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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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• mob (subs.):
      1. 1. turba (any confused multitude): the m. of fickle Quirites, mobilium t. Quiritium, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 7: all the m. of the Circus, omnis Circi t., Quint. 1, 6, extr.: v. crowd.
      2. 2. vulgus, i, n. (rarely m.): i. e. the lower orders of society generally: the wise man's judgment differs from that of the m., sapientis judicium a judicio vulgi discrepat, Cic. Br. 53, 198: Hor.: cf. Tac. A. 1, 18, init.: v. rabble.
      3. 3. promiscua multitudo [conglobata]: Tac. A. 12, 7: also, simply multitudo: v. multitude.
      4. 4. glŏbus (a group of people generally): cf. Liv. 8, 32, med. Phr.: to collect a m. of the vilest characters, deterrimum quemque congregare, Tac. A. 1, 16, extr.: m.s of people roamed about and ravaged the neighbourhood, vagi (homines) circumjecta populabantur, ib. 21, init.
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• mob (v.): nearest single word, circumfundor, fūsus, 3 (flock round): he was m.'d as he returned home, *domum redeunti minaciter circumfusa est multitudo; circumfusus globus contumelias probraque ingerebant (v. TO FLOCK ROUND): cf. Liv. 8, 32, med., extrema contio et circa Fabium globus increpabant inclementem dictatorem (R. and A.).
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: they were m.'d, in eos multitudo est versa, minaciter appellantes, et probra iis ingerentes, cf. Liv. 2, 23, med.
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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  • s. An assemblage of people, turba; homines promiscui: globus (a dense body often with contemptuous sense; e.g., ex illo globo nobilitatis, Sall., Jug., 85, 10). (The words are found in this connection and order.) turba et colluvio (Cic., Sen., 23, 85).
  • The common people, turba; colluvies; colluvio hominum; faex populi: multitudo de plebe: multitudo obscura et humilis (with reference to birth).
2. v. *minaciter circumfundi alicui: globus circumstantium increpat aliquem, etc. (= anybody is mobbed, Cf: Liv., 8, 32, 13): perhaps, increpitare vocibus (of the abuse only, Caes., B.G., 2, 30). To mob anybody, circumfundi alicui (PROP., to crowd round him, Liv.): circumfundi alicui et (ad aures quoque ejus) ferocia verba volvere (☞ Liv., 22, 14, extr.). Vid: also, SCOLD.