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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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• drive (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To impel: cause to go forward:
      1. 1. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (in most senses of the Eng. word): to d. along she-goats, capellas protinus a., Virg.: to d. a herd before one, armentum prae se a., Liv.: to d. ships ashore, naves in littus a., Virg.: d. their ships in different ways, age diversas naves, Virg.: the wind d.s the clouds, a. nubila ventus, Virg.
      2. 2. ăgĭto, 1 (strictly frequent. of ago; hence esp., to d. regularly, as in harness or under a yoke): to d. chariots, herds, currus, greges a., Virg.: to d. a pair of lions, bijugos leones a., Lucr. (In this sense, not in Cic., who however has agitator = driver.)
      3. 3. pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3 (to push; give a violent impulse to): v. to impel, drive away.
      4. 4. cōgo, 3: v. to drive in, into. Phr.: to d. a racing-chariot, curriculum regere, Suet.: to d. in a chariot-race, aurigare, Suet.: the wind d.s the mill-wheel, *ventus molae rotam movet, impellit, agit: to d. a nail, clavum adigere in aliquid, Plin.: to name a dictator for d.ing in the nail, dictatorem clavi figendi causâ dicere, Liv. (v. to drive in): to d. a person to distraction, aliquem ad insaniam adigere, Ter.; lymphatum agere, Plin.; if with jealousy, rumpere, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15. See also to drive away, out, etc.
    2. II. To carry on (a trade, etc.):
      1. 1. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: to d. a trade, mercaturam f., Cic.: to d. a trade in harlotry, meretricium (sc. quaestum) f., Suet.
      2. 2. exerceo, 2: to d. a disgraceful trade, negotiationem pudendam ex., Suet.: Cic.: to d. a trade in frankincense, commercium turis ex., Plin.
    3. III. To force: cōgo, compello, 3: v. to compel.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To be borne in a vehicle:
      1. 1. vĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (usu. as refl., but with act. part. vehens): to d. in a chariot, curru vehi, Cic.: d.ing in a chariot and four, quadrigis vehens, Cic.
      2. 2. invĕhor, 3: to d. through cities, per urbes inv., Lucr.
      3. 3. carpentum (currum, equos, etc.) ăgo, 3: Liv.: v. to drive (A).
    2. II. To be carried along by wind or current: fĕror, dēfĕror: v. to drift. Phr.: the iron shower d.s, ferreus ingruit imber, Virg.: what is he d.ing at, quid sibi vult? Ter.: v. to mean.