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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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• eat:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To consume by the mouth:
      1. 1. ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, 3 (L. G. § 115): to e. a great many pecks of salt together (prov.), multos modios salis simul e., Cic.: he e.s olives, oleas est, Hor.: Ter.
      2. 2. cŏmĕdo, 3: v. to eat up.
      3. 3. mandūco, 1 (strictly to chew: rare in good authors): to e. a couple of mouthfuls, duas bucceas m., Aug. in Suet. 2, 78: Pl.: v. to chew.
      4. 4. vescor, 3: v. inf. (II.), and to live (upon).
      5. 5. gusto, 1 (to taste): they deem it unlawful to e. the hare, leporem g. fas non putant, Caes.: Suet. Phr.: to have nothing to e., *nihil habere unde vitam sustineas, unde famem tollas: not to e. anything, abstinere cibo, Cic. (v. to abstain): to e. very little, very much (habitually), minimi, plurimi cibi esse, Suet.: to give a person something to e., alicui cibum praebere (v. food): to have a desire to e., esurire: v. HUNGRY (TO BE).
    2. II. To live on: vescor, 3 (with abl.): to e. pears, piris v., Hor.: to e. those things which cause a pleasant titillation of the appetite, v. iis rebus quae dulcem motum afferunt sensui, Cic. Vescor is also found with an acc., Tac.: Plin.
    3. III. Fig., to corrode: ĕdo, rōdo: v. to eat away, corrode.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To partake of food:
      1. 1. ĕdo, 3: to e. when hungry, esurientem e., Cic.: to e. in order to live, esse ut vivas, Cic.: e., drink, stuff, edite, bibite, effarcite vos! Pl.
      2. 2. vescor, 3: he used to e. before dinner, vescebatur ante coenam, Suet.: esp. with abl. expressed: the gods neither e. nor drink, dii nec escis nec potionibus v., Cic. Phr.: to e. with an appetite (at dinner), libenter coenare, Cic.: to e. freely, largiter se (cibo) invitare, cf. Suet. Aug. 77.
    2. II. To taste: săpio, īvi and ui, 3: Pl.: Juv.: v. to taste.