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

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Contents (2 entries · 16 senses)
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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• spin:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To draw out a thread by twisting:
      1. 1. neo, nēvi, nētum, 2: to s. threads, fila n., Ov.: also subtemen n. (to s. yarn for the woof), Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 52: Pl.: and stamina n. (to s. the upright warp threads), Ov. F. 2, 771: to s. wool with the distaff, lanas colo n., Just. 1, 3.
      2. 2. dēdūco, 3 (to draw out: poet.): to s. the thread with light fingers, (lit. thumb), levi d. pollice filum, Ov. M. 4, 36: Cat. Also simple verb: to s. threads, wool, stamina, lanas ducere, Ov.
      3. 3. more elaborate or poet. exprr. are, stamina pollice versare, Ov, M. 4, 34: stamina pollice (digitis) torquere, ib. 12, 475: a more gen. one, lanas tractare, Just. 1, 3. Phr.: to s. a web (of spiders), telam texere, cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123, in araneolis aliae quasi rete texunt: v. to weave.
    2. II. To draw out to a great length: dūco, 3 (less colloq. than Eng.: to lengthen out): v. to prolong. Or expr. by longus: Phr.: not to s. the matter out, ne longum sit, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, init.: ne longum faciam, Hor. S. 1, 3, 137: don't s. the matter out, ne longus fias, noli longus esse: v. long, tedious.
    3. III. To cause to turn rapidly round:
      1. 1. verso, 1: to s. a top, turbinem v., Tib. 1, 5, 4: v. to turn.
      2. 2. perh. torqueo, 2: v. to twist. (Virg. Aen. 7, 380, has turbinem exercere, of s.ing a top: but the expr. is too vague for prose.)
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To be engaged in drawing out threads: use neo, 2, with object expressed: v. supr. (I.).
    2. II. To turn round and round:
      1. 1. versor, 1: to s. round like a top, in turbinem v., Sen. Ir. 3, 6, 1: Cic.: v. to revolve.
      2. 2. circumăgor, 3: (cf. Tib. 1, 5, 3, namque agor, ut per plana citus sola verbere turben).
      3. 3. circumfĕror, 3, irr.: (cf. Virg. Aen. 7, 380, ille [turbo] actus habena ... fertur).
      4. 4. vŏlĭto, 1: ib. 378.
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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• SPIN
  • Transitively, nere. Cf, Stamina nere: stamina ducere versato fuco, stamina torta ducere manu, are found in the poets, but are admissible in prose; but fila deducere, stamina torquere digitis or pollice are purely poetical: lanam tractate (as a business): pensum facere or peragere (as a task). To spin a web (of the spider), texere telam: to spin off, deducere stamina colo (Tibullus, 1, 3, 86): to spin out, deducere (to spin to the end; PROP., or figuratively); excogitare; comminisci (to think out): to spin out a thing; i. e., to unfold it copiously, uberius or fusius disputare de re; pluribus docere, exponere aliquid.
  • Intransitively = To turn round quickly, in orbem agi, circumagi, or circumferri (☞ rotari is rather poetic); gyros variare (to make circles, as birds do in the air).