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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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• chain (subs.):
    1. I. Lit.: of metal:
      1. 1. cătēna (rarely if ever used of a chain worn for ornament): to put anyone in c.s, aliquem in catenas conjicere, Caes. (= injicere c. alicui, Cic.): the links of a c., catenae anuli, Plin. (also used fig.: v. inf. fin.). Dimin. cătēnŭla (rare), cătella, a small c.; esp. used for adornment: Hor.: Liv. (who use catella).
      2. 2. vincŭlum: a bond of any kind: q. v.
      3. 3. torques, is, m. and f. (only for personal adornment, and mostly worn by barbarians): a gold c., t. aureus, Liv.: Hor.
    2. II. By meton.: bondage (q. v.) vincŭla, servĭtus. Phr.: the c.s of slavery, servile jugum, Cic.: v. yoke.
    3. III. A series or succession of anything: sĕries, ēi, f.: a c. of guards, s. custodiarum, Suet.: a c. of causes, s. causarum. Cic. Phr.: a c. of mountains, montes continui, Hor. (who, however, uses the expr. to denote an unbroken range of hills: Ep. 1, 16, 5): or perhaps, montium juga perpetua inter se connexa: a c. of things, res inter se aptae colligataeque, Cic.: fate is an eternal and unalterable succession and c. of things, fatum est sempiterna quaedam et indeclinabilis series rerum et catena, Gell. 6, 2 (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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• CHAIN
1.
  • s. catena: vinculum (general term for bond): to put chains on anybody, catenas alicui indere or injicere: any body in chains, in catenas aliquem conjicere: to bind anybody with chains, catenis vincire or constringere aliquem: to be or lie in chains, in catenis esse; catenis or ferro vinctum esse: in fetters and chains, in vinculis et catenis esse: to forge chains for any body, alicui nectere catenas or vincula (Hor., Od., 1, 29, 5; Verg., Ecl., 6, 23): lying in chains, bound with chains, catenatus.
  • FIG., to break the chains of slavery, aliquem or se in libertatem vindicare. [Vid: YOKE of slavery.]
  • Chain for ornament, catena or catella (of gold, worn by either sex): torques (twisted chain of gold for the neck, worn as an honorary distinction by brave soldiers): wearing such a chain, torquatus.
  • MOUNTAIN CHAIN, montes continui; continua or perpetua montium juga; juga velut serie cohaerentia. perpetuo jugo juncti colles; saltus montibus circum perpetuis inter se juncti; jugum, quod montes perpetuo dorso inter se jungit.
  • Connected series, continuatio; series. (The words are found in this connection and order), continuatio seriesque: catena was first used by Gell. in fatum est sempiterna series rerum et catena. A wonderful chain of circumstances, admirabilis continuatio seriesque rerum. A chain of causes, causae aliae ex aliis aptae et necessitate nexae.
2. v. catenis vincire or constringere aliquem, catenas alicui indere or injicere.