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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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• embrace (v.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. amplector, xus, 3: we e. your knees, amplectimur tibi genua, Pl.: e.ing and kissing me, he tells me not to weep, ille me amplexus atque osculans flere prohibet, Cic. Frequent., amplexor, 1 (to e. tenderly, caressingly), Ter.: Cic.
      2. 2. complector, 3 (stronger than amplector: also of mutual embraces): e.ing the child more closely, puellam arctius complexus, Cic.: he e.d Caesar with many tears, multis cum lacrimis Caesarem complexus est, Caes.: to e. each other, inter se c., Cic.: Liv. By anal., deep sleep e.s their limbs, sopor c. artus, Virg.
      3. 3. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (sexually): Ter. Phr.: to e. a person's neck, colla lacertis (brachia collo, Stat.) innectere, Ov.; cervicibus innecti, Tac.: I (tenderly) e.d her form in mine, pressi corpus ad usque meum, Ov. See also subs. embrace.
    2. II. To encircle:
      1. 1. complector, 3: the rest (of Germany) is surrounded by the Ocean, e.ing wide recesses, etc., cetera Oceanus ambit latos sinus complectens, Tac.
      2. 2. ambio, 4: v. to surround, encircle.
    3. III. To comprehend within itself: comprĕhendo., contĭneo, complector, etc.: v. to comprise.
    4. IV. To attach oneself to a party, an opinion, etc.:
      1. 1. transgrĕdior, ssus, 3 (strictly of one who goes over from the other side): he immediately e.d the side (of Vespasian), statim in partes transgressus est, Tac.
      2. 2. transeo, 4, irr. (like preced.): v. to go over. Phr: to be slow in e.ing any one's cause, cunctantius alicui accedere, Suet. Gal. 12: the Numidians e. different sides, Numidae in duas partes discedunt, Sall. Jug. 13: not to e. any side (in philosophy), nullius jurare in verba magistri, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14: I e. the side of those who have no wants, nil cupientium castra peto, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 22.
    5. V. To seize an opportunity: Phr.: occasionem arripere (eagerly), Liv.; avidissime amplecti (very eagerly), Plin. jun.: v. opportunity.