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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• deluge:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. dīlŭvium (most gen. term; denoting a wide-spread inundation): constant storms and frequent d.s, assiduae tempestates et crebra d., Plin. Ep.: Sen.
      2. 2. dīlŭvies, ēi, f.: Hor.: Plin.
      3. 3. ēlŭvio, ōnis, f.: Cic. (twice).
      4. 4. ĭnundātio: v. inundation, flood. Phr.: to destroy mankind by a d., genus mortale sub undis perdere, Ov.: those whom the d. spared, quibus unda pepercit, Ov.: a d. of waters, agmen aquarum, Virg.: a perfect d. of water, magna vis aquae, Cic.
    2. II. Fig.: Phr.: to pour forth a d. of tears, vim lacrimarum profundere, Cic.: in such a d. of calamity, superantibus ac emergentibus malis, Liv.: he was buried beneath a perfect d. of the enemy, jacentem superfusi hostes oppresserunt, Liv. (Diluvium when used fig. denotes a sweeping desolation, as by a deluge.)
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• deluge (v.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. ĭnundo, 1: to d. the land with water, terram aqua in., Cic.
      2. 2. dīlŭvio, 1 (rare): Lucr. Phr.: the whole country is d.d, omnia obtinent aquae, Liv.: v. to inundate.
    2. II. Fig.:
      1. 1. ĭnundo, 1: to be d.d with blood (of a battle-field), sanguine inundari, Liv.: the Cimbri like a storm had d.d Italy, Cimbros more procellae inundâsse Italiam, Just.
      2. 2. obrŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3: to be d.d with wine, vino obrui, Nep.: v. to bury, overwhelm. Phr.: the stage was d.d with blood, sanguine scena abundavit, Sen.: to d. Italy (of the Gaulish hordes), superfundere se Italiae, Plin.: that the Spains were d.d with arms, Hispanias armis redundare, Tac.
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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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• DELUGE
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  • s. PROP., [Vid: FLOOD.]
  • FIG., magna vis alicujus rei; *superfusa alicujus rei copia (☞ Quint., 1, 2, 28; but not in this sense); or by participle superfusus. A deluge of enemies, hostes superfusi; of the Albanian race, Albani gens superfusa (e.g., montibus Caucasiis, Plin.).
2. v. inundare (PROP., and figuratively): cf., irrigare, in this sense, is poetical in Liv., 7, 3: superfundi (with dative, PROP. and figuratively: in figurative sense also, superfundere se with dative or accusative with in; e.g., causa superfundendi se Italiae; superfudit deinde se in Asiam. Tac. joins nube ipsa operire ac superfundere, of overwhelming troops irresistibly; Hist., 3, 2, fin.). The Tiber deluged the fields, Tiberis agros inundavit; continued rain deluging the whole country, imbres continui campis omnibus inundantes (Liv., 8, 24): the Cimbri deluged Italy, Cimbri Italiam inundabant (Justinus, 38, 4, 15): that the Thracians and Illyrians would deluge Macedonia, Thraces et Illyrios in Macedoniam se effusuros (Liv., 38, 12): to deluge Europe with his armies, Europam inundare exercitibus.