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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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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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• step (subs.):
    1. I. A pace:
      1. 1. grădus, ūs, m.: to recall a s., g. revocare, Virg. Aen. 6, 128: he led his line at a quick s. against the enemy, aciem pleno g. in hostem inducit, Liv. 4, 32: to depart s. by s. from virtue, gradu a virtute desciscere, Vell. 1, 2.
      2. 2. gressus, ūs, m.: he turns his s.s to the walls, gressum ad moenia tendit, Virg. Aen. 1, 410.
      3. 3. vestīgium (a foot-s.): Liv. 9, 45: to remove a s. from Hannibal's side, vestigium abscedere ab Hannibale, id. 27, 4.
      4. 4. passus, ūs, m.: to walk with leisurely s.s, lentis p. spatiari, Ov. M. 2, 572. Phr.: to trace any one's s.s, vestigiis odorari ingressus alicujus, Cic. Pis. 34, 83: to follow in a father's s.s: vestigiis ingredi patris, id. Rep. 6, 24: s. by s., pedetentim, Pac. in Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48. Join: pedetentim et gradatim, Cic. Fam. 9, 14: also, minutatim et gradatim, id. Acad. 2, 16, 491. Phr.: he passed from the aedileship to the censorship at one s., ex aedilitate gradum ad censuram fecit, Liv. 27, 6: this is a s. towards my return, hic gradus mei reditus est, Cic. Att. 7, 23: to quicken one's s.s, gradum celerare, Virg. Aen. 4, 641: to take long s.s, ingenti passu gradiri, Ov. M. 13, 776.
    2. II. A round in a ladder; gradus, ūs, m.: a flight of s.s, scālae: v. stair.
    3. III. Fig.: a measure, plan: rătio, consĭlium: v. measure. Phr.: I took s.s to save Marius from a fine, ut multa Mario depelleretur a me inita ratio est, id. Fam. 5, 20: to take the first s., incĭpere: v. begin: what s.s shall I take? quam insistam viam? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3: he did not advance a single s., cubitum nullum processit, Cic. Att. 13, 12: to make a false s., prave insistere, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 34: this seems to me a false s., hoc mihi videtur factum prave, ib. 4, 4, 24.
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• step (v.):
      1. 1. grădior, gressus, 3: if you were to s. as long as you talk, si graderere tantum, quantum loquere, Pl. Ps. 4, 7, 138.
      2. 2. ingrĕdior, gressus, 3: to s. proudly, altum ingredi, Virg. G. 3, 76.
      3. 3. incēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: they s. proudly along, incedunt magnifice, Sall. J. 31. Phr.: to s. with a high action (of a horse), gressus glomerare superbos, Virg. G. 3, 117: to s. into the place of another, in alicujus locum succedere, Cic. Phil. 2, 52, 62: to s. back, gradum reducere, Petr. 136: to s. out quickly, addere gradum, Liv. 26, 9: to s. aside, de via secedere, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 2.
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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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• STEP
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  • s. A pace, gradus (a step taken): gressus (a stepping): ☞ passus, in the best prose writers, always includes the idea of a certain length, a pace. To take a step, gradum facere (PROP.); agere et moliri (figuratively): to take long steps, magnos facere gradus; grandibus esse gradibus: to take short steps, gradum minuere (Quint.); parvo procedere passu (Ov.): not to stir a step out of the house, domo pedem non efferre; domi or domo se tenere: to take a hazardous step (figuratively), *periculosum consilium inire; se in casum dare: to keep step with anybody, gradum aequare (PROP.); parem esse alicui (figuratively): step by step, gradibus; gradatim (up or down, according to a certain measure), pedetentim (with great care and caution); minutatim (little by little): to take the first step in anything (figuratively), initium facere alicujus rei; aliquid facere coepisse: to tread with a firm step, certo gradu incedere: to urge anybody to take a bold step (figuratively), aliquem ad audendum aliquid concitare.
  • A footstep, vestigium: To follow the steps of anybody, vestigiis insistere (Cic.): vestigia persequi (Cic.), legere (Ov.), premere (Tac.).
  • A stair, gradus. Sometimes, plur., scalae (a flight of stairs): gradus, plur. (single stairs): descensio (a place for going down): a flight of steps, gradus scalarum.
  • Figuratively, A degree, gradus.
  • Measure, ratio: consilium: via [Vid: MEASURE]. To take a step, agere et moliri: to take a rash step, temere or inconsiderate agere.
2. v. gradum facere, incedere, ingredi. To step back, regredi; retrogredi: to step out = go quickly, pleno gradu tendere; gradum addere, accelerare, corripere: to step on anything, pedem ponere in aliqua re; ingredi aliquid (to set foot on); intrare aliquid (to enter); prodire in aliquid (e.g., in scenam): to step on shore, exire in terram, in litus: to step on board a ship, inscendere navem, or in navem: to step into, inire, introire, intrare, or ingredi aliquid (e.g., domum inire; domum, or in domum, introire; limen intrare): to step over, transire: to step aside, secedere (general term); de viā secedere (from the road or path, to make room); viam, locum dare; locum dare et cedere (that anybody may pass).