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

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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captĭō: fem nom/voc sg

• captĭo, ōnis, f. [capio].
  1. I. Lit., a catching: pignoris, Gai Inst. 4, 12; 4, 29; cf. Gell. 7, 10, 3: odoris, Lact. Opif. Dei, 10.—
    1. B. A seizing, apprehension: domini, Ambros. Ob. Valent. 35.—
  2. II. Trop., a deceiving, deception, fraud, deceit, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112; 5, 2, 36; id. Most. 5, 2, 23; id. Truc. 2, 7, 65: si in parvulā re captionis aliquid vererere, Cic. Quint. 16, 53: incidere in captionem, Dig. 4, 1, 1: consilium multis captionibus suppositum, ib. 4, 4, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 33, 2.—
    1. B. Esp. freq. in dialectics, a fallacious argument, a sophism: omnes istius generis captiones eodem modo refelluntur, Cic. Fat. 13, 30: praestigiis quibusdam et captionibus depelli, id. Ac. 2, 14, 45: dialecticae, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: captiones discutere, id. Ac. 2, 15, 46: metuere, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 45: induere se in captiones, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 41: in captione haerere, Gell. 16, 2, 5: explicare, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 41; id. Brut. 53, 198; cf. id. ib. § 197; id. Att. 10, 15, 2.—
    2. C. Meton. (causa pro effectu; cf.: fraudi esse), an injury, a disadvantage: ne quid captioni mihi sit, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 19 Lorenz ad loc.: mea captio est, si quidem ejus inopiā minus multa ad me scribis, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4; Dig. 29, 3, 7; 50, 17, 200.
GAF Gaffiot (1)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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captĭō: fem nom/voc sg

• captĭō, ōnis, f. (capio),
1. action de prendre possession d'une chose : Gaius Inst. 4, 12 (v. Gell. 7, 10, 3)
2. tromperie, duperie, piège : captionis aliquid vereri Cic. Quinct. 53, appréhender quelque tromperie ; ne quid captioni mihi sit, si dederim tibi Pl. Most. 922, pour que je ne sois pas pris en quelque manière, si je te remets l'argent ; cum magna captione Gaius Dig. 29, 3, 7, en étant bien joué || piège dans les paroles : Cic. Br. 198 ; nihil captionis habere Cic. Part. 133, ne comporter aucun piège (Gell. 18, 13, 7) || raisonnement captieux, sophisme : in captiones se induere Cic. Div. 2, 41, se perdre dans des sophismes ; captiones discutere Cic. Ac. 2, 46 ; explicare Cic. Div. 2, 41, débrouiller des sophismes, briser les mailles d'un raisonnement captieux.