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

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Contents (2 entries · 7 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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• digress:
      1. 1. dīgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (not de-): let us return to the point whence we d.'d, eo unde huc digressi sumus revertamur, Cic.: to d. for the sake of amusement, delectandi causa d. (parumper) de causa, Cic.
      2. 2. dēclīno, 1: whence I d.'d, unde huc declinavit oratio, Cic.: Quint.
      3. 3. ăberro, 1 (to wander from the point unintentionally): let us return to the point we d.'d from, redeat unde aberravit oratio, Cic.: v. to wander.
      4. 4. dīverto, ti, sum, 3: to d. to a point, in aliquid d., Plin.: Cic.
      5. 5. dēflecto, xi, xum, 3: with subject oratio, Cic.
      6. 6. ēgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (rare): Cic.: Quint.
      7. 7. ēvăgor, 1: v. to wander.
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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• DIGRESS
in a speech), abire: discedere: degredi (not digredi, all three to go off or away): devertere (Cic.; to a subject, in locum): egredi: evagari (to go out of the way; ☞ in the Silver Age, exire, exspatiari, excurrere, Quint.): aberrare (to wander out of the way): declinare (to bend, as it were, or turn aside): to digress from one’s subject, aberrare, or egredi, or declinare a proposito: to digress too far from one’s subject, alicujus oratio ab eo, quod propositum est, longius aberrat: to digress from an idea, sententiam deflectere: the speech digresses to other subjects, oratio ad alia aberrat. To digress widely (in speaking), longius evagari or labi; ad alia aberrare; oratione longius progredi; extra cancellos egredi, quos sibi ipse circumdedit aliquis; exsultare; too widely, plus justo declinare (e.g., a rerum ordine, Liv.): to return to the point whence I digressed. Vid: under DIGRESSION.