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

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S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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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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• home (subs.):
      1. 1. dŏmĭcĭlium (usual abode): to have one's h. (place of residence) in Italy, d. in Italia habere, Cic. Arch. 4, 7: Pl. Fig.: to go to the skies, as to one's h., in coelum quasi in d. suum pervenire, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24. Join: sedes ac domicilium [collocare], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, 6.
      2. 2. dŏmus, ūs or i (the latter only as locative), f.: esp. in the forms, domi, at home; domum, to one's h.; domo, from h. (after a verb of motion): in other uses = house, esp. a city house (v. house): (i), at h., domi: at h. and in the field, belli domique, Sall. Jug. 41; cf. Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85, vel belli vel domi; belli domique, Liv. 9, 24; militiae et domi, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 49: the possess. prons. meae, tuae, suae, may be added either for emphasis or distinction: cf. Cic. Fam. 13, 69, apud eum fui, tanquam domi meae, I was as much "at home" as if I had been at home: Ter.: (ii). homewards, to one's home, dŏmum; of a number, usu. domos (meam, tuam, suam, etc., may be added, as above): escorted h. at evening, domum reductus ad vesperum, Cic. Am. 3, 12: that they should return to their several h.s, d. suam quemque reverti, Caes. B. G. 2, 10: cf. suas quisque abirent domos, Liv. 2, 7, init.: (iii). from h., denoting motion: those who would not leave their h.s, qui domo exire nolebant, Cic. Fl. 6, fin. (Occasionally domo = at home: Varr. R. R. 1, 8, init.)
      3. 3. tectum (any shelter, under a roof): v. habitation.
      4. 4. lar, lăris, m. (meton.: strictly, the house-hold god): sometimes with familiaris: that we should nowhere have a h., nobis l. familiarem nusquam esse, Sall. Cat. 20: to leave one's h., l. familiarem suum relinquere, Cic. Verr. 3, 11, 27: esp. poet., to be driven from h., lare pelli, Ov. F. 6, 362: Mart. (Lar conveys with it more of the domestic sense: cf. Liv. 26, 25, med., urbe, tecto, mensa, lare, recipere: where lare denotes the most intimate degree of association.)
      5. 5. fŏcus (meton.): v. hearth. Phr.: at h. ("within," i. e. in the house), intus: is your brother at h.? estne frater intus? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 30 (Cic. Sen. 4, 12, has intus domique, where intus refers to privacy, domi to home occupation): away from h., peregre, foris, foras (the last after a verb of motion: v. abroad): to be "not at h." to any one, alicui occupatum (lit. engaged) esse, Cic. Sen. 10, 32: he is making himself at h. there in her house, intimum ibi se apud illam facit, Pl. Mil. 2, 1, 30: that stays much at h. (in-doors), umbratilis, umbraticus (v. in-door): quite at h. in any subject, in aliqua re multum [et saepe] versatus, Cic. Quint. 1, 3: to be quite at h. in ancient history, *totam antiquitatem penitus cognitam perspectamque habere.
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• home (adv.):
    1. I. Lit.: homewards, to home: dŏmum, dŏmos (of more than one): v. home, subs. (2).
    2. II. Fig.: in certain phr.: (i). to drive h. (a weapon), strike h.: ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (foll. by such an acc. as ferrum, telum): Liv. 27, 49, init.: Just. 1, 9, extr. Phr.: to strike h. (deal a home thrust), vitalia ferire (deal a mortal wound), Quint. 5, 12, 22; gravem plagam facere (to inflict a severe wound), Cic. Or. 68, 228 (two latter phr. used fig.). (ii). to come h. to any one; to affect deeply: Phr.: that remark came h. to him with great force, quod verbum in pectus ei alte descendit, cf. Sall. Jug. 11, fin.: not to come h. to the heart so powerfully, segnius irritare animos, Hor. A. P. 180: to come h. to the heart, cor tangere, animos commovere (v. heart, III.). (N.B.--Pertinere, interesse, cadere, convenire, denote only that something is applicable, not that it actually comes h. to the person whom it concerns.)
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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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• HOME
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  • s. domus (the house; hence the family, etc., but not in the full sense of our word “home.” Also home= country): patria (native land). (The words are found in this connection and order.) domus et patria; sedes et domicilium (dwelling-place, residence). At home, domi; inter suos (among one’s own friends): to be at home (= country), domi or in patria esse: to leave one’s home (= country), domum et propinquos relinquere: to return home, domum or in patriam redire; ad larem suum reverti: home (ward), domum: from home, domo: at home, domi (which also takes the genitives, meae, tuae, suae, nostrae, vestrae, alienae. But if another adjective, or a genitive of the possessor, be added, it is more usual to employ the preposition; as, in the home of Caes., in domo Caesaris; although Cic. says, also, domi Caesaris. In the same manner, domum and domo take those pronouns without a preposition, and domum is also very frequently used with a genitive, without the preposition in or ad; Vid: Zumpt, §410): to remain at home, domi manere, remanere (to remain in the house, at home, when the others go out): domi or domo se tenere, or se retinere, domi attineri (to keep one’s self at home): publico carere or se abstinere: in publicum non prodire (not to appear in public, or to do so very seldom): domi sedere, also with desidem (to sit inactive at home, instead of taking part in war, etc.): nidum servare (not to go out of the nest; playfully for, always to stay at home; Hor., Ep., 1, 10, 6): not to go from home, domo non excedere or non egredi: not to stir a step from home, domo pedem non efferre: one who seldom goes from home, remains almost always at home, rarus egressu (Tac., Ann., 15, 53, 1): not to be able to remain at home, durare in aedibus non posse: go home! in vestra tecta discedite! abite domum! to return home, ad larem suum reverti: my father is at home, pater meus intus est (says a son in the front of the house): to be at home, domi suae esse: he is not at home, est foris: to dine from home, cenare foras: to drive, expel from home, aliquem domo expellere; aliquem foras protrudere: to be at home anywhere, aliquo loco sedem ac domicilium habere (PROP., to have one’s habitation anywhere): in aliquo loco haoitare (PROP., to dwell in a place; figuratively = to stay constantly in a place; e.g., in the forum, in foro; but figuratively, only = to be constantly occupied with anything, to make anything one’s chief study; Vid: Cic., De Or., 2, 38, 160; de Legg., 3, 6, 1. 5; therefore not = to be at home; i. e., well versed or conversant in a thing: nor is regnare in aliqua re applicable here; i. e., to have one’s great strength in anything, to be able to do much or all in anything; Vid: Cic., Or. 27, 128): in aliqua re versatum esse: aliquid cognitum habere (figuratively, to be well versed or conversant in anything): to be at home in everything, nulla in re rudem esse: especially as I am at home here, praesertim tam familiari in loco. To fight for one’s hearth and home, pro aris et focis pugnare; pro tectis moenibusque dimicare. (Prov) Charity begins at home, proximus sum egomet mihi; ego mihi melius esse volo, quam alteri (both Terentianus). Home is home, be it never so homely, *foci proprii fumus alieno igne luculentior.
  • To return home, domum se convertere; domum reverti or redire.
  • To fetch home, domum ferre or referre aliquid (things); domum deducere aliquem: adversum ire alicui (to go to meet him and conduct him home).
  • To go home, domum ire, or redire or reverti (general term): domum abire (from a place): in sua tecta discedere (of a great number who disperse to their various homes): to send (or make anybody go) home, dimittere (to dismiss an assembled multitude or soldiers).
  • To bring home, domum referre (general term): domum deducere (to accompany or lead anybody home).
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  • adverb, domum (accusative): at home, domi. [Vid. HOME, s.]
  • IMPROPR., Anything comes home to me, aliquid mea multum (magni, vehementer, etc.) interest (concerns me greatly); aliquid vehementer (caelius, ap. Cic.) ad me pertinet, or me attingit ad meque pertinet (Cic.; relates to, touches, affects me); aliquid in me cadit or convenit (is applicable to me): a discourse, etc., comes home to me, sermo nos tangit: to feel that anything said comes home to us, sibi dictum putare or sentire: to press anybody home, etiam atque etiam instare atque urgere: to strike home, ferrum adigere (per or in aliquid; also, alicui rei; e.g., jugulo, Suet., Ner., 49; also, vulnus adigere, Tac., ; vulnus alte adigere, Verg., Aen., 10, 850): ferire vitalia (Quint.; of teaching a student of oratory to make home thrusts): plagam mortiferam infligere (to inflict a mortal wound; Cic.): probe percutere aliquem (to strike him severe blows; Commodianus, Plaut.) [Vid: “to make HOME (adjective) thrusts”: to drive anything home, aliquid quanto maximo possum ictu adigere (e.g., fabrile scalprum, Liv., 27, 49): to drive a nail home, *clavum quanto maximo possum mallei ictu adigere (after Liv., 27, 49) or clavum adigere only (clavum pangere = fix in a nail).
3. adj., A home thrust, plaga gravis (severe blow; also in oratory); plaga mortifera (mortal wound); vulnus alte adactum (†. Verg., Aen., 10, 850). To make home thrusts, petere aliquem vehementer (to make a vigorous attack; Cic., Or., 68, fin., comparing a gladiator with an orator; hence may be used, IMPROP., of attacking with words), recte petere (Quint., 9, 4, 8, of making a scientific blow or thrust in the palaestra, etc.): petitionem ita conjicere, ut vitari non posse videatur (PROP. or IMPROP.; Cic., Catil., 1, 6); ferire vitalia (of an orator; Quint., 5, 12, 22): to parry home thrusts, tueri vitalia (Quint., ib.); petitionem ita conjectam ut vitari non posse videatur, effugere (Cic.; or vitare, declinare, etc.). Anything is a home thrust, aliquid plagam gravem facit (e.g., oratio, Cic., Or., 68, fin.). Anybody has received a home thrust, habet or hoc habet (gladiatorial technical term).