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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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      1. 1. hōrŏlŏgium (gen. term for an instrument to mark the time): Cic.: Plin. A c. goes, stops, is right, wrong, (perh.) h. movetur, moveri desinit, ad horas congruit, non congruit; recte, perperam horas indicat (chiefly from Kr.).
      2. 2. sōlārium: prop. a sun-dial; but also used by Cic. of a water-clock (s. ex aqua. N. D. 2, 34, 87).
      3. 3. hōrae, arum: when we see anything moved by certain machinery, as a sphere, a c., quum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas, Cic.
      4. 4. clepsydra (a water-clock: Gr. κλεφύδρα): Cic.: Sen.: Phr.: what o'c. is it? hora quota est, Hor.: to ask what o'c. it is, horas requirere, Sen.; horas quaerere, Plin.: at two (or according to our reckoning about 8 a. m.) o'c. next day, hora secunda postridie, Cic.