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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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• drop (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. Lit.: to let fall in drops:
      1. 1. stillo, 1 (more freq. intrans.): to d. (tears) from the eyes, rorem st. ex oculis, Hor.
      2. 2. instillo, 1 (to d. a fluid upon something): to d. oil on the lamp, oleum lumini ins., Cic.: Hor.: to d. a juice into the ears, succum auribus ins., Plin.
      3. 3. destillo, 1 (to d. down: rare as trans.): usu. with abl. of that which drops: trees which d. perfume, destillantes odore arbores, Plin.: Tib.
      4. 4. irrōro, 1 (like dew): v. to sprinkle.
    2. II. To let fall: dēmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to d. a pebble into the urn, calculum in urnam d., Ov.: to d. tears, lacrimas d., Virg. Phr.: to d. the curtain (strictly, to lower the curtain, so as to disclose the stage), aulaeum or aulaea premere, Hor.: to d. a tear, lacrimas dare (with dat. of object), Ov. (v. tear): to d. anchor, ancoram jacere, Caes.: to d. the reins (leave hold of them), habenas remittere, Ov.: have you d.'d some money, num qui nummi exciderunt tibi? Pl.: v. GO (TO LET).
    3. III. To leave off doing, give over (colloq.): Phr.: to d. an amour, amorem missum facere, Ter.: let us d. this, haec missa faciamus, Ter.: to d. a friend, amicum negligere, abjicere (v. to cut, fin.): to d. an intimacy, familiaritatem omittere, praecidere (cut it short): v. to break off
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To fall in drops:
      1. 1. stillo, 1: honey d.'d from the oak, stillabant de ilice mella, Ov.: v. to trickle.
      2. 2. destillo, 1: a humour d.s from the groin (of the horse), d. inguine virus, Virg.: cf. supr. (I.).
      3. 3. (more precisely), stillātim cădo, cĕcĭdi, casum, 3: Varr. See also to drip.
    2. II. To fall to the ground:
      1. 1. dēlābor, psus, 3 (from an elevated position): the image that d.'d down from heaven, signum de coelo delapsum, Cic.: the fold d.s from the shoulder, ab humero sinus d., Quint.
      2. 2. dēcĭdo, 3: to fall down.
      3. 3. excĭdo, cĭdi, 3: an arrow having d.'d (from his hand) on to his (Chiron's) foot, quum excidisset sagitta in pedem, Plin.: the swords d.'d from (their) hands, gladii de manibus exciderunt, Cic. (v. to fall out). Fig.: (these) words d.'d from his lips, vox excidit ore, Virg.: lest any should think the words to have d.'d from me without thinking, ne quis mihi putet temere excidisse, quod dixerim ..., Quint.: Cic.
      4. 4. dēfluo, xi, xum, 3 (to become detached, slip off): the hair d.s off, defluunt comae, Ov.: his very wreaths began to d. from him, jam ipsae defluebant coronae, Cic.: his body d.'d from his horse to the ground, corpus ex equo defluxit in terram, Curt.
      5. 5. fluo, 3: the hair d.s off, capilli f., Cels.: (the fruit) will d. off of itself when ripe, sponte fluent matura suâ, Ov.: Cic.: v. to slip (from). Phr.: the teeth d. out, cadunt (excidunt) alicui dentes: v. to fall out.