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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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• snatch, snatch up (v.):
      1. 1. răpio, răpui, raptum, 3: let the youth s. up arms, arma rapiat juventus, Virg. Aen. 7, 340: cf. bipennem dextra r., ib. 11, 651: to s. kisses, oscula r., Hor. Od. 2, 12, 28: cf. Venerem r., id. S. 1, 3, 109; illicitas voluptates r., Tac. H. 3, 41. Fig.: to s. (or seize) the rule, dominationem r., Tac. A,. 4, 1: to s. (or seize) an opportunity, occasionem r., Hor. Epod. 13, 3: v. to seize, pounce upon.
      2. 2. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3: to s. up a bow and arrows, arcum sagittasque c., Virg. Aen. 1, 188: to s. up the reins, c. lora, Ov. M. 2, 145.
      3. 3. arrĭpio, 3: our men s. up what arms they can, nostri arma quae possunt a., Caes. B. C. 2, 14: to s. up bows, arcus a., Ov. M. 5, 64: cf. ensem a., ib. 13, 385: to s. one up by the waist and hold up, sublimem medium (aliquem) a., Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18.
      4. 4. praerĭpio, 3 (to take quickly): to s. kisses, oscula p., Lucr. 3, 896: to s. up billets, codicillos p., Suet. Ner. 49.
      5. 5. carpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. kisses, c. oscula, Prop. 1, 20 (21), 27: Ov. H. 11, 117. Fig.: s. the (present) day, carpe diem, Hor. Od. 1, 11, 8: s. pleasures as they fly, fugitiva gaudia c., Mart. 7, 47, 11: to s. sleep, somnos c., Virg. G. 3, 435: c. quietem, id. Aen. 7, 414: c. soporem, ib. 4, 522.
      6. 6. capto, 1: v. to catch at.
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• snatch (subs.): usu. in phr.: to make a s. at, expr. by verb (v. to snatch at). Phr.: s.s of sunshine, *sol interdum nubibus interfulgens (based on Liv. 28, 23, med.: aurum cumulo aliarum rerum interfulgens): by s.s of moonlight, per incertam lunam, Virg. Aen. 6, 270: to do a thing by s.s, *carptim ac temere agere (v. fit, subs., II.): cf. per intervalla, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 164: to sing a s. of a song, perh. *carptim, interrupte cantare. See fitfully, random (at).
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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• SNATCH
1. s. Act of catching hastily, captura, or by the verb. By snatches (i. e., at intervals), per intervalla (Plin., 8, 42, 66); perhaps carptim; per intermissa spatia. Snatches of sunshine, *sol interdum nubibus interfulgens.
2. v. rapere. To snatch at, captare: prehendere: to snatch from, eripere; adimere; auferre (to take away unjustly); avellere: divellere (to tear away); extorquere (to wrest from the hands; PROP. and figuratively; e.g., alicui regnum); alicui eripere de (or e) manibus (PROP. and figuratively): to snatch from the mother’s arms, aliquem de amplexu matris avellere, or de complexu matris abripere: to snatch one from danger, from death, eripere ex periculo, a morte; from destruction, servare aliquem ab interitu.