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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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• feast (v.):
  1. A. Trans.: Phr.: to f. any one handsomely, aliquem splendide, laute, lepide, accipere, Pl.: v. to entertain. Fig.: to f. one's eyes on any one's tortures, alicujus cruciatu pascere oculos, Cic. Verr. 5, 26, 65: he f.s his soul on the unsubstantial picture, animum pictura pascit inani, Virg. Aen. 1, 464: to be f.'d with the blood of the commonwealth, reipublicae sanguine saginari, Cic. Sext. 36, 78: he controlled the multitude, not by authority, but by f.ing them, multitudinem non auctoritate sed sagina tenebat, Cic. Fl. 7, 17: v. to fatten.
  2. B. Intrans.:
      1. 1. ĕpŭlor, 1: he f.'d after the manner of the Persians, epulabatur more Persarum, Nep.: to f. in Salian fashion, i. e., right jovially, in Saliarem modum ep., Cic. Att. 5, 9, init.
      2. 2. convīvor, 1: to f. at the public expense, de publico conv., Cic. Verr. 3, 44, 105: to f. frequently and amply, conv. frequenter et large, Suet.
      3. 3. pascor, pastus, 3: esp. in fig. sense: here I am f.ing on the library of Faustus, ego hic pascor bibliotheca Fausti, Cic. Att. 4, 10: cf. preced. art. fin. Phr.: I have f.'d my full of hatred, and have done, odiis exsaturata quievi, Virg. Aen. 7, 298.