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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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• opening (subs.):
    1. I. Act of opening: expr. by ăpĕrio, etc.. v. to open. (Apertio v. rare.)
    2. II. Formal declaration that a building, etc., is open for use: dēdĭcātio, consecrātio. v. dedication, consecration. For a non-religious ceremony, perh. ĭnaugŭrātio (late and rare); or expr. by ve b: v. to open (A., IV.). To attend the o. of a railway, *adesse quum tanquam auspicandi causa, primus currus in via ferrata trahitur, impellitur.
    3. III. Beginning, esp. of a speech: exordium, princĭpium, etc.: v. exordium.
    4. IV. Aperture:
      1. 1. fŏrāmen (strictly, a hole bored: from foro, to pierce, bore): v. hole. Fig.: o.s from the body to the soul, (the senses), f. illa quae patent ad animum a corpore, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47.
      2. 2. fĕnestra (strictly, an o. in a wall to admit light: used in wider sense): o.s (loop-holes) for discharging missiles, f. ad tormenta mittenda, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, fin. he made a huge wide-mouthed o., ingentem lato dedit ore f., Virg. Aen. 2, 482: cf. infr. (III.).
      3. 3. rīma (crack, chink): v. FISSURE.
      4. 4. ōs, ōris, n. (resembling a mouth; as an o. or entrance to a cave): v. mouth (II. 1.).
      5. 5. ăpertūra (rare): Vitr. 5, 5, 1.
      6. 6. spīrāmentum (for breathing; air-hole): Virg.: Just.
    5. V. An opportunity: Phr.: an o. for dispute, ansa (lit. handle) controversiarum, Cic. Caec. 6, extr. (v. handle, II.): to make an o. ("open a door") for crime, fenestram ad nequitiam patefacere, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72: to present a fine o., *majoris fortunae spem opportunitatemque afferre.
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• opening (adj.): epith. of medicine: Phr.: to give o. medicine, medicamenta ad alvum dejiciendam dare, cf. Cels. 2, 12; alvi dejectionem medicamentis petere, id. 1, 3, med.: medicamentis (aegrum) purgare, cf. id. 3, 23: to take a strong o. medicine, bene alvum dejicere, Cato R. R. 148. (As medical terms may be used, medicam ntum purgativum, depurgativum. Coel. Aur.; purgatorium, Symm.; catharticum, Kr. [not Cels.]: also *aperiens, subs., M. L. But in Cels. aperire refers to the opening of abscesses, etc., not of the bowels: cf. 5, 18, 25.)
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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• OPENING
1.
  • s. Act of opening, apertio (patefactio, only figuratively, act of divulging); or by the verbs.
  • Aperture, foramen (general term for any opening made by boring): cavum (burrow, pit, etc.): hiatus (any yawning fissure): rima (fissure; a cut made lengthwise): lissura (a rent): lacuna (a space not filled up; e.g., in a ceiling): lumen (the opening of a window or door; any opening through which light can penetrate): fenestra (aperture of a window): os (mouth-like aperture; e.g., of a cave): apertura (Vitr.): [If it is = AIR-HOLE, Vid:] To make an opening in anything, aliquid aperire (general term): perforare (to bore through it): to have openings, aperturas habere (Vitr.):
  • Commencement, initium: exordium: to make an opening, viam sibi munire (ad aliquid): the opening of a speech, prima orationis verba; exordium, prooemium (☞ never initium): an opening-speech, oratio sollemnis qua initium alicujus rei auspicatur aliquis (after Suet., Cal., 54): [Vid: BEGINNING.]
  • An initial festival (e.g., the opening of a road, theatre, etc.), *dies festus, quo initium alicujus rei auspicatur aliquis (after Suet., Cal., 54).
2. participle adjective, (i. e., purgative), catharticus: alvum solvens or movens: opening medicine, medicamentum catharticum: medicina alvum solvens or movens (Cels.): to give opening medicine, dejectionem alvi ductione moliri, purgatione alvum sollicitare (to administer a purgative): to give opening medicine, cathartica dare (general term): one must take some opening medicine, dejectio a medicamento petenda est: to take opening medicine, alvum dejicere (of the effect); perhaps *alvum medicamento cathartico solvere or movere.