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

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Contents (2 entries · 6 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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• choke:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To stop respiration:
      1. 1. strangŭlo, 1: c.d by a pear, piro strangulatus, Suet.: Cels. Meton.: ivy c.s trees, hedera arbores s., Plin.: to c. crops, sata s., Quint.
      2. 2. suffōco, 1: too thick saliva c.s him, eum crassior saliva s., Sen. Meton.: to c. a vine, i. e. impede its growth, vitem s., Quint.
    2. II. To block up, obstruct: q. v.
  2. B. Intrans.: expr. by the passive forms of the above verbs.
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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• CHOKE
  • TR., animam or gpiritum intercludere (to stop the breath violently): suffocare (to kill by closing the organs of respiration, whether by an internal obstacle [quem crassior saliva suffocat. Sen.] or by external means): [alicui elidere spiritum, or (poetically) fauces, or collum, is to kill by external pressure on the throat: to throttle, strangulare, with a cord, etc.] INTR. suffocari: spiritu intercluso exstingui: by anything, *aliqua re suffocare.
  • IMPROPR., suffocare: strangulare (to bind too tight, and so deprive of nourishment, e.g., trees): exstinguere: restinguere: auferre: tollere. Fear chokes his voice, metus vocem praecludit.
  • Block up, obturare: obstruere. Vid: OBSTRUCT.