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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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• twine (v.):
  1. A. Trans.: circumvolvo, 3, circumplĭco, 1: v. wind, twist. T.d, tortĭlis.
  2. B. Intrans.: to t. round or about:
      1. 1. circumvolvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (with refl. pron.): a plant t.ing about trees, herba arboribus c. se, Plin. 16, 44, 92. Pass. refl., serpents t.d about each other, serpentes circumvolutae sibi ipsae, id. 10, 62, 82.
      2. 2. circumplector, plexus, 3: to t. about a tree, arborem c., Plin. 19, 4, 22.
      3. 3. complector, 3: the vine t.s about everything which it touches with its hand-like tendrils, vitis claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta c., Cic. Sen. 15, 52.
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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• TWINE
  • v. Transitively, circumvolvere: circumplicare.
  • Intransitively, se circumvolvere (e.g., arboribus): circumvolvi: circumplecti. To train vines so that they may twine round the props, vites erigere, ut claviculis suis adminicula complectantur or apprehendant (after Cic., N.D., 2, 27, 120): the vine twines itself about everything, vitis claviculis suis quasi manibus, quicquid est nacta, complectitur.