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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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• poke (subs.): Phr.: to buy a pig in a p., nearest expr. perh., aleam emere (to buy anything uncertain, as a draught of fishes), Ulp. Dig. 18, 1, 8. (R. and A.).
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• poke (v.): Phr.: to p. any one in the ribs, alicui latus fodicare, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 51: in like sense, fodere, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 17: to p. (push) the guests right and left with the elbows, cubitis trudere hinc et inde convivas, Mart. 3, 82, 6 (v. to thrust): to p. the fire, perh. ignem fodere (Gr. τὸ πῦρ σκαλεύειν): for which also scrutari, Hor. S. 2, 3, 276 (ignem gladio scrutari, to p. the fire with a sword, Prov.): to p. about, v. to grope.
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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• POKE
1. s. saccus. To buy a pig in a poke, aleam. emere. Vid: Freund, Alea.
2. v. petere, appetere. To poke the fire, *ignem movendo or movendis carbonibus excitare.