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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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• nap (subs.):
    1. I. The woolly substance on the surface of cloth: nearest word, villus: cf. Virg. Aen. 1, 702, tonsis mantelia villis, i. e. towels with the shaggy nap clipped with scissors. With the n. on (of fresh cloth), pexus: Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 95.
    2. II. A short sleep: brĕvis somnus: I take a very short n., brevissimo somno utor, Sen. Ep. 83, 6. Phr.: to take a short n., dormire minimum, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11: Sen. l. c. (cf. exiguum dormire, in somewhat diff. sense, Plin. N. H. 10, 77, 97): to take a midday n., meridiari, Cels. 1, 2, med.: also, meridiare (act. form), Suet. Cal. 38: also conquiescere may sometimes serve, though it denotes simply rest, whether sleeping or not: cf. Suet. Aug. 78, init.
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• nap (v.): brevi somno utor: v. preced. art. Phr.: to be caught napping, oscitantem opprimi, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 10.
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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1. s. somnus brevis. To take a short nap, brevissimo uti somno (Sen., Ep., 83, 6); exiguum dormire (Plin.); leviter dormire (Sen., Ep.): to take a nap after dinner, meridiari (☞ with later writers, also, nieridiare): meridie conquiescere (to be accustomed to take a nap after dinner): to take a short nap after dinner, post cibum meridianum paullum conquiescere (Suet., Oct. 78, in).
2. v. facilem capere somnum. Vid: the substantive.