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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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• fall on, to. upon:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. incĭdo, 3 (v. to fall in): Turnus being struck fell to the earth, Turnus ictus ad terram incidit, Virg. a tower fell upon the ranks of the Danaans, turris incidit super agmina Danaum, Virg.
      2. 2. accĭdo, 3 (to fall or strike upon: whereas incido often implies penetration): the missiles hurled by the Gauls fell upon them with great force, missa a Gallis tela graviter acciderunt, Caes.: they fell to the earth as thick as pears, tam crebri ad terram accidebant quam pira, Pl.: to f. to the ground, ad humum acc., Varr.
      3. 3. occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 (to f. upon, on the top of): they fell one upon the other, alii super alios occiderunt, Liv.: stars fall from heaven to earth, signa de coele ad terram oc. (al. acc.), Pl.
      4. 4. induo, ui, ūtum, 3 (with pron. reflect.: to fasten oneself upon): they fell upon the spears of the phalanx, (phalangis) hastis se induerunt, Liv.: they fell upon (impaled themselves on) the sharp-pointed stakes, se ipsi acutissimis vallis induebant, Caes. B. G. 7, 73. Phr.: to f. upon one's sword, in gladium incumbere, Cic.
    2. II. To assail; happen to (of evils):
      1. 1. incĭdo, 3 (with dat.; or prep. and acc.): to f. upon the hindermost Romans, ultimis Romanis in., Liv. Fig.: no misfortune had fallen upon the state, nihil inciderat civitati mali, Cic.
      2. 2. invādo, vāsi, 3 (stronger than incido, and implying an attack: with acc. or dat.): to f. upon the camp, castra in., Liv. Fig.: a severe disease has fallen upon him, eum morbus invasit gravis, Pl.: lest fear should f. upon the rest of his countrymen, ne reliquos populares metus invaderet, Sall.: madness had fallen upon the wicked, furor improbis invaserat, Cic.
      3. 3. ingrŭo, ui, 3 (with violence): Aeneas f.s suddenly upon the Italians, ingruit Aeneas Italis, Virg.: the iron shower f.s violently, ferreus ingruit imber, Virg.: diseases begin to f. upon the rowers, in. morbi in remiges coeperunt, Liv.
      4. 4. incurro, 3 (less freq.: with prep. and acc.): a misfortune may f. upon a wise man, casus in sapientem potest in., Cic.
      5. 5. expĕto, īvi, ītum, 3 (rare in this sense): all the evils of war fell upon him, omnes clades belli in eum expetiverunt, Liv. 1, 22.
    3. III. To take place (at a definite time):
      1. 1. incĭdo, 3: you will inform me upon what day the mysteries f., facies me in quem diem incidant mysteria, certiorem, Cic.: the date of the Compitalia fell upon the 3rd of the Kalends of Jan., dies Compitaliorum in III. Kal. Jan. inciderunt, Cic.: I fell (hit) upon that day though I might have avoided it, in eam diem, cum potuissem vitare incidi, Cic.
      2. 2. cădo, 3 (rare in this sense): take care that your arrival does not f. upon a most inopportune time, considera ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus, Cic. Fam. 15, 14, med.
    4. IV. To light upon:
      1. 1. incĭdo, 3: as they were carousing along with S. Tarquinius, the conversation fell upon their wives, potantibus his apud S. Tarquinium, incidit de uxoribus mentio, Liv.
      2. 2. dēlābor, psus, 3 (to glide into insensibly): I never expected that we should f. into that subject of conversation, insperanti mihi cecidit ut in istum sermonem delaberemini, Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 96.
    5. V. To come to (as a portion):
      1. 1. obvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4 (with dat. of person): an inheritance has fallen to him, hereditas ei obvenit, Cic.: Syria fell to Scipio, Syria Scipioni obvenit, Cic.: the fresh war fell to the lot of Aemilius, Aemilio novum bellum sorte obvenit, Liv.
      2. 2. cădo, 3: no disadvantage can fairly f. to their share, nihil incommodi ipsis jure c. potest, Cic.
      3. 3. obtingo, tĭgi, 3 (usu. of what is good): what has fallen to each, that let each keep, quod cuique obtigit, id quisque teneat, Cic.: v. to befall.
    6. VI. To fall to work: Phr. he once more f.s to work with tablet and stylus, rursus ceris et stilo incumbit, Plin. Ep.: Sil.: all f. vigorously to work, omnes accingunt operi, Virg.: v. TO GIRD (ONE'S SELF).