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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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• close (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. Lit.: to shut or bring together: v. to shut.
      1. 1. claudo, si, sum, 3: the Alps were c.d by winter, clausae hieme Alpes sunt, Liv.: to c. the sluices, rivos c., Virg.: to c. the line of march, i. e. bring up the rear, agmen or novissimum agmen c., Caes.: to c. a work, opus c., Ov.
      2. 2. ŏpĕrio, ui, rtum, 4 (to cover up): to c. doors, fores op., Plin.: he was borne in a c.d litter, operta lectica latus est, Cic.: to c. the eyes, oculos op., Plin. (oculos claudere is rather to shut the eyes in death).
      3. 3. prĕmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (to press, close tightly), to c. the eyes or lips, oculos, os pr., Virg.
      4. 4. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (stronger than premo): to c. the hand tightly, in the form of a fist, c. in pugnum manum, Quint.; digitos c. et pugnum facere, Cic.
      5. 5. glūtĭno, 1 (of wounds): if the edges of the wound have c.d, si orae vulneris se glutinarunt, Cels.
      6. 6. denso, 1: or denseo, 2 (i. e. to c. up thick together): to c. the ranks, ordines densare, Liv.
    2. II. To bring to an end: v. to finish, conclude. (N.B. Claudo is sometimes, but rarely, used in this sense: as, to close a lustrum, or period of five years, c. lustrum, Hor.: and v. supr. 1.) Phr.: to c. a bargain, emptionem, venditionem contrahere, perficere (the latter denoting more expressly the completion of the contract), Just. Inst. 3, 23: (N.B. Not negotium conficere; which is simply to finish a business): no bargain can be c.d without the specification of a price, nulla emptio sine pretio esse potest or constat, ib.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To come together, be shut up:
      1. 1. Expr. by any of the transitive verbs under (A), and the refl. pron., or in pass.: as, the eyes c., premuntur, premunt se oculi, etc.: v. supr.
      2. 2. cŏĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4: the eyelids of the sleeper do not c., palpebrae dormientis non c., Cels.: the fingers c., digiti c., Ov.: claws c.ing to bite or pinch, forficibus ad morsum coeuntibus, Plin.: so of wounds c.ing: Ov.: Cels. (cf. supr. I. 5).
    2. II. To come to an end: expr. by pass. of verbs for to finish, end.