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

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
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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• compel:
      1. 1. cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum., 3 (with inf. or ut and subj): he could not be c.'d to fight, cogi pugnare non poterat, Liv.: I began to c. him by force to return, vi cepi c. ut rediret, Ter.: the infin. is sometimes omitted: to what do you not c. mortal breasts, accursed greed of gold, quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri sacra fames? Virg.
      2. 2. compello, pŭli, pulsum, 3 (generally with ad or in: rarely with ut or inf.): to c. any one to surrender by hunger, ad deditionem fame c., Suet.: I am c.'d by injuries to this state of feeling, in hunc sensum compellor injuriis, Cic.: to c. any one to submit to abominable commands, c. aliquem jussa nefanda pati, Ov.: I c.'d and constrained the cunning old man to entrust everything to me, callidum senem compuli et perpuli ut mihi omnia crederet, Pl.
      3. 3. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. similar to 2): he could not be c.'d to declare his accomplices, ut ederet socios subigi non potuit, Tac.: he c.'d the Volsci to surrender, ad deditionem Volscos subegit, Liv.: he had c.'d the people of Tarquinii by fear to furnish the army with corn, Tarquinienses metu sub gerat frumentum exercitui praebere, Liv.
      4. 4. ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (usu. to c. to take an oath; with jusjurandum or sacramentum in acc. or abl.): all being c.'d to take the oath., omnibus jusjurandum adactis, Caes.; also, jurejurando adactis, Liv.: sometimes with in verba (= jusjurandum): the province being c.'d to take the oath of allegiance to Vitellius, provincia in verba Vitellii adacta, Tac.
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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• COMPEL
aliquem vi cogere (but cogere alone only, if = urge, press, necessitate): compel anybody to anything, aliquem vi cogere ad aliquid; or with a following infinitive, or with ut and subjunctive; aliquem (per vim) adigere or aliquem subigere ad aliquid or with following ut and subjunctive (to drive, induce anybody against his will to anything, compel him). alicui necessitatem imponere or injicere aliquid faciendi (to impose on anybody the necessity of doing anything) compel one’s self, sibi vim facere; naturae repugnare (to oppose nature): to allow one’s self to be compelled to anything, invitum facere aliquid: to see one’s self compelled to etc., necessario cogi with infinitive. (On se coactum videre, Vid: OBS. under “To SEE.”) COMPELLABLE, qui cogi potest.