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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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• eagerness:
    1. I. Eager desire:
      1. 1. ăvĭdĭtas: e. for food, a. cibi, Cic.; a. ad cibos, Plin.: inexhaustible e. for reading, inexhausta legendi a., Cic.
      2. 2. cŭpĭdĭtas: v. desire.
      3. 3. appĕtentia (less strong than the Eng.): v. appetite.
      4. 4. stŭdium: to be inflamed with e., ardere studio, Cic.: v. desire, passion.
      5. 5. expr. by adjj. under eager: that you may understand my e. to see you, *ut intelligas quam sim avidus tui videndi, etc.
    2. II. Impetuosity:
      1. 1. ardor: the e. of soldiers demanding battle, a. militum pugnam deposcentium, Suet.: Liv.: Cic.: v. ardour.
      2. 2. ălacrĭtas (liveliness, briskness): the e. of hounds in hunting, canum a. in venando, Cic.: e. for defending the commonwealth, a. reipublicae defendendae, Cic.
      3. 3. impĕtus, ūs: v. impetuosity.