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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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• headlong (adv.): expr. by praeceps (both lit. and fig.), prōnus: v. headforemost. Adv. phr., in praeceps, Tac. Ann. 4, 22: Ov. Fig.: to be driven h. (on desperate courses): praecipitem agi, Sall. Cat. 39., extr.; abire, ib. 25; ferri, Cic. Verr. 5, 46, 121. Phr.: to plunge h. from a place, praecipitare se e (loco), Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, init.; de (turri), Liv. 23, 37; a (tecto), Sen. Ep. 4, 3.
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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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1. adj., praeceps (also in the sense of rash, precipitate; e.g., consilium, mens. In this sense, (The words are found in this connection and order.) praeceps et effrenatus [e.g., mens]: praeceps et immaturus [e.g., consilium]). To fall headlong, praecipitem ferri (IMPROP.; Cic.). A man of headlong courses, homo in consiliis praeceps et devius (Cic.): to rush headlong to one’s destruction, in praeceps ruere; ad pestem ante oculos positam proficisci.
2. adverb, Mostly by adjective, praeceps: raptim (in a hurried manner). To fly away headlong, praecipitem abire or praecipitem se fugae mandare: to fall headlong in the mud, ire praecipitem in lutum (per caput pedesque; Catullus, 17, 9).