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

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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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• bore (v.):
    1. I. To make a circular hole:
      1. 1. perfŏro, 1 (simple verb foro, rare: Col.: Macr.): to b. a hole through a ship, navem p., Cic.: Col.
      2. 2. excăvo, 1: the Gallic gimlet b.s a hole (in a tree) without becoming heated, Gallica terebra ex., nec urit, Plin.: Col.
      3. 3. tĕrĕbro, 1: to b. vines, vites t., Col.: to b. the eye with a sharp weapon, lumen telo acuto t., Virg.
      4. 4. exterĕbro, 1 (to b. out): the gold had been b.d out, aurum exterebratum erat, Cic.
      5. 5. pertĕrĕbro, 1 (to b. through): to b. through a pillar, columnam p., Cic.: Vitr.
    2. II. To weary by importunity, etc.: obtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3: if I could sleep, I would not b. you with such long letters, ego si somnum capere possem, tam longis te epistolis non obtunderem, Cic. Att. 8. 1. Phr.: to b. any one as he is reading, by gossiping, aliquem legentem impellere quovis sermone molestum, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65: b.d with hoarse-throated Codrus' Theseid, vexatus rauci Theseide Codri, Juv.: you b. me, odiosus mihi es, Pl.: v. to worry, harass.
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• bore (subs.):
    1. I. That which bores: v. borer, gimlet.
    2. II. A hole made by boring: fŏrāmen: v. hole. Phr.: the b. of a gun, *cava pars (cavum?) sclopeti.
    3. III. One who wearies:
      1. 1. ĭneptus (the nearest word: cf. Cic.'s description of the ineptus, Or. 2, 4, 17): he is a b. and a bit of a brag, ineptus et jactantior hic paulo est, Hor. S. 1, 3, 49.
      2. 2. importūnus. v. disagreeable, unamiable.
      3. 3. ŏdiōsus: cf. to bore (fin.).
      4. 4. mŏlestus: v. troublesome: (and cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 65).
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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• BORE
1. v. terebrare (with a gimlet or instrument that is turned round): forare (to make a hole through): perforare (quite through): perterebrare. To bore a hole, foramen terebrare or terebra cavare. A boring, terebratio. To get out by boring, exterebrare. To bore, i. e., make hollow by boring, efforare; the trunk of a tree, truncum. To bore one’s way through a crowd, penetrare per turbam: through the snows, eluctari nives or per nives.
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  • s. foramen.
  • Caliber, modus; magnitudo, amplitudo. A bore (= a troublesome person), intolerabilis: intolerandus (unbearable): importunus (troublesome, annoying): odiosus (hateful). To be a bore (of a public speaker), odiosum esse in dicendo.