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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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• melt:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. lĭquĕfăcio, fēci, factum, 3: the sun m.s wax, liquefacit ceram sol, Plin. 21, 14, 49: the brazen tablets of the law were m.'d, legum aera liquefacta sunt, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19: Virg.
      2. 2. lĭquo, 1 (later): to m. javelins, pila l., Lucan 7, 159: Plin.
      3. 3. conflo, 1 (esp. to melt together, m. down into a mass): to m. (several ingredients) in an earthen pot, in fictili c., Plin. 33, 9, 46: to m. silver (money) into a lump, argentum c. Sen. Q. N. 2, 12: v. foll. art.
      4. 4. solvo, dissolvo, 3: v. to dissolve.
    2. II. To move to pity: Phr.: to be m.'d with pity for any one, misericordia alicujus frangi, Cic. Att. 7, 12, med.: in strictly pass. sense, ad fletum misericordiamque (de)duci, id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; also, adduci, ib. § 190: to m. the bench to compassion, judices commovere atque ad misericordiam excitare, cf. ib. § 189: to be m.'d to tears at the cruel death of some one, lacrimas in misera morte alicujus non tenere, id. Verr. 5, 67, 172: to m. (people) to tears, movere lacrimas, Quint. 4, 2, 77.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. lĭquesco, lĭcui, 3: slush of m.ing snow, tabes liquescentis nivis, Liv. 21, 36: Virg.: Plin.
      2. 2. lĭquĕfīo, factus, fĭĕri (comp. supr. A. I.): cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26, where occurs the full expr., (nix) se, admixto calore liquefacta et dilapsa diffundit: Ov.
      3. 3. tābesco, bui, 3 (to waste away by melting; melt away): cf. Ov. A. A. 2, 85 and 89; where liquescit denotes the actual melting of the wax; tabuerant, its having wasted away: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26, humor [conglaciatus] mollitur tepefactus et tabescit calore, i. e. softens and m.s away.
      4. 4. lentesco, 3 (so as to form a clammy, sticky substance): Tac. G. 45, fin. (of amber).
      5. 5. solvo, vi, ūtum, 3 (as pass. refl.: poet.): keen winter m.s away, solvitur acris hiems, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 1: m.'d snow, solutae nives, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 94.
    2. II. Fig.: Phr.: to m. with pity, misericordia frangi, etc.: v. supr. (A., II.).
    3. III. Of colours, to pass insensibly into each other: perh. dilui atque evanescere; in alium colorem deficere: cf. Plin. 37, 9, 40 and 41.
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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• MELT
  • TRANS., PROP.,
  • To make liquid, liquare; liquefacere; conflare; excoquere; solvere (Lucr., nivem, Ov.): to melt, together (of metals, etc.), conflare. Figuratively,
  • To soften, move to pity, frangere alicujus animum; (lacrimis) alicujus misericordiam commovere. INTRANS.,
  • PROPR., To become liquid, liquescere; liquefieri; solvi; dilabi: ice, etc., melts (or thaws), glacies dilabitur (Cic.); discutitur (Curt.); labescit (Lucr.); (nix) liquescit (Liv., cera, chalybs in fornace, liquescit (Verg.): to melt with heat, calore tabescere (Cic.).
  • Figuratively, to be moved to pity, moveri; frangi; tabescere (e.g., desiderio, amore): to melt into tears, se dare lacrimis; effusius flere (Cic.); indulgere lacrimis (Ov.); effundi in lacrimas (Tac.).