalereus vocitatus est, Cic.: Lucr.
      5. 5. dīco, dixi, dictum, 3: he c.'d the whole country Chaonia, Chaoniam omnem dixit, Virg.: Cic.: Hor.
      6. 6. ūsurpo, 1 (c. habitually): Laelius is usually c.'d the wise, Laelius sapiens usurpatur, Cic.
      7. 7. In pass., to be c.'d: audio, 4 (esp. poet., and in special phr.): or choosest thou rather to be c.'d Janus? seu Jane libentius audis? Hor. (Milton, "or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream"): to be c.'d ill names, be ill spoken of, male a., Cic.: v. TO BE SPOKEN OF.
      8. 8. clŭeo, clŭo, 2 and 3 (also with pass. sense: only in archaic language): Lucr. Phr.: that disease is c.'d avarice, ei morbo nomen est avaritia, Cic.: the boy was c.'d Egerius, puero nomen Egerio est inditum, Liv.
    2. II. To summon, invite: q. v.:
      1. 1. vŏco, 1: who c.s? who names me? quis v.? quis nominat me? Pl.: to c. the Roman people to arms, populum R. ad arma v., Caes. Fig.: I c. your proceedings to account, quae fecisti in judicium voco, Cic.
      2. 2. advŏco, 1: to c. the chief men to a council, viros primarios in consilium ad., Cic. Fig.: we c. the mind home, animum ad se ipsum advocamus, Cic.: to c. to mind, in memoriam redigere or reducere, Cic.: Alcides c.s all arms (to his aid), Alcides omnia arma advocat, Virg.
  2. B. Intrans.: chiefly in phr. to call out, etc.: q. v.