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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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• smack (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To make a sharp noise in striking, etc.: Phr.: he s.'d (or cracked) his whip, insonuit flagello, Virg. Aen. 5, 579 (v. to crack, A., II.): to s. one's lips (in eating): *manducans labrorum strepitum edere (Georg.).
    2. II. To give a blow (with the hand): Phr.: to s. one's ear, alapam alicui ducere, Phaedr. 5, 3, 2 (v. box, subs.: to slap): cf. plana faciem contundere palma, Juv. 13, 128.
    3. III. To kiss noisily: Phr.: their lips s.'d in kissing as they met, osculis collisa labra crepitabant, Petr. 132, init.: he gave me, so to speak, a s.ing kiss every now and then, me tanquam furtivis subinde osculis verberabat, Petr. 26, med.: cf. basia alicui impingere, id. 31, init.: and, suavia oppingere, Pl. Curcul. 1, 1, 60.
  2. B. Intrans.: To savour, taste of, q. v.:
      1. 1. săpio, īvi or ĭi, 3 (gen. with acc. denoting the taste): to s. of the sea, s. mare, Sen. Q. N. 3, 18. to s. badly of oil, oleum male s., Cato R. R. 66: v. flavour (subs. and verb).
      2. 2. rĕsĭpio, 3 (like sapio): the grape s.s of the pitch, (uva) picem r., Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18. Fig.: those comedies s. of the style of Plautus, istae (comoediae) r. stilum Plautinum, Gell. 3, 3, ad fin.
      3. 3. ŏleo, ŏlui, 2 (gen. with acc. of the object of smell): to s. of saffron, crocum o., Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99: cf. vina fere dulces oluerunt mane Camenae, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 5. Fig.: to s. of the foreigner, o. peregrinum, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 44.
      4. 4. rĕdŏleo, 2: vinum redolens, Cic.: unguenta, Plin.: see also to smell. Fig.: speeches s.ing of antiquity, orationes redolentes antiquitatem, Cic. Brut. 21, 82.
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• smack (subs.):
    1. I. A sharp noise (made with a whip), flagelli sonus, Sen. Ep. 122, ad fin.: v. to smack (A., I.).
    2. II. A blow with the hand: ălăpa, Phaedr.: Juv.: v. box, slap.
    3. III. A loud kiss: perh. *sonans basium or basium simply: v. to smack (A., III.).
    4. IV. Flavour., taste, savour:
      1. 1. Lit.: săpor, gustātus, gustus: v. flavour, taste, to smack (B.).
      2. 2. Fig.: Phr.: a s. of the boor, subagreste quiddam, Cic. Brut. 74, 259.
    5. V. A small sailing-vessel:
      1. 1. lēnuncŭlus: Caes. B. C. 2, 43.
      2. 2. hŏria (also oria): a fishing-smack Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 5: Gell. 10, 25, ad fin.
      3. 3. piscātōria nāvis (like preced.): Caes. B. C. 2, 4.
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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• SMACK
1.
  • s. Taste, savor, sapor [Vid: TASTE].
  • A loud sound, crepitus: fragor: sonitus fragilis (Lucr., 6, 111).
  • A loud kiss, basium. They gave each other a hearty smack, osculo (osculis) collisa labra crepitabant (Petronius).
  • A small sailing-vessel, scapha.
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  • v. Intransitively, To make a cracking noise, fragorem dare, crepare: sonitum fragilem dare (after Lucr.).
  • To taste, Vid:
  • Transitively, To slap, alicui alapam ducere.