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

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Contents (3 entries · 19 senses)
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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• sweep (subs.):
    1. I. One who sweeps: qui verrit: *qui scopis purgat aliquid: a chimney-s., *qui fuliginem camini detergit.
    2. II. A circuit:
      1. 1. circuĭtus, ūs, m.: the s. of a hill, collis circuitus, Caes. B. G. 7, 88.
      2. 2. flexus, ūs, m.: Germany extends northward with a vast s., Germania in septentrionem ingenti flexu redit, Tac. G. 35.
      3. 3. ambĭtus, ūs, m.: the moon revolves with shorter s. than the sun, ambitu breviore currit luna quam sol, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 86.
    3. III. The sweep of a weapon (space commanded by it): teli jactus, Virg. Aen. 11, 608.
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• sweep (v.):
    1. I. To brush, scour:
      1. 1. verro, verri, versum, 3: to s. the pavement, pavimentum v., Juv. 14, 60: to s. up the ashes, favillas v., Ov. F. 2, 523.
      2. 2. dētergeo, si, sum, 2: to s. out the drains, cloacas d., Liv. 39, 44.
      3. 3. converro, verri, versum, 3 (to s. up): Plaut. St. 2, 3, 64.
      4. 4. ēverro, 3 (to s. out): s. out dung from Vesta's temple, e. stercus ex aede Vestae, Varr. L. L. 6, 4, 60.
    2. II. To pass over quickly:
      1. 1. verro, 3: it (the N. wind) flies s.ing over fields and seas in its career, ille volat simul arva fuga simul aequora verrens, Virg. G. 3, 201.
      2. 2. perlustro, 1 (with the eyes): s.ing the whole scene with his eyes, oculis omnia p., Liv. 25, 9: v. survey.
      3. 3. percurro, rri, 3: to s. with the eye, oculo p., Hor. S. 2, 5, 54: with the mind, animo p., Cic. de Or. 1, 50.
    3. III. To hurry along:
      1. 1. verro, 3: the winds s. along the clouds, verrunt nubila venti, Lucr. 1, 280.
      2. 2. răpio, răpui, raptum, 3: (the serpent) s.s its immense coils along the ground, rapit immensos orbes per humum, Virg. G. 2, 153.
    4. IV. Meton.: Phr.: you s. off whatever is put on the table, quidquid ponitur verris, Mart. 2, 37, 1: swift death has s. off the illustrious A., abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 29: the plague s.s off whole herds at a blow, morbi corripiunt tota aestiva (pecudum) repente, Virg. G. 3., 472.
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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• SWEEP
1. v. verrere (e.g., pavimentum, aedes, vias). To sweep down, detergere: to sweep off, abstergere: to sweep out (i. e., cleanse by sweeping), everrere: everrere et purgare (to remove by sweeping, as dung from a stall; and, to cleanse by sweeping, as, a stall): verrere (to sweep cleanse, e.g., a home): purgare: depurgare: emundare (general term t to cleanse): to sweep clean (figuratively, of plunder), everrere el extergere (e.g., templa of Verres; Cic.).
2.
  • Act cf sweeping; by the verbs.
  • A chimney-sweeper, *caminos detergendi artifox.
  • Compass of a stroke, ambitus: circuitus: civcumactio.
  • Space, spatium.