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

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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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• complain:
    1. I. Trans.:
      1. 1. quĕror, questus, 3 (the subject of complaint expressed by acc.; by abl. with de; by acc. and inf.; or by clause with quod; the person c.'d to in dat. or with cum and apud): to c. of a wrong, injuriam q., Cic.: to c. of any one's wrong, de injuriis alicujus q., Cic.: to c. to the senate, cum patribus conscriptis q., Liv.: to c. to a step-mother, apud novercam q., Pl.: they c. that they have been abandoned, queruntur se relictos esse, Cic.: he c.s that he has been deserted, quod sit destitutus queritur, Caes.
      2. 2. conquĕror, 3 (stronger than simple verb: same constr.): Pl.: Cic.
      3. 3. plōro, 1: they c.'d that the hoped-for good-will did not attend their deserts, ploravere suis non respondere favorem meritis, Hor.: v. to lament. To c. of often = to find fault with, charge, accuse (q. v.).
    2. II. Intrans.: i. e. to utter sounds of complaint: gĕmo, ingĕmo, ingĕmisco; lāmentor, flĕo, etc.: v. to lament.
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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• COMPLAIN
  • queri: conqueri: about anything, queri aliquid or de re, also with quod or accusative and infinitive: conqueri aliquid or de re, or with accusative and infinitive: to anybody, cum aliquo (to complain violently): querimoniam habere de re (to make a complaint about anything, etc..): expostulare de re (cum aliquo), of a person to anybody, aliquem cum aliquo (to call a person to an account, to complain of him in words); (the words are found in this connexion and order.) expostulare et queri (with following accusative and infinitive): accusare, incusare aliquem or aliquid (to complain of anybody or anything, accusative also of a judicial complaint: incusare not found in Cic.). OBSERVE: queri ad or apud aliquem (Plaut.) and alicui aliquid (Ov.) are rare.
  • To utter sorrowful feelings: lamentari: cum fletu et luctu queri (lament, to complain with a loud voice): deplorare: deflere: vagire (to whimper, of young children): to complain of indisposition, etc., de incommoda or adversa valetudine queri: to complain of one’s misfortune to anybody, adversam fortunam conqueri cum aliquo: to complain of pain, dolorem suum alicui impertire: de dolore quodam corporis queri.