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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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• red-tail, -start: phoenĭcūrus, Plin. 10, 29, 44. (Sylvia p., Latham.)
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• start (subs.):
    1. I. A sudden motion of the body from fear or surprise: perh. repens tremor: subita trepidatio: to wake up with a s., repente excuti somno: cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 302.
    2. II. A beginning:
      1. 1. ĭnĭtium: it takes its s. from the Rhone, i. capit a flumine Rhodano, Caes. B. G. 1, 1: to make a bad s., male ponere initia, Cic. Att. 10, 18.
      2. 2. ĭnĭtus mŏvendi, Lucr. 1, 384: initus motus, id. 2, 269.
    3. III. A setting out: prŏfectio, ōnis, f.: to get ready for a s., pr. parare, Caes. B. C. 1, 27. Phr.: to make a fresh s. in life, ad carceres a calce revocari, Cic. de Sen. 23, 83: when you have as it were just made a s., tanquam a carceribus emissus, id. Am. 27: to give the signal for a s., mittere mappam, Mart. 12, 29, 9: (cf. Ov. M. 10, 652, the trumpets had given the signal for a s., signa tubae dederant): to get the s. of any one, occupare aliquem., cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27: Antony had two days' s. of me, biduo me A. antecessit, id. Fam. 11, 13: I wonder where I got the s. of her, miror ubi ego huic anteverterim, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 12: the king had got a considerable s., aliquantum viae praeceperat rex, Liv. 36, 19: the enemy was likely by a short cut to get a s., hostis breviore via praeventurus erat, Liv. 22, 24.
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• start (v.):
    1. I. To move suddenly from agitation or fear:
      1. 1. trĕmisco, 3: he s.s at the sound of footsteps and voice, sonitumque pedum vocemque tr., Virg. Aen. 3, 648.
      2. 2. rĕsĭlio, ui, 4: the polypus s.s back from the smell of savory, polypus r. ab odore cunilae, Plin. 10, 70, 90.
      3. 3. concŭtior, cussus, 3: Sen. Tranq. 2.
      4. 4. horreo, ui, 2: he s.s when hands are applied to fresh wounds, h. admotas vulnera cruda manus, Ov. Pont. 1, 3, 16.
      5. 5. commŏvēri mĕtu: cf. Ter. And. 5, 4, 34.
      6. 6. expăvesco, pāvi, 3: to s. at an uproar, ex. ad tumultum aliquem, Plin. 10, 77, 97: cf. Liv. 6, 14.
      7. 7. to s. up., exsĭlio, ēmergo, Lucr. 2., 200.
      8. 8. to s. back: v. recoil.
    2. II. To s. asunder, burst:
      1. 1. dissĭlio, ui, 4: bronze vessels often s. asunder, aera dissiliunt vulgo, Virg. G. 3, 363.
      2. 2. rumpor, dīrumpor: v. snap.
    3. III. To set out:
      1. 1. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3: when you had s.'d to come to me, cum ad me pr. es ire, Pl. Rud. 3, 6, 9: (cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 16: pr. Cyprum [to s. for Cyprus]).
      2. 2. incĭpĕre ĭtĕr, Pl. Cas. 2, 1, 16.
      3. 3. in viam se dare (to s. on a journey), Cic. Fam. 14, 12. Phr.: to s. with: prīmum, inprīmis, a prīmo: cf. id. N. D. 2, 1, 3., he proves, to s. with, that gods exist, then what their nature is, primum docet deos esse deinde quales sint: in a low tone to s. with, then more earnest, summissus a primo, deinde pressus, id. Or. 8, 26: I now return to the subject with which I s.'d, nunc ad inceptum redeo, Sall. J. 4, fin.: to s. in a race, carcere mitti, or emitti, Ov. H. 18, 166: carcere effundi, Virg. G. 3, 104: e carceribus exire, Cic. Brut. 47, 173: carceribus mitti, Hor. S. 1., 1, 114.
    4. IV. To set on foot:
      1. 1. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3: to s. a barter in one's own house, domesticum mercatum i., Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30.
      2. 2. ĭnĭtium alicujus făcĕre: cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20, he would have s.'d the massacre with me, caedis initium fecisset a me.
      3. 3. auspĭcor, ātus, 1: to s. one's life, vitam a., Plin. 7, prooem. 3.
      4. 4. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3: to s. a canvass, ad petitionem a., Cic. Mur. 7, 15: to s. a business, negotium a., id. Off. 1, 21, 73.
      5. 5. commŏveo, ōvi, ōtum, 2: you have s.'d a subject, rem commovisti, id. Brut. 87, 297: to s. a doubt about a thing, aliquid in dubium vocare, id. de Or. 2, 34: to s. a discussion, inferre sermonem, id. Off. 1, 40, 144.
    5. V. To s. game:
      1. 1. excio, īvi or ii, ītum and ĭtum, 4: the hounds s.'d the boar out of its lair, suem latebris excivere canes, Ov. M. 10, 710.
      2. 2. excĭto, 1: to s. wild animals, feras e., Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: to s. a stag from its covert, cervum nemorosis latibulis e., Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.
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.
  • v. Intransitively, To startle, concitari terrore et metu: metu concuti: commoveri, percelli re nova, stupere: stupescere. To start back, resilire; resultare: to start at anything, refugere, timere, vereri, horrere, reformidare aliquid: a horse starts, equus consternatur.
  • To make a beginning, incipere: initium facere.
  • To set out, abire: proficisci. To start from a certain place, excurrere; e carceribus emitti (in a race).
  • To burst asunder, dissiliri: rumpi.
  • Transitively, To arouse, excitare: ciere.
  • To set on foot, rei initium facere: aggredi aliquid or ad aliquid faciendum (e.g., ad hanc disputationem, ad dicendum, Cic.; also accusative only, ancipitem causam, Cic.; in Sall. always accusative only; in poetical and post-Augustan prose, infinitive): fundamenta rei ponere or jacere. To start a question, rem commovere (quae, etc., Cic., Brut., 87, 297).
  • To burst, rumpere.
2.
  • s. Sudden action of the body from fear, repens terror.
  • A sudden impulse or rousing, impetus: impulsus.
  • A beginning, initium.
  • A setting out, profectus. To have made a false start, ad carceres revocari (effect for cause).
  • Advance, precedence, plus viae confectum. To have the start of anybody, praecipere iter alicui (Liv., 3, 46); antecedere, antecessisse aliquem (to have got before anybody): the king had got a considerable start, aliquantum viae rex praeceperat (Liv., 36, 19), or longius spatium praeceperat (e.g., fuga, Liv., 22, 41): to have scarcely four hours’ start of anybody, vix quatuor horarum spatio antecedere (to be hardly four hours’ march ahead, Caes.): Antony had got two days’ start of me, biduo me Antonius antecessit (Brut, ap. Cic., Ep., 11, 13).