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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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• knot (subs.):
    1. I. Of threads, etc.: nōdus: Cic.: Virg.: to tie up the hair in a k., crinem nodo substringere, Tac. G. 38: a yoke tied on with a number of k.s entangled together (the Gordian k.), jugum adstrictum compluribus n. in semet ipsos implicatis, Curt. 3, 2, med. Fig.: to untie a k., n. expedire, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: a k. worthy of a deity's untying, n. (deo) vindice dignus, Hor. A. P. 191. Dimin., nodulus, Plin.: Apul.
    2. II. In fig. sense, a bond: vincŭlum: e. g. vinculum jugale, the nuptial k., Virg. Aen. 4, 16.
    3. III. The part of a tree where a joint shoots:
      1. 1. nōdus: a curved stick without a k., baculus aduncus sine n., Liv. 1, 18: Virg.: v. knob (4).
      2. 2. artĭcŭlus, gĕnĭcŭlum: v. joint. Without k.s, ēnōdis, e, (e. g.) truncus, Virg.: to free from k.s, enodare, Cato, R. R. 33, init.: Col.
    4. IV. A little group of people: circŭlus: to talk in k.s, per circulos loqui, Tac. Agr. 43: cf. Cic. Bal. 26, init., in conviviis rodunt, in circulis (where k.s of a few people get together) vellicant: v. group. To form in k.s, circulari, Caes. B. G. 1, 64: in k.s, circulatim, Suet. Caes. 84, fin.
    5. V. An epaulet: hŭmĕrāle, is, n.: Dig.
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• knot (v.): nōdo, 1 (to tie up in a knot): Virg. Aen. 4, 138 (crines nodantur in aurum): Ov. Phr.: to k. a cord, *funem nodis implicare: v. to entangle, tie.
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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• KNOT
1. v. nodum facere or nectere.
2. s. (1) general term, any round, especially hard, rising on a body. (a) On animals, nodus (general term): articulus (in a joint): tuber (a hardened swelling). (b) In wood, on boughs, nodus. (c) On a stalk, nodus: articulus: geniculum: having knots, geniculatus. (2) A knot that is tied, nodus (also as a star, and figuratively = hindrance, difficulty): difficultas (figuratively, difficulty): to make or tie a knot, nodum facere, nectere: to draw a knot tight, nodum astringere: to loosen, undo a knot, nodum solvere, expedire (PROP. and figuratively).