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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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• exert:
    1. I. To put forth, bring into operation:
      1. 1. exerceo, exhibeo, 2: v. to exercise (II.).
      2. 2. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (with abl.): to e. activity, alacritate u., Caes. B. G. 4, 24, fin. (al. niti): v. to use, employ. (Plin. jun. has jus exserere, Ep. 8, 7, 2., but no earlier writer.)
    2. II. To strain; esp. with refl. pron., or something belonging to the subject as object:
      1. 1. contendo, di, tum, 3: to e. all one's powers, omnes nervos c., Cic. Fat. 10, 20: v. to strain.
      2. 2. lăbōro, 1 (intrans., to take pains, e. oneself): to e. oneself to prevent something being done, l. ne quid fiat, Cic. Verr. 3., 57, fin.: also with in or de, and abl. of that about which: v. to labour.
      3. 3. nītor, ēnītor, sus and xus, 3 (to use effort): to e. all one's energy to prevent, summa ope niti, ne ..., Sall. Cat. 1, init.: Cic.: v. to strive. Phr.: to e. oneself beyond one's strength, se supra vires extendere, Liv. 34, 4: to e. the voice too much, voci nimis imperare, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6: to e. all one's influence on behalf of some one, pro aliquo summis opibus pugnare, Caes. (v. to struggle).
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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  • ☞ exsergre is not found in any sense of this word (except the Latinized meaning = “to thrust forth”), till Pliny, exseram in librum tuum jus, quod dedisti; for exercere, exigere, experiri. To exert force, vim exercere, proferre, afferre, adhibere, praebere, etc. (Krebs). [Vid: To USE, EMPLOY.]
  • To exert one’s self, vires, nervos intendere or contendere: to exert one’s self very much, omni ope atque opera eniti (ut etc.): to exert one’s self beyond one’s strength, se supra vires extendere: to exert all the little strength one has, nervulos suos adhibere: to exert one’s self beyond one’s years, praeter aetatem facere: to exert one’s self to no purpose, inanes impetus facere; in anything, frustra conari aliquid: to exert one’s self in speaking, voce contendere: to exert one’s self too much in speaking, voci nimis imperare (Plin., Ep., 5, 19, 6): not to exert one’s self in speaking, voci parcere. Vid: “to make EXERTION.