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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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• undermine (v.):
    1. I. To dig under ground:
      1. 1. suffŏdio, fōdi, fossum, 3: Cic. Harusp. 15, 32.
      2. 2. sub terra fodio: Liv. 38, 7.
      3. 3. cŭnīculum ago: he began to u., cuniculum occultum agere instituit, ib.
      4. 4. subruo, ui, ŭtum, 3: to overthrow by a mine: the walls being u.d, subrutis cuniculo moenibus, id. 5, 21.
      5. 5. căvo, 1: towns u.d in many places, oppida crebris cuniculis cavata, Plin. 2, 82, 83.
      6. 6. fundamenta subduco: Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 42.
    2. II. Fig.:
      1. 1. detrăho, traxi, tractum, 3: to u. one's reputation, de fama detraho, id. Fam. 3, 8.
      2. 2. laedo, si, sum, 3: had u.d his own reputation, laeserat famam suam, Plin. Ep. 3, 7.
      3. 3. lăbĕfăcio, feci, factum, 3: we u. truth, labefacimus veritatem, Arnob. 2, p. 443, Gauth.
      4. 4. lăbĕfacto, 1: to u. fidelity with a bribe, fidem pretio labefactare, Cic. Cluent. 68, 194.
      5. 5. subrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3: Arnob. l. c.
      6. 6. ēverto, ti, sum, 3: to u. an estate, e. patrimonium, Ulp. Dig. 47, 6, 1.
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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• UNDERMINE
  • PROP., suffodere (to hollow underneath by digging): subruere (general term, to overthrow from beneath; e.g., a wall): cuniculo or cuniculis subruere or subtrahere (to make a mine under for the purpose of destroying; e.g., a wall. ☞ Plin. uses cavare oppida crebris cuniculis). A town that is undermined, a cuniculis suffossum oppidum.
  • Figuratively, subruere (to overthrow, destroy; e.g., libertatem): evertere (to overthrow; e.g., rempublicam): labefactare (to make to totter or fall; e.g., rempublicam, amicitiam, justitiam).