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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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• drive (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To impel: cause to go forward:
      1. 1. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (in most senses of the Eng. word): to d. along she-goats, capellas protinus a., Virg.: to d. a herd before one, armentum prae se a., Liv.: to d. ships ashore, naves in littus a., Virg.: d. their ships in different ways, age diversas naves, Virg.: the wind d.s the clouds, a. nubila ventus, Virg.
      2. 2. ăgĭto, 1 (strictly frequent. of ago; hence esp., to d. regularly, as in harness or under a yoke): to d. chariots, herds, currus, greges a., Virg.: to d. a pair of lions, bijugos leones a., Lucr. (In this sense, not in Cic., who however has agitator = driver.)
      3. 3. pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3 (to push; give a violent impulse to): v. to impel, drive away.
      4. 4. cōgo, 3: v. to drive in, into. Phr.: to d. a racing-chariot, curriculum regere, Suet.: to d. in a chariot-race, aurigare, Suet.: the wind d.s the mill-wheel, *ventus molae rotam movet, impellit, agit: to d. a nail, clavum adigere in aliquid, Plin.: to name a dictator for d.ing in the nail, dictatorem clavi figendi causâ dicere, Liv. (v. to drive in): to d. a person to distraction, aliquem ad insaniam adigere, Ter.; lymphatum agere, Plin.; if with jealousy, rumpere, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15. See also to drive away, out, etc.
    2. II. To carry on (a trade, etc.):
      1. 1. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: to d. a trade, mercaturam f., Cic.: to d. a trade in harlotry, meretricium (sc. quaestum) f., Suet.
      2. 2. exerceo, 2: to d. a disgraceful trade, negotiationem pudendam ex., Suet.: Cic.: to d. a trade in frankincense, commercium turis ex., Plin.
    3. III. To force: cōgo, compello, 3: v. to compel.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To be borne in a vehicle:
      1. 1. vĕho, xi, ctum, 3 (usu. as refl., but with act. part. vehens): to d. in a chariot, curru vehi, Cic.: d.ing in a chariot and four, quadrigis vehens, Cic.
      2. 2. invĕhor, 3: to d. through cities, per urbes inv., Lucr.
      3. 3. carpentum (currum, equos, etc.) ăgo, 3: Liv.: v. to drive (A).
    2. II. To be carried along by wind or current: fĕror, dēfĕror: v. to drift. Phr.: the iron shower d.s, ferreus ingruit imber, Virg.: what is he d.ing at, quid sibi vult? Ter.: v. to mean.
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• drive (subs.):
    1. I. The exercise:
      1. 1. gestātio (used of all kinds of riding, as in a boat, etc.): Sen.: Cels.
      2. 2. vectātio, Suet. Phr.: to take a d. in a carriage and pair, bijugis equis gestari, Mart.
    2. II. The place for driving in:
      1. 1. gestātio, Plin.
      2. 2. perh. spătium (esp. used of race-courses, but applicable to any open space): cf. Nep. Eum. 5.
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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• DRIVE
1.
  • To put in motion by pushing, by blows, etc., agere (general term of living creatures and inanimate objects): pellere (so to excite a body by pushes, blows, etc., that it moves on of itself; to drive on things animate or inanimate; to move by its own weight, by pushing it forward; also to chase, of animate beings): propellere (to drive along before one, of living beings and things e.g., the ship, navem [spoken of the wind]): trudere (to propel or move anything slowly on from behind by beating or pushing): versare (to move with a circular motion or direction; a top, turbinem; hoop, etc., and of a person driven about, pulsare versareque Dareta, Verg.). To drive to any place, propellere in aliquid (e.g., cattle in the fields, pecus agere pastum; pecus propellere in pabulum).
  • To drive anything AWAY, FROM, OFF, abigere ab or ex aliqua re (from any place; also furtively; e.g., cattle, pecus); exigere aliqua re or ex aliqua re (to chase away, out of; e.g., domo; out of the republic, e civitate: the enemy from the field, hostem a campo), pellere aliqua re, ex or de aliqua re (e.g., out of the country, patria, foro, e foro) expellere aliquem aliqua re or ex aliqua re (e.g., domo; ex urbe; civitate; ex republica; possessionibus; a patria): depellere aliquem aliqua re and de aliqua re (to chase, Vid :); dejicere ex or de, etc. (e.g., out of a fortified place, ex castello; out or from anybody’s estates, de fundo); exturbare ex aliqua re (headlong; e.g., the enemy out of the breech, hostem ex ruinis muri): submovere (to make anybody get out of the way). To drive away care, curas pellere; tristitiam ex animo pellere; by wine, curas vino: to drive away the birds, gnats, etc., volucres, muscas abigere.
  • To drive ALONG, promovere.
  • To drive BACK, reprimere: repellere: rejicere. To drive back the enemy, hostes rejicere or fugare; impetum hostium propulsare.
  • To drive FROM, [Vid: To drive OUT or AWAY.]
  • To drive INTO, intro cogere (e.g., oves): intra aliquem locum compellere (to drive to one spot, of men, etc.): agere in aliquid (e.g., cattle into the stalls, pecus in stabulum): adigere in aliquid or alicui rei (e.g., a nail into a beam, clavum in tignum: a wedge into a tree, cuneum arbori; Vid: “to drive with a hammer” below).
  • To drive OFF, depellere: repellere: propellere: propulsare: [Vid: drive AWAY, above.]
  • To urge, compel, impellere or incitare; (The words are found in this connection and order.) impellere atque incitare; ad aliquid (e.g., ad bellum): urgere aliquem, ut, etc.; instare alicui, ut, etc. (to urge anybody to anything or to do anything); etiam atque etiam instare atque urgere (stronger): anybody is driven to anything, necessitas cogit or urget aliquem, necessitas adducit aliquem, ut aliquid faciat (drives him to do so and so).
  • To drive or carry on one’s trade, facere mercaturam. [Vid: also To CARRY ON.]
  • To press to a conclusion, persequi (with perseverance, in a good and bad sense); prosequi (usually in a good sense, to continue or persevere in anything); consectari (indefatigably); urgere (to push on with zeal); exsequi (to carry on, to bring to end): aliquid longius persequi (to drive anything further). I will drive my argument further, pergamus ad ea, quae restant.
  • To drive IN (with a hammer, or other instrument), figere; in anything, alicui rei or in rem; infigere; in anything, alicui rei or in rem (to drive into); defigere; in anything, alicui rei or in re (to drive in perpendicularly); adigere (in anything; alicui rei or in rem, to drive into): to drive in a nail, clavum figere or defigere; into a tree, clavum adigere in arborem. To drive a nail home, clavum pangere: clavum quanto maximo possum mallei ictu adigere (after Liv., 27, 49): to drive in posts, stipes demittere (to let in perpendicularly): sublicas agere (to drive in piles).
  • To drive anybody mad, in rabiem agere; ad insanitatem adigere; efferare: you drive me mad, or I shall be driven mad, vix mei compos sum.
  • To drive a carriage, jumenta agere (of the coachman, in general): curriculum regere: curriculo insistere (to take the reins; also for pleasure): aurigare (in a race; Suet., Ner., 24, of the leader): vecturam facere (of a wagoner, in general).
2.
  • INTR. In a carriage, vehi or invehi curru: vein in rheda: to drive to the forum, carpento in forum invehi.
  • To rush against with violence, etc., occursare alicui: impingere in aliquid: volare (to fly; of sparks, etc.): to drive against anybody’s face, *in alicujus adversum os ferri: the rain drives against anybody’s face, imber in os fertur.
  • Of a vessel; to let a skip drive before the wind, convertere navem in eam partem, quo ventus fert (Caes.); fiatu ferente dare vela (Quint.); quocumque feramur, dare vela (Cic.; but figuratively).
  • To drive at, or let drive at anybody. [Vid: To ATTACK, SET UPON.]
  • To drive at (= have for one’s drift). [Vid: DRIFT.] Just listen, what I am driving at, audi, quo rem deducam (Hor., Sat., 1, 1, 14): that’s precisely what I am driving at, istuc ibam (comically). I did not know what you were driving at, nesciebam, quorsum tu ires (comically, Ruhnken. Ter., Eun., 1, 2, 75).
3. s. gestatio (an airing in a carriage for the sake of exercise): vectatio (the act of going in a carriage; Vid: Bremi, Suet., Claud., 33). to take a drive., carpento vectari; e.g., through the town, per urbem (Liv., 34, 3, extr.).