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

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Contents (2 entries · 9 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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• enlarge:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To increase in dimensions:
      1. 1. amplĭfĭco, 1: to e. (the compass of) the city, urbem am., Liv. 1, 44: Cic.: v. to increase.
      2. 2. amplio., 1: to e. a temple, templum a., Suet. Aug. 18: v. to extend.
      3. 3. dīlāto, 1 (by spreading out): to be e.d, opp. to be contracted, dilatari, contrahi, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: the camp had better not be e.d, neque dilatari castra opus esse, Liv. 27, 46, init.: v. to expand.
      4. 4. prōlāto, 1 (by pushing forward the boundaries): Tac.: Col.
      5. 5. laxo, 1 (so as to give more room): to e. the forum, forum l., Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8: v. to widen. Phr.: to e. the empire, imperium proferre, Virg.: to e. the limits of the city, terminos urbis prorogare, Tac.
    2. II. To set at liberty: ēmitto, lībĕro: v. to release.
  2. B. Intrans.: to grow larger: expr. by verbs under (I), as pass., or with pron. refl.: v. supr.
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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• ENLARGE
  • amplificare (to make wider, of greater compass; e.g., urbem; rem familiarem; then figuratively = to make more important in fact, or to represent as more important in words; opposed to minuere, infirmare; e.g., a man’s authority, alicujus gratiam dignitatemque; a man’s glory, alicujus gloriam): dilatare (to enlarge the superficial extent: castra, alicujus impenum; then, also, figuratively e.g., gloriam): propagare, or proferre aliquid, or fines alicujus rei (to extend the boundaries, and so enlarge; PROP. and figuratively: e.g., imperium, fines imperii; fines officiorum): augere (increase, by an addition; e.g., numerum praetorum; also to enlarge by rhetorical amplification. In this sense, (The words are found in this connection and order.) amplificare et augere): multiplicare (to increase the number several times over; e.g., usuras).
  • Set free, aliquem e custodia emittere.
  • INTRANS. Enlarge (upon a topic), latius, uberius dicere, disputare; pluribus dicere; multa verba facere de re: to enlarge at great length, late se fundere: at too great length, effusius dicere; longum esse.