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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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    1. I. A first principle, constituent part:
      1. 1. ĕlĕmentum: those are called first principles, and to translate from the Greek e.s, illa initia (ἀρχαί), et ut e Graeco vertam elementa, Cic. Acad. 1, 7, 26: also used in sing., Plin.
      2. 2. (only in pl.) princĭpia rerum, Cic.; who adds, e quibus omnia constant, Acad. 2, 36, fin.
      3. 3. ĭnĭtia, orum (also only pl.): v. supr. 1.
      4. 4. prīmordia, orum (also only pl.): to unite the e.s in pairs, conduplicare pr. rerum, Lucr. 1, 713: it is the term most freq. used by Lucr. of his elemental atoms, 1, 815, etc. Phr.: to be formed out of four e.s, quatuor ex rebus creari, Lucr.: (Thales) affirmed water to be the one primary e., ex aqua dixit constare omnia, Cic. Acad. 2, 37: (the Pythagoreans) make numbers and mathematical principles to be the primary e.s, ex numeris et mathematicorum initiis proficisci volunt omnia, Cic. l. c.
    2. II. Of a science or art: in pl. only:
      1. 1. princĭpia, ōrum (first principles), Cic.: v. principles.
      2. 2. ĕlĕmenta, ōrum: the e.s of speaking, e. loquendi, Cic. Acad. 2, 28, fin.: Quint.
      3. 3. prīmordia, ōrum: the e.s of speaking, pr. dicendi, Quint.
      4. 4. rŭdīmenta, ōrum: v. rudiments.
    3. III. Proper region or field: Phr.: to be out of one's e. in anything, peregrinum atque hospitem in aliqua re esse, Cic. de Or. 1, 50, fin.: to move freely, and as if in its own element, libere ac solute [quasi in proprio suo campo] moveri, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100.