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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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• attract:
    1. I. Physically:
      1. 1. trăho, traxi, tractum, 3 (with prep.): the loadstone allures and a.s the iron to it, magnes ferrum ad se allicit et t., Cic.: also with prep. in: Plin.
      2. 2. attrăho, 3: the loadstone a.s iron, magnes ferrum a., Plin.: v. to draw.
    2. II. Fig.:
      1. 1. trăho, 3: we are all a.'d and led to a desire of knowledge, omnes trahimur et ducimur ad scientiae cupiditatem, Cic.
      2. 2. attrăho, 3: to a. a man to Rome, hominem Romam a., Cic.: to a. disciples, discipulos a., Ov.
      3. 3. allĭcio: v. to allure.
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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• ATTRACT
  • PROP.
  • attrahere: ad or in se trahere: ad se allicere et trahere. The magnet attracts iron, magnes lapis attrahit, or ad se allicit et trahit ferrum: to attract moisture, humorem trahere or recipere. ImPROP.
  • ad se trahere or at trahere: allicere: ad se allicere or illicere (allure). To attract hearers by novelty, audientium animos novitate tenere: to attract by arts of allurement, illecebris ad se trahere: to attract new or fresh pupils, discipulos novos attrahere (Ov.).