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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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• chase, or chace (subs.):
    1. I. Hunting:
      1. 1. vēnātĭo: fowling and the c., aucupium atque venatio, Cic.: the Suevi are much engaged in the c., Suevi multum sunt in venationibus, Caes.
      2. 2. vēnātus, ūs: exertion in the c., labor in venatu, Cic.: Virg.
      3. 3. (very freq.): expr. by ger. or other part of verb (vēnor); as, fondness for the c., venandi studium, Cic.: to be devoted to the c., venandi studiosum esse, Cic.: v. hunting. Phr.: a dog fit for the c., canis vēnātĭcus, Cic.; c. vēnātōrius, Pl.: beasts suited for the c., ferae: v. game.
    2. II. Pursuit: q. v.
    3. III. A district stored with game:
      1. 1. septum venationis: Varr.
      2. 2. saltus, ūs (a term applicable to wooded country generally): to surround a c. with nets and to rouse it with dogs, sepire plagis saltum, canibusque ciere, Lucr.: Virg.