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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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• advance (verb):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To move (push) forward:
      1. 1. prōmŏveo, mōvi, mōtum,
      2. 2. Caesar a.d his camp, Caesar castra promovit, Caes.: the Romans a. their camp to Carthage, Romani castra ad Carthaginem p., Liv.: Caesar a.s the legions, Caesar legiones p., Hirt.: to a. piece (in playing), calculum p., Quint.
      3. 2. admŏveo, 2. to a. a battering ram, attacking towers, etc. against fortifications, (moenibus) arietem, turres adm., Liv.
      4. 3. prōvĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (v. to CARRY FORWARD): esp. as refl. (v. B.) Fig.: to a. any one to the consulate, aliquem in consulatum pr., Vell.: Suet.: v. to exalt, promote.
      5. 4. infĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3: esp. in phr., to a. the standards against (i. e. attack), signa inf. hostibus, Liv.. Hirt.; signa inf. in hostes, Caes.; contra hostes, Liv.
    2. II. To forward, promote: q. v.
    3. III. To pay beforehand: praerŏgo, 1: to a. the money for expenses, expensas pr., Cod.: v. TO PAY BEFOREHAND. Phr.: to a. ready money, pecuniam praesentem nondum debitam solvere, Cic.: sometimes same as to lend, q. v.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To move forward:
      1. 1. prōcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: to a. from the harbour, a portu pr., Cic.: Caesar thought he ought to a. farther, Caesar longius procedendum existimabat, Caes.: to a. from the camp, castris pr., Virg. Fig.: as the day a.d, die procedente, Cic.: he a.d to such a pitch of folly, eo vecordiae processit, Sall.
      2. 2. prōgrĕdĭor, gressus, 3: to a. too far from the camp, longius ex castris progredi, Caes.: the ships a.d too boldly, naves audacius progressae sunt, Caes.
      3. 3. prōvĕhor, vectus, 3 (esp. of riding or sailing): the ships a.d from the land, a terra provectae sunt naves, Caes.: he a.d on horseback, provectus est equo, Liv.
      4. 4. incēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (strictly of steady movement on foot): the barbarians a.d against the panic-struck Romans, barbari in perculsos Romanos incedere, Sall.: the standards of the Spaniards were a.ing too slowly, segnius Hispanorum signa incedebant, Liv. Fig.: the mind will more easily a. to invention, facilius ad inventionem animus incedet, Cic.
      5. 5. vādo, vāsi, vāsum, 3 (esp. of the onward rush of troops): to a. against the enemy, in hostem v., Liv.: to a. to a not doubtful death, haud dubiam in mortem v., Virg.: Darius a.s to meet Alexander, Darius obviam v. Alexandro, Justin.
      6. 6. grădum or pĕdem infĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3: (only of military movements): Liv.
    2. II. To make progress:
      1. 1. prōcēdo, 3: to a. in philosophy, in philosophia pr., Cic.: to a. in honours, honoribus pr., Cic.
      2. 2. prōgrĕdĭor, 3: to go forward and a. in virtue, procedere et prog. in virtute, Cic.
      3. 3. prōvĕhor, 3: they had a.d further in friendship, longius in amicitia provecti erant, Cic.: to advance from being a private soldier to the chief command, e gregario ad summa militiae pr., Tac.
      4. 4. prōfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: to a. any way in philosophy, in philosophia aliquid pr., Cic.: v. to progress.
      5. 5. grassor, 1 (rare): the mind a.s towards glory by the path of virtue, animus ad gloriam virtutis via g., Sall. Phr.: to a. towards virtue, progressionem facere ad virtutem, Cic.: advancing age, ingravescens aetas, Cic.
    3. III. To project, q. v.