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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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• reconnoitre:
      1. 1. explōro, 1: they r. the gates, portas explorant, Virg. Aen. 9, 170: the wolf r.s the ambuscades round about the sheepfolds, insidias explorat ovilia circum, id. Georg. 3, 537: see next art.
      2. 2. spĕcŭlor, atus, 1: they r. (everything) surrounded by the cloud, nube cava speculantur amicti, id. Aen. 1, 516 (speculor said to denote secret, exploro open enquiry, Paul. Diac. exc. Fest. 5, p. 59, vol. 2, ed. Lindemann): v. to spy.
      3. 3. prospĕcŭlor (to keep a look-out from a distance or beforehand): the rest of the multitude was r.ing the approach of the imperator, adventum imperatoris prospeculabatur, Liv. 33, 1.
      4. 4. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3: he was accustomed to r. those parts, eas regiones cognoscere solebat, Caes. B. G. 3, 7: he sent persons to r. the mountain, qui cognoscerent qualis esset natura montis, misit: ib. 1, 21.
      5. 5. pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 (poet. to scan with the eye, cast the eyes over the horizon): Aeneas r.s the prospect, prospectum pelago petit, Virg. Aen. 1, 181.
      6. 6. perspĭcio, exi, ectum, 3: I r.d the road, viam perspexi, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2.
      7. 7. circumspĭcio, 3: the dictator, having r.d the situation of the city, situ urbis circumspecto, Liv. 9, 28: having r.d the defences, circumspectis munimentis, Tac. Ann. 13, 39.
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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• RECONNOITRE
explorare: speculari (the former, to obtain information respecting anything, aliquid or de re; the latter, to spy out, whether from a higher position or by close observation; Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 47. The latter refers rather to information gained by one’s own sight, the former to intelligence gained by means of others): cognoscere situm alicujus loci; cognoscere qualis (sit) natura alicujus loci (☞ not cognoscere, or recognoscere, aliquid): situm loci visere; naturam loci perspicere; situm loci perspeculari; visere aliquid (general term; e.g., copias hostium): to send to reconoitre, qualis (sit) natura loci qui cognoscant mittere; perspeculatores or exploratores cognoscere jubere.