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

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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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• accost:
      1. 1. appello, 1: I will go to the man, I will a. him, aggrediar hominem, appellabo, Pl.; accedam atque appellabo, Cic.: to a. a person with cheerful countenance, hominem hilari vultu a., Cic.: v. to address.
      2. 2. compello, 1: to a. any one by name, aliquem nominatim c., Auct. Her.: Virg.: Pl.
      3. 3. allŏquor, affāri: v. to address.
      4. 4. ădŏrior, ortus, 4 (usu. in hostile sense: to attack, fall foul of: q. v.): do I hesitate to a. the man, hunc cesso ad.? Ter.
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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• ACCOST
alloqui aliquem (the usual expression for addressing a person; e.g., to salute, warn, comfort, etc.): affari aliquem (to accost in a feeling or solemn manner; a more select expression than alloqui, and therefore less common in prose. Used in the present indicative except the 1st person; in participle infinitive and 2d person imperative): appellare aliquem (to address him for the purpose of drawing him into conversation, and saying to him something of importance; or of preferring a request): compellare (in prose, is to address in a harsh, reproachful manner). To accost anybody by name, nominatim or nominans aliquem appellare (nominatim aliquem compello, implies a personal attack). To accost in a friendly, intimate manner, blande, familiariter alloqui aliquem; courteously, politely, liberaliter appellare aliquem.