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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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• beginning:
    1. I. The act of b.: inceptio (rare): Cic. (More usu. expr. by part of verb: as, the mode of b., incipiendi ratio, Cic.): v. to begin.
    2. II. The commencement itself:
      1. 1. ĭnĭtium: one part of Gaul takes its b. from the Rhone, una Galliae pars in. capit a Rhodano, Caes.: to make a b., in. facere, Cic.: v. to begin (10): the senate in the b. (i. e. at first) was of this opinion, senatus initio ita censuit, Cic.: also in pl., a thing that had a small b., res ab exiguis profecta initiis, Liv.
      2. 2. princĭpĭum: to have neither b. nor end, nec p. nec finem habere, Cic.: at the b., principio, a principio or in principio, Cic. Obs. Initium, says Kr., has relation simply to time, and is opposed to exitus: whereas principium denotes the b. of an action as that on which the sequel is based: v. principle.
      3. 3. exordĭum (esp. in rhetoric): the b. of evil, ex. mali, Cic.: I have often observed that the greatest orators are nervous at the b. of their speeches, saepe animadverti summos oratores in dicend exordio permoveri, Cic.
      4. 4. exorsus, ūs (rare): the b. of a speech, orationis ex., Cic.
      5. 5. inceptum (more usu. in pl.: v. undertaking): let it be kept till the end such as it was at the b., servetur ad imum qualis ab incepto processerit, Hor.
      6. 6. ingressio (entrance on: rare): Cic.
      7. 7. ingressus, ūs (l. q. ingressio): at the b. of a work, in ingressu operis, Quint.: Virg.
      8. 8. commissĭo (only of public games): Cic.: Suet. Phr.: at the b. of summer, inita aestate, Caes.; ab ineunte aestate, Cic.; incipiente aestate, Plin.: at the b. of spring, vere novo, Virg.: the b.s of battles, prima proelia, Liv.: from the b. of the world, post homines natos, Cic. ('not ab initio mundi,' Kr.): cf. to begin (fin.).
    3. III. Rudiment, earliest state:
      1. 1. ĕlĕmentum: the first b.s of Rome, prima el. Romae, Ov.: the b.s of vicious desire, el. cupidinis pravae, Hor.
      2. 2. rŭdīmentum: v. rudiment.
      3. 3. exordĭum: the b. of the city, ex. urbis, Suet.
      4. 4. prīmordium (usu. pl.): the b. of the world, primordia mundi, Ov.: Liv.: v. origin, principle.
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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• BEGINNING
initium (the point from which anything begins: opposed to exitus): principium (the beginning, as that part of the whole which stands before the other parts in things, and goes before them in actions: opposed to extremum): primordium (the beginning as the primeval source and origin of anything): orsus; exorsus; inceptio (have an active meaning): tirocinium (the first attempts or experiments): limen for “beginning” (e.g., belli) is to be avoided as a poetical expression. “Beginning” is often rendered by primus, um; e.g., prima epistolae verba, the beginning of a letter (Sen., Ep., 15, 1): the beginning of a disturbance, primus timultus (Liv., 1, 6): the beginning of a speech, prima orationis verba; exordium, prooemium (the introduction, never initium): the beginning of an art or science, elementa; rudimenta; incunabula: the beginning of a play, commissio: at the beginning of spring, vere novo, or ineunte vere; inito vere (if it has begun): at the beginning of night, prima nocte; primo vespere: at the beginning of day, prima luce: to relate from the beginning, ab ultimo initio repetere; altius ordiri etrepetere: to relate from beginning to end, ordine rem omnem narrare: from beginning to end, a carceribus usque ad calcem (PROVERB): the beginning of the world, principia or primordia rerum: from the beginning of the world, post homines natos; post hominum memoriam (after negatives): without beginning or end, aeternus: to have neither beginning nor end, nec principium nec finem habere: the end suits the beginning, principiis consentiunt exitus: from the beginning, a principio: in the beginning, principio.