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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 8 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• captain:
    1. I. Chief (q. v.): princeps, dux, etc. Phr.: c. of the watch, vigilum or vigilibus praefectus, Paul. Dig.: a c. of pirates, archĭpīrāta, Cic.: Liv.
    2. II. The commander of a company or troop of soldiers: centŭrĭo (of infantry), praefectus (of cavalry), are perhaps the best terms: v. officer.
    3. III. The chief officer in a ship:
      1. 1. nāvarchus (of a war ship): Cic.
      2. 2. nāvĭcŭlārĭus (of merchant vessels): Cic.: Tac.
      3. 3. nauclērus: i. q. navicularius: Pl.
      4. 4. măgister (the most gen. term): the pilots and c.s of the ships, gubernatores et m. navium, Liv.: Virg. Phr.: the c. of a ship of war, centurio classiarius, Tac.
    4. IV. A master of the military art: imperator, dux: v. general. Phr.: Considius was considered a very great c., Considius rei militaris peritissimus habebatur, Caes.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• CAPTAIN
  • commander, general, dux: imperator (a Roman general who has been saluted imperator by his troops after a victory): praetor (used by Nep. in the sense of general, of Greek commanders, etc.): great captains, qui maximas res in bello gesserunt; qui bellica laude floruerunt; imperatores sommi.
  • Centurio (not ordinum ductor): of a ship, navarchus (ναύαρχος), navis praefectus: of free-booters, latronum or praedonum dux: of pirates, archipirata: a captain of the guard, praetoriae cohortis praefectus.