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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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• stalk (subs.): the stem of a plant:
      1. 1. stirps, pis, f.: Join: arborum radices stirpesque, Cic. Or. 43, 147.
      2. 2. stīlus: the nut grows up with a single s., nux simplici s. prorepit, Col. 5, 10: s. of asparagus, s. asparagi, id. 11, 3.
      3. 3. caulis, is, m.: a cabbage with a thick s., brassica c. magno, Cato R. R. 157, 2.
      4. 4. caulĭcŭlus (diminutive of foregoing): Plin. 12, 12, 26.
      5. 5. culmus, (of corn): lest the s. fall forward with the weight of the ears, ne gravidis procumbat c. aristis, Virg. G. 1, 111.
      6. 6. călămus: s.s of the lupine, lupini fragiles c., ib. 76.
      7. 7. scāpus: a s. laden with a hundred beans, s. centum fabis onustus, Plin. 16, 24, 38. Foot-s. of leaves or fruit, pĕdĭcŭlus, Plin. 16, 24, 38: bean s.s, făbālia, ium, or caules fabarum, ib. 18, 12, 30.
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• stalk (v.):
    1. I. To walk proudly:
      1. 1. incēdo, cessi, 3: you s. along in your pride at my misfortune, meo superbus incedis malo, Hor. Epod. 15, 18.
      2. 2. ingrĕdior, essus sum, 3: he s.s in fury on the plain, turbidus ingreditur campo, Virg. Aen. 10, 762. Perh. *gressu superbo (arroganti) ambulare.
    2. II. To follow stealthily, as game: perh. insidiis excipere: cf. Virg. E. 3, 18: insidias explorare in aliquem: cf. Virg. G. 3, 537: let us s. boars, insidiemur apris, Mart. 12, 14, 10 (opp. to rumpere, to run down).
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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• STALK
1. s. (of a plant), stirps (the whole lower part of plants or trees; stem, including the roots; of reeds, Plin.): stilus (of asparagus, Col.): caulis (e.g., brassicae): (of corn), culmus (as bearing the ear); calamus (as hollow): pediculus (fruit or leaf stalk): petiolus (fruit-stalk): scapus (e.g., lupini, Varr., R.R., 1, 31, fin.). Bean stalks, fabalia, -ium.
2. v. incedere: ingredi. To stalk proudly, magnifice incedere: to stalk in purple and gold, insignem auro et purpura conspici.