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

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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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• canvass (v.):
    1. I. To solicit for votes:
      1. 1. ambĭo, 4: the citizens are c.'d by the candidates, ambiuntur a candidatis cives, Cic.
      2. 2. circumeo or circŭeo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4 (like ambio, meaning to go round from house to house: but while amb. is the technical word for canvassing in general, circum. refers more to the act of visiting): Furnius and Lentulus c.'d and worked with us, F. et L. una nobiscum circumierunt et laboraverunt, Cic.: Antonius was c.ing the veterans to secure the ratification of Caesar's acts, Antonium c. veteranos, ut Caesaris acta sancirent, Cic.
      3. 3. prĕhenso or prenso, 1 (lit. to take hold of the hands of voters): often in combination with circumire: as, circumire et p. patres, Liv.: Cic.
    2. II. To sift, discuss: q. v.
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• canvass (subst.):
      1. 1. ambĭtĭo (a legal c.): my c. withdrew me from that consideration, mea me a. ab illa cogitatione abstrahebat, Cic.
      2. 2. ambĭtus, ūs (an unlawful c.): v. bribery: Cic.
      3. 3. pĕtītĭo: to devote oneself to a c., i. e. to solicit an office, petitioni se dare, Cic.: v. candidateship.
      4. 4. prensātio (opening of a canvass by shaking people's hands): Cic. Att. 1, 1, init.
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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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• CANVASS
1.
  • textum. quod dicitur Canevas; canava, canevasium.
  • Going round to ask for votes, ambitio, prensatio: ambitus (by illegal means).
2.
  • v. to investigate, scrutari; perscrutari; considerare.
  • To canvass for votes, ambire, circumire (circumire stronger than ambire, Cic.., Att., 14, 21, Antonium circumire veteranos, ut acta Caesaris sancirent: that is, he made, in his canvassing, the round from first to last: ambire would only express his canvassing, and addressing the veterans in general. Vid: Döderlein’s Synonyms, p. 12).
  • CANVASSING. ambitio: prensatio.