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

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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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• open (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To unclose:
      1. 1. ăpĕrio, ui, rtum, 4: to o. a door, a. ostium, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26: to o. a letter, epistolam s. litteras a., Cic. Att. 5, 11, fin.: ib. 11, 9: to o. the eyes, oculos a., id. Mil. 31, 85.
      2. 2. pătĕfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to set open): to o. the gates to the enemy, hostibus portas p., Liv. 2, 15, med.: to o. the eyes (of the dead) on the pyre (set them wide open), oculos in rogo p., Plin. 11, 37, 55. Fig. to o. the ears to flatterers, assentatoribus aures p., Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91.
      3. 3. reclūdo, si, sum, 3 (chiefly poet.): to o. a gate, portam r., Virg. Aen. 7, 617: Lucr. Ov. to o. one's house, domum r., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 103.
      4. 4. rĕsĕro, 1 (to remove a bar: also chiefly poet.): Virg.: Ov. Join: reserare urbem et pandere portas, Virg. Aen. 12, 584.
      5. 5. pando, di, pansum and ssum, 3 (to spread out, open wide): the gates are o.'d (spread wide open), panduntur portae, Virg. Aen. 2, 27. Phr.: to o. a letter (besides aperire, v. supr. 1), litteras resignare (to unseal), solvere, Cic. Att. 11, 9; resolvere, Liv. 26, 15, med.: also, vincula epistolae laxare signumque detrahere, Nep. Paus. 4, init.; vinculum epistolae solvere, Curt. 7, 2, med. (but these phrr. should not be used unless the act of opening be expressly dwelt upon): cf. linum incidere (to cut the thread with which a letter was tied), Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10. to o. a jar (by removing the pitch with which it was fastened), dolium relinere, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 51 (R. and A.): to o. one's mouth (i. e. to speak), hiscere, Cic. Ph. 2, 43, 111. (N.B.--To o. a book is, aperire librum librum evolvere is to read a book, by unrolling the scroll: cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24, evolve diligenter eum librum qui est de animo: Quint. 2, 15, 24, etc. so, evolvere volumina epistolarum, to read through, examine volumes of letters, Cic. Att. 9, 10, med.)
    2. II. In medicine, to make an incision into: ăpĕrio, 4; incīdo, 3 Cels. 7, 2, etc.
    3. III. To make a road or passage by removing obstructions: Phr.: to o. a passage with the sword, ferro iter aperire, Sall. Cat. 58, med.: to o. a passage through the Alps, iter per Alpes patefacere, Caes. B. G. 3, 1: to o. (clear) approaches to a place, aditus expedire, ib. 7, 86: to o. a way to any one to be sovereign (i. e. entitle him to be so), alicui ad dominationem pandere viam, Liv. 4, 15, med.
    4. IV. To inaugurate, begin: Phr.: to o. a place of worship, ecclesiam, aedem consecrare, dedicare (v. to dedicate, consecrate): to o. a hall or theatre, perh. atrium s. theatrum inaugurare (v. to inaugurate): to o. a case (in pleading), causam exordiri, Quint. 4, 1, 2: cf. ingredi in causam, Cic. Pl. 3, 8 (v. to begin) to o. a ball, *primam choream ducere, R. and A. (Plin. min. has, aperire annum, to o. the year, Pan. 58.)
    5. V. To uncover, make known: rĕtĕgo, ăpĕrio (cf. Sall. Cat. 40, conjurationem aperit), dētĕgo, etc.: v. to reveal, unfold.
    6. VI. To explain: explĭco, interprĕtor: v. to interpret, explain.
    7. VII. In medicine: Phr.: to o. the bowels, alvum dejicere, Cato R. R. 148: Cels.
  2. B. Intrans.:
      1. 1. expr. by ăpĕrio, 4 (with pron. refl.): all at once the doors o.'d of themselves, valvae subito se ipsae aperuerunt, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74. So with pando (to spread open): the rose o.s, pandit sese rosa, Plin. 21, 4, 10 § 14.
      2. 2. pătesco, 3 (to spread out wide): the long halls o. (to view), atria longa p., Virg. Aen. 2, 483: v. TO SPREAD OUT.
      3. 3. hisco, 3 (to gape open): hush! the door o.s! tace! aedes h.! Pl. Ps. 4, 1, 51 (a use hardly to be imitated): the earth o.s, h. terra, Ov.: v. TO GAPE OPEN. So comp. dĕhisco, 3 (strictly, downwards): to o. in fissures (of a boat), rimis d., Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 27: and of flowers opening, Plin. 21, 4, 10 § 14 (dehiscere ac sese pandere: also simply, dehiscere, ib. § 18). Phr.: to o. outwards (of doors), aperturas habere in exteriores partes, Vitr. 4, 6, fin.: to o. again (of wounds partially healed), recrudescere, Cic. Fam. 4, 6 (fig.): to o. in fissures, rimis fatiscere, Virg. Aen. 1, 123: the new year o.s with cold weather, frigoribus novus incipit annus, Ov. F. 1, 149 (v. to begin).
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• open (adj.):
    1. I. Not shut:
      1. 1. ăpertus (most gen. term): to sleep with bedroom doors o., apertis cubiculi foribus cubare, Suet. Aug. 82: Caes.: Cic. Also adapertus (infreq.): Liv. 25, 30 (adapertas portae fores): Ov. Half-, partly open, semiapertus, Liv.; semiadapertus, Ov.
      2. 2. pătens, ntis (wide-open): by the wide o. gates they admit their comrades, p. portis accipiunt socios, Virg. Aen. 2, 266: the o. sea, p. pelagus, id. G. 2, 41. To stand o., păteo, 2: the nostrils stand always o., nares semper p., Cic. N. D. 2, 57, fin.: to be o. for every one to see, omnibus ad visendum p., id. Verr. 4, 3, 5.
      3. 3. pătŭlus (standing always open: apertus, opened for the time being): o. ears (always ready for secrets), p. aures, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 70: o. (spreading) nostrils, p. nares, Virg. G. 1, 376: so, patulae fenestrae, Ov. M. 14, 752, denotes wide, spacious windows (or apertures for admitting light), as opp. to the closed, solid wall. Hence, prōpatulus (o. in front): Cic. Verr. 4, 49, 110 (in aperto ac propatulo loco, i. e. in the o. air, and o. or accessible in front).
      4. 4. hĭans, ntis (wide o., as if gaping): the little fishes swim into the o. shell, pisciculi in concham h. innatant, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: to put your fingers opposite a scollop when it is o., digitos adversum pectines hiantes movere, Plin. 11, 37, 52. To stand wide o., hĭo, 1: Hor.: Prop. Phr.: the army received him with o. arms, exercitus libens ac supinis manibus excepit (eum), Suet. Vit. 7 (Kr.); sinu complexuque excepit, cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: so, more generally, libenti laetoque animo excipere, Kr. (e Cic.): any one's house is o. to strangers, patet domus alicujus hospitibus, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64: more fully, hospitibus domus patet victusque communicatur, Caes. B. G. 6, 23, extr.
    2. II. Free from obstacles, clear, exposed:
      1. 1. ăpertus: a perfectly o. sea, oceanus apertissimus (opp. to conclusus, confined, inland), Caes. B. G. 3, 9: a sky perfectly o., coelum patens atque a., Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: o. plains, a. campi, Caes. B. G. 3, 26. The neut. is used subs.: in aperto, in the o. plain or space, Liv. 1, 33: Hor. Join: porrecta ac loca aperta, Caes. B. G. 2, 19.
      2. 2. pătens: in the more o. ground, locis patentioribus, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: Sall.: Liv.: cf. supr. (II., 1).
      3. 3. expĕdītus (free from difficulties; practicable): cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 6, iter multo facilius atque expeditius: Cic.
      4. 4. pūrus (clear; not built on): o. ground, p. locus, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 38: Liv. Join: puro ac patenti loco [dimicare], Liv. 24, 14. Phr. in the o. air, sub divo, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, 51: also, sub dio, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 5; and sub Jove, Ov. F. 2, 299.
    3. III. Accessible, in fig. sense: expr. by păteo, 2: rewards, honours which are o. to all, praemia, honores quae (omnibus) patent. Cic. Bal. 9, 24. Or by lĭcet: that both places in the consulate should be o. to plebeians, ut utrumque plebeium consulem fieri liceret, Liv. 8, 12, fin. Phr.: to throw o. the franchise to a large number, civitatem magnae parti (populi) dare, atque communicare, Liv. 23, 5, med.
    4. IV. Not concealed, public; undisguised.
      1. 1. ăpertus: not stealthily, but by o. force, non furtim sed vi aperta, Liv. 25, 24, init.: o. (avowed) freebooting. a. latrocinium, Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1.
      2. 2. mănĭfestus: v. manifest. Phr.: in the o. day (publicity), in luce, Cic. Man. 3, 7: in the o. part of a house (o. court), in propatulo aedium, Nep. Han. 9: to expose anything to o. view, aliquid in promptu ponere, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126.
    5. V. Candid, out-spoken: simplex, candĭdus v. frank, ingenuous. Phr.: to be perfectly o. with each other, simplicissime inter se loqui, Tac. H. 1, 15.
    6. VI. Not decided or settled: intĕger, līber. he ordered the matter to be left o. till his return, rem integram ad reditum suum jussit esse, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: also impers., it is o. (to any one) to act, integrum est, Cic. Att. 15, 23: so, with liberum, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 3. Phr.: it is an o. question, adhuc sub judice lis est, Hor. A. P. 78.
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  • adj.,
  • PROPR., apertus, adapertus (opposed to clausus, involutus): patens (lying or standing open): patefactus (thrown open): propatulus (accessible on all sides): (The words are found in this connection and order.) patens et apertus; apertus et propatulus: purus (not covered with trees or other things): expeditus (unobstructed): facilis (easy): an open plain, campus apertus (Caes.); patens (Liv.): the open sea (high sea), mare apertum (not shut in by the land; opposed to mare conclusum, Caes.); also altum (the high seas, Cic.): *mare glacie solutum (freefrom ice): (of the body), laxus, solutus (opposed to astrictus; suppressus): to keep the body open, alvum mollire, elicere: an open door, fores apertae (Terentianus); adapertae (Liv.); patentes (wide open, Cic.): an open, letter, epistola non obsignata (unsealed): aperta or resignata (that has been opened or unsealed): epistola soluta or vinculis laxatis (with reference to the Roman custom of tying a thread round it): open eyes, oculi patentes: to stand with the mouth open, ore hiante adstare: to receive one with open arms, libens ac supinis manibus aliquem excipere (Suet., Vitell., 7); libenti laetoque animo excipere aliquem (after Cic.); suo complexu sinuque recipere (figuratively, Cic.); to keep open table, alicui quotidie sic cena coquitur, ut invocatis amicis una cenare liceat (after Nep., Cim., 4, 3). To be open, apertum esse, patere (also IMPROP., as,” his ears are open to all complaints,” patent aures ejus querelis omnium):
  • Figuratively, candid, ingenuous, apertus: ingenuus: simplex.
  • Not yet decided, nondum dijudicatus: to be an open question, adhuc sub judice lis est (Hor.); adhuc de hac re apud judicem lis est (the former IMPROP., the latter PROP., of a judicial question, Asc., Cic., Verr., 1, 45): to be left open, integrum relinqui or esse.
2.
  • v. TRANS., PROPR., aperire, adaperire (to remove whatever covers or conceals; opposed to operire, adoperire): patefacere (to throw open, cause to stand open); ☞ recludere and reserare arealmost entirely confined to the poets: to open the eyes, oculos aperire, tollere, allevare: not to venture even to open one’s mouth, ne hiscere quidem audere: to open one’s purse, thecam numariam retegere: to open a cask, dolium relinere: to open a book, librum evolvere; volumen revolvere or explicare (☞ not adire librum for evolvere; adire libros sibyllinos means to go to consult the sibylline books): to open a door, ostium or fores aperire, adaperire, recludere or reserare (to unbolt, unbar): to open a window, fenestram patefacere: to open a letter, epistolam solvere; epistolae vincula laxare (Nep., Paus., 4, 1): Figuratively,
  • To make a beginning, initium alicujus rei facere; aliquid exordiri (to make an introduction): auspicari aliquid (to begin with a good omen; post-Augustan): to open a ball, *primam choream ducere: to open a sitting, *solemni more concioni praefari: to open a play with a prologue, *fabulam prologo auspicari (☞ Suet., Cal., 54).
  • To make known, reveal, discover, aperire; demonstrare; significare (to point out, call attention to anything): expromere, in medium proferre (to publish): proponere (to propose; e.g., bills, conditions): enunciare (to reveal a secret): to open a thing to anyone, communicare aliquid cum aliquo (general term, to communicate, impart): aliquem certiorem facere de re (to inform of anything): he opened his plan to me, denudavit mihi consilium suum (Liv., 44, 38, init.): to open one’s heart, secreta pectoris aperire (Tac., Germ., 22, 7); detegere alicui intimos suos affectus (Sen., Ep., 96, 1).
3. v. INTRANS., patescere, subito se aperire (of a door, the latter especially when it suddenly opens of its own accord): se aperire, se pandere, florem expandere (of flowers): hiscere, dehiscere (to form chinks, of the ground): discedere (of the heavens, etc.): florem aperire, dehiscere (of flowers): dissui (of a seam): laxari (to become loose, as a knot): solvi, exsolvi (to come apart, as a bandage, a cord): rumpi (of a swelling): recrudescere (of a wound).