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

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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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• hurl:
      1. 1. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (strengthened from jacio: esp. of a number of persons hurling missiles): his ineffectual dart he h.'d, telum imbelle conjecit, Virg. Aen. 2, 545: ib. 12, 711: they h.'d their missiles from the higher ground against our men, tela e superiore loco in nostros conjiciebant, Cic. B. G. 1, 26.
      2. 2. contorqueo, si, tum, 2 (stronger than conjicio, and strictly implying a rotary motion of the hand in throwing: chiefly poet.): with mighty force his huge spear he h.'d, validis ingentem viribus hastam contorsit, Virg. Aen. 2, 52: Curt.
      3. 3. jăcŭlor, 1 (to dart as a javelin): to obtain praise for horsemanship, h.ing the javelin, equitando, jaculando laudem consequi, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: (Hector) who h.'d the firebrands at the ships of the Danaans, Danaum jaculatus puppibus ignes, Virg. Aen. 2, 276. (N.B.--Vibro is to brandish, not to hurl.)
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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jacere (general term, to throw): conjicere (stronger than jacere; implying either numbers or rapidity, force; especially with tela, pila, etc. in hostes; also of hurling persons into prison, etc.): jactare (frequentative): jaculari (to dart violently from the hand swung round). To hurl stones, lapides jacere; at anybody, lapides mittere or conjicere in aliquem; lapidibus petere or prosequi aliquem; anything at anybody’s head, in caput alicujus aliquid jaculari: to hurl lightnings, fulmina jaculari; fulminare: to hurl rocks upon persons, saxa ingerere in aliquos (e.g., in subeuntes): to hurl one’s self into anything, se conjicere in aliquid (PROP. or IMPROP., e.g., in malum): ☞ vibrare, torquere or contorquere are poetical for jaculari.