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

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Contents (3 entries · 8 senses)
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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• drift (subs.):
    1. I. A heap formed by the wind or other cause: agger, ĕris, m.: earth shapeless with snow-d.s, aggeribus niveis informis terra, Virg. Phr.: d.s of snow, *vis nivis exaggeratae (Kr.): d.-wood, *ligna ad litus delata.
    2. II. Violent impulse: impĕtus, ūs: v. impulse, violence.
    3. III. Tendency, aim: Phr.: what is the d. of this discourse, quorsum haec tendit oratio? Cic.: the d. of this is ..., hoc eo pertinet ut ..., Cic.: in fine the d. of my determination is this, denique summa judicii mei spectat huc, ut ...; Ant. in Cic.: to pay attention (only) to the general d. of (a speech), universitati (sermonis) attendere (opp. to, particulas ejus persequi), Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 3: it is not easy to see the man's d., *haud facile perspicias quid sibi velit: v. to mean.
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• drift (v.):
    1. I. Trans.:
      1. 1. dēfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (to some point): to be d.'d by the tide, aestu deferri, Caes.: v. to drive. 2. excĭto, 1 (to raise, as the wind does sand): cf. Sall. Jug. 79, med.
    2. II. Intrans.:
      1. 1. flŭĭto, 1: a ship [the state] d.ing in the storms of sedition, navis fluitans (in alto) tempestatibus seditionum, Cic.
      2. 2. fĕror, dēfĕror, lātus, 3: v. supr. (I), and to carry. Phr.: the snow d.s with the force of the wind, *nix cumulatur (exaggeratur) vento.
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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• DRIFT
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  • Impulse, vis (overbearing power): efficientia (impellent force): impulsus (impulse) :” we are under the drift of passions,” cupiditates dominationem in nos habent: to do anything under the drift of passion, cupide agere; impetu quodam trahi ad aliquid.
  • Violence, vis; gravitas; incitatio; impetus [SYN. in VIOLENCE.]
  • A shower (of rain), imber repente effusus or imber only: also imber violenter fusus; (of hail) vis creberrimae grandinis; (of snow) vis nivis creberrimae (after Liv., 28, 37) :” adrift of bullets,” (Shakspeare), magna vis glandium or telorum (☞ Tac., Agr., 36, 1): velut nubes glandium or telorum (cf., Liv., 21, 55).
  • Tendency, consilium, propositum: finis [Vid: AIM]: to have such or such a drift, spectare, pertinere ad aliquid: that’s my drift, hoc meum consilium or hoc mihi propositum est: my drift is this, hoc specto or volo :what’s the drift of this speech or discourse? quorsum haec spectat oratio? or quid igitur spectat haec oratio? the drift of this speech is that, etc., haec eo pertinet oratio, ut, etc.: the drift of it is quite different from what was imagined, alio spectat: since nobody knew the exact drift of this answer, id responsum quo valeret, cum intelligeret nemo.
  • Drift-sand, syrtis (σίρτις); mons arenae (☞ Plin. 3, 1, 3, ed. Hard.): drifts of snow, nives exaggeratae, *nives per ventum congestae: drift-wood, *ligna ad litus delata.
2. v. Vid: To DRIVE.
3. INTRANS., fluitare in alto (e.g., tempestatibus, Cic.; of a ship); ad litus ferri, deferri (of wood): sand drifts, *arenae vento in altum sublatae feruntur: the snow drifts, *nives per ventum congeruntur.