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

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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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• fortification:
      1. 1. mūnītio (used both of the operation and the works constructed): to hinder the soldiers from (the work of) f., milites a m. prohibere (= a muniendis castris), Caes. B. G. 1, 49: in the course of the f. of a town, in m. oppidi (= in muniendo oppido), Suet.: to enclose a city with works and f.s, (urbem) operibus munitionibusque sepire, Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20: f.s and forts, m. et castella, Tac.
      2. 2. moenia, ium (esp. the fortified walls of a city): to surround cities with f.s, urbes moenibus cingere, sepire, Cic.: we open a way through the f.s of the city, m. pandimus urbis, Virg.: v. wall.
      3. 3. mūnīmentum (any work of defence): the trench of the Quirites, no insignificant f., fossa Quiritium, haud parvum m., Liv. 1, 33: to keep the soldiers within the f.s, coercere intra m. militem, Tac. H. 2, 18: Caes.
      4. 4. mūnīmen, ĭnis, n. (= preced., but poet.): Virg.: Ov.
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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• FORTIFICATION
  • A fortified place, locus munitus (general term for any fortified place): arx (the citadel): castellum: castrum (if a height that commands the surrounding country; a fort): propugnaculum (any work that serves to ward off the attack of an enemy). A natural fortification, locus natura or naturaliter munitus; castellum natura munitum: a strong fortification, oppidum munitissimum or maximis operibus munitum; opere et natura egregie munitus locus; oppidum operibus et natura munitum (if strong from nature and by art): to demolish a fortification, munimenta oppidi solo aequare (or adaequare); castrum diruere: fortifications, operis munitio; opus (or opera) munitionesque; also, munitiones only; munimenta, orum; opera, um, or (of a town = its walls) moenia, ium: the throwing up of fortifications, munitio; communitio.
  • Act of fortifying, munitio: communitio: the art of fortifying, ars muniendi; *architectura militaris; *ars muniendi.