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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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• deaden:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. Of the senses: to diminish the liveliness of impressions:
      1. 1. hĕbĕto, 1 (lit. to blunt: q. v.): to d. the senses, sensus h., Plin.: also of colours: Plin.: v. to deafen, dim.
      2. 2. obtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3 (i. q. hebeto): to d. the sense of hearing, auditum ob., Plin.: v. to deafen, blunt.
      3. 3. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 (to break the force of): the heat d.s or abates, fr. se calor, Cic.: to d. the fiery taste of wine, vina f., Mart. Phr.: to d. a blow, *ictum molliorem, leviorem reddere; ictus vim minuere, frangere.
    2. II. Of the mind:
      1. 1. stŭpĕfăcio, fēci, factum, 3: public alarm d.'d private griefs, privatos luctus stupefecit luctus publicus, Liv.: v. to stun, STUPIFY.
      2. 2. obtundo, 3: to d. the mind, mentem, ingenium ob., Cic.
      3. 3. hĕbĕto, 1: by wine sorrow and care are d.'d, vino tristitia et cura hebetatur, Plin.: heart d.ing (of Lethe), pectora hebetans, Ov. (Of the above, stupefacio denotes a sudden, stunning shock; the other two natural and gradual impairing of some force of the mind.) v. also impair, enfeeble.
  2. B. Intrans. (rare): expr. by pron. refl. and verbs under (A.), or their passives: v. to decay.