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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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• ward (subs.):
    1. I. In fencing: *ictūs propulsātio.
    2. II. Safe-keeping: custōdia: v. custody.
    3. III. One under a guardian: pūpillus, pūpilla: he said that w.s of either sex were a very safe prey, pupillos et pupillas certissimam praedam esse dictitabat, Cic. Verr. 1, 50, 131.
    4. IV. A division of a town:
      1. 1. rĕgio: Rome is divided into fourteen w.s, in quattuordecim regiones Roma dividitur, Tac. A. 15, 40: he divided the whole city into w.s and streets, spatium urbis in regiones vicosque divisit, Suet. Aug. 30: (the vicus was a definite subdivision, smaller than our ward, as, perhaps, the regio was larger).
      2. 2. păroecia (a parish): Scrr. Eccl.
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• ward (v.): To w. or keep off:
      1. 1. arceo, 2: you will w. him off from your altars, hunc a tuis aris arcebis, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 33: he w.'d off the foe from Gaul, hostem arcuit Gallia, id. Phil. 5, 13, 37: to w. off the gad-fly from cattle, arcere oestrum pecori, Virg. G. 3, 155: to w. off a blow, plagam arcere, Ov. M. 3, 89.
      2. 2. dēfendo, di, nsum, 3: to w. off blows, defendere ictus, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: to w. off wrong, d. injuriam, Cic. Off. 3. 18, 74: fire is w.'d off from the roofs, ignis defenditur a tectis, Ov. R. Am. 625: to w. off summer heat from goats, d. aestatem capellis, Hor. Od. 1, 17, 3.
      3. 3. prōpulso, 1: to w. off an enemy, propulsare hostem, Caes. B. G. 1, 49: to w. off danger, p. periculum, Cic. Clu. 52, 144.
      4. 4. āverto, ti, sum, 3 (to avert): which my friends could not w. off from me, quod non poterant avertere amici, Prop. 3, 24, 9.
      5. 5. āmŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (to keep far away, remove): the Porcian law w.s off blows from citizens, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12.
      6. 6. căveo, cāvi, cautum, 2 (to beware of, guard against): to w. off a blow, ictum c., Lucr. 6, 406: c. vim, Tac. A. 11, 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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• WARD
  • s. In fencing, ictus propulsatio.
  • A district of a town, circuitus (general term, any circuit): vicus (a division of a town, consisting of several adjoining houses, dimensis vicorum ordinibus et latis viarum spatiis, Tac.): paroecia (παροικία, whence the corrupted form parochia, ecclesiastical, a parish): regio (one of the divisions of Rome).
  • Custody, Vid:
  • One under the care of a guardian, pupillus; (feminine) pupilla. Relating to a ward, pupillaris.