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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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• leader:
      1. 1. dux, dŭcis, c. (in good or bad sense): to act as l. in anything, alicujus rei d. se praebere, Cic. Am. 11, 37: with Teucer for l., Teucro d. [et auspice], Hor. Od. 1, 7, 27. Join: dux et magister; auctor, princeps, dux, Cic. Oft. in milit. sense: v. general.
      2. 2. ductor (usu. in milit. sense): Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, init.: of bees (= queen-bee), ductores apum, Virg. G. 4, 88: in the public games, Suet. Tib. 6, extr.
      3. 3. auctor (originator): they refused to be l.s of the war movement, auctores belli esse nolebant, Caes. B. G. 3, 17 v. author.
      4. 4. princeps, cĭpis, c. (cf. supr. 1): v. chief. See also head (VII.). Phr.: to be l., praeesse v. head (VII., Phr.).
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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• LEADER
dux (general term): auctor, princeps (that lakes the lead in anything): qui praeest alicui rei (a president): dux belli, imperator, praetor (a leader in war): praetor (of generals who were not Romans, especially of Greeks; e.g., στρατηγός); doctor, magister, auctor (alicujus rei, instructor, teacher): caput, signifer, fax (head of a party, leader of a conspiracy, etc.): the leader in a civil war (who gave the signal for rising), tuba belli civilis (Cic., ad Div., 6, 12, 3).