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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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• vehemence:
      1. 1. vĕhĕmentia (not Aug.): of personal character, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 33.
      2. 2. vis (strength, or force): (i.) the v. of the storm, v. tempestatis, Caes. B. C. 2, 14. (ii.) of a speech, Cic. Or. 68, 229.
      3. 3. contentio (exertion): great v. of speech, summa vis et c. sermonis, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255.
      4. 4. impĕtus, ūs (lit.. onset). (i.) the v. of the wind, ventorum i., Caes. B. G. 3, 13, med. (ii.) otherwise there can be no force or v. in speaking, aliter in oratione nec i. ullus nec vis esse potest, Cic. Or. 68. 229.
      5. 5. incĭtātio: (i.) of the rapid motion of the sun, Cic. Acad. 2, 26, 82. (ii.) transf.: mentis i. atque alacritas, Caes. B. C. 3, 92: of an orator, vis atque i., Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161. Join any of the preceding words with vis.
      6. 6. stŭdium (eagerness, assiduity): to fight with v., alacritate et s. niti, Caes. B. G. 4, 24, fin.
      7. 7. ardor, ōris (heat): when the v. of the passions is lessened, a. cupiditatum restincto, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43.
      8. 8. călor, ōris (heat): Quint.: Plin. Ep.
      9. 9. aestus, ūs (violent commotion): used met., the v. (lit. tide) of your genius has carried you off from land, repente te quasi quidam a. ingenii tui procul a terra abripuit, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 145.
      10. 10. sometimes, viŏlentia (strong expr., ferocity, violence): Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26: opp. vis, Quint. 2, 12, 11.
      11. 11. sometimes, īrācundia (v. of character, proneness to anger): Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27.
      12. 12. anĭmus: of oratorical fire: Quint.
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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• VEHEMENCE
vis (general term, intensive force or strength): gravitas (the impression which anything makes upon the feelings): violentia (violence): ardor: aestus (heat, glow, fire; especially of the passions, a fever, etc.): impotentia (want of self-control): iracundia (vehemence of character, anger): incitatio: impetus (great hurry). [Vid: also, VIOLENCE, HEAT.] ☞ Vehementia (= vis) is first used by Plin.