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

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S&H Smith & Hall (3)
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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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• wind (subs.):
    1. I. Lit. and Fig.:
      1. 1. ventus: the air flowing to and fro makes w.s, aer effluens huc et illuc ventos efficit, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: the sea is agitated by the violence of the w.s, mare ventorum vi agitatur atque turbatur, Cic. Clu. 49, 138: the w. rises, ventus increbrescit, id. Fam. 7, 20: to run before the w., dare vela ventis, Nep. Annib. 8: to sail with a side w., obliquare sinus velorum ad ventum, Virg. Aen. 5, 16: to be wind-bound, vento teneri, Caes.: the gods have lulled the w.s, Dii stravere ventos, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 10: to waste words on the w.s, ventis verba profundere, Lucr. 4, 932: having got a favourable w., ventum nactus secundum, Caes. B. G. 4, 23.
      2. 2. aura (gentle w., usually): deceitful w., fallax aura, Hor. Od. 1, 5, 11: the canvass rent by the boisterous w.s, carbasus perscissa petulantibus auris, Lucr. 6, 111.
      3. 3. flāmen, ĭnis, n. (blast; poet.): like the rising w.s, when they rage in the woods, ceu flamina prima cum fremunt silvis, Virg. Aen. 10, 97.
      4. 4. flātus, ūs: when we enjoy a favourable w. of fortune, we are wafted to our wished-for haven, quum prospero flatu fortunae utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19. Phr.: that I long ago perceived and got w. of, id jam pridem sensi et subolebat mihi, Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 7.
    2. II. Flatulency: q. v.
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• wind (v.):
    1. I. To blow (a horn): *cornu infiare, sonare: v. to blow, to sound.
    2. II. To turn, to turn round some object:
      1. 1. volvo, vi, ūtum, 3: to w. thread, volvere filum, Varr. L. L. 4, 23.
      2. 2. circumvolvo: a plant that w.s itself not only round briars but round trees, herba non solum spinis verum etiam arboribus se circumvolvens, Plin. 16, 44, 92.
      3. 3. torqueo, rsi, tum, 2: the snake w.s his scaly folds in coiling knots, serpens volubilibus squamosos nexibus orbes torquet, Ov. M. 3, 41.
      4. 4. glŏmĕro, 1 (to w. into a ball): to w. wool into balls, g. lanam in orbes, Ov. M. 6, 19.
      5. 5. sĭnuo, 1: they w. in coils their huge backs, sinuant (angues) immensa volumine terga, Virg. Aen. 2, 208: the plain w.s irregularly between the river Visurgis and the hills, campus medius inter Visurgim et colles inaequaliter sinuatur, Tac. A. 2, 16.
      6. 6. insinuo, 1 (to w. into): when they had wound their way into the squadrons of cavalry, quum se inter equitum turmas insinuaverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: you must retrace your steps by the same path by which you wound your way in, eadem qua te insinuaveris retro via repetenda est, Liv. 9, 2.
      7. 7. sustollo (to raise by w.ing up): a machine w.s up with slight effort many things of great weight by pulleys and wheels, multa per trochleas et tympana pondere magno levi sustollit machina nisu, Lucr. 4, 906.
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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• WIND
1.
  • s. PROP., ventus (general term): a stormy wind, turbo: procella: a gentle wind, aura: ventus lenis: a favorable wind, ventus idoneus, secundus: a contrary wind, ventus molestus, adversus: a strong wind, ventus vehemens, saevus; immodicus, gravis (Col.): the wind rises, etc., ventus cooritur, increbrescit, intermittit, remittit, cessat: omnis vis venti cadit: exposed to the wind, ventis obnoxius: the wind rages, saevit ventus (Caes., B.G., 3, 13, towards the end): this wind is unfavorable to those who are sailing from Athens, hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus (Nep.): to drive (or be driven, send, etc.) before the wind, se vento dare (dedisse, etc.; Caes., B.G., 3, 13, towards the end): to speak to the wind, dare verba in ventos (Ov.); profundere verba ventis (Lucr.); ventis loqui (Ammianus); surdis auribus canere (Liv.): to be wind-bound, ventis detineri in aliquo loco; venti aliquem tardant: wind instruments, pneumatica organa (Plin., 19, 4, 20): to sail with a side wind, pedem facere or proferre; ventum obliquum captare.
  • Flatulency, ventus (Cic.); flatus (Suet.): a breaking of wind, crepitus ventris (e.g., crepitum ventris emittere, Cic.).
  • Empty words, mera mendacia (plur.): it is a mere wind, nihil veri subest.
2. v. To scent, Vid.
3.
  • v. Transitively, volvere: torquere. To wind off, explicare: to wind round, circumvolvere (aliquid alicui rei): to wind into a ball, glomerare: to wind up (as with a windlass), trochlea tollere or elevare; ope trochleae, ergatae aliquid subducere, elevare, tollere: to wind one’s self into a person’s favor or good graces = insinuate, Vid:
  • Intransitively, torqueri; volvi; curvari; se volvere, torquere, convolvere; sinuari (as a river, plain, etc.; e.g., campus inter Visurgim et colles inaequaliter sinuatur, Tac., Ann., 2, 16): to wind round trees (as creeping plants), se circumvolvere arboribus (Plin.; Vid: also, TURN).
4. v. = To blow (a horn), cornu inflare. Vid: BLOW.
GRG Georges (1)
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Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (8th ed., 1913/1918). Digitized data accessed from latin-dict.github.io and is in the public domain.
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Wind,
I. eig.: ventus.
W. u. Wetter, venti tempestatesque; venti atque imbres (Winde u. Regen); imber ac ventus (Regen u. Wind): in W. u. Wetter, auch sub divo (unter freiem Himmel, z.B. nutriri).
auf guten, günstigen, frischen W. warten, ventum exspectare: guten (günstigen) W. haben, mit gutem (günstigem) W. segeln, secundos od. prosperos ventos habere (absol. od. zu etw., ad etc., z.B. ad traiciendum); secundo vento cursum tenere: ungünstigen W. haben, adverso vento navigare: adversis ventis uti: guten, günstigen W. bekommen, idoneum ventum nancisci: gegen den W. steuern, in adversum ventum tendere: mit halbem W. segeln, ventum obliquum captare; obliquare sinus velorum in ventum: der W. geht, weht, ventus flat: der W. wird stärker, wird frisch, ventus increbrescit: der W. legt sich. ventus cadit: der W. geht nicht mehr. hat sich gelegt, ventus cecĭdit od. consedit od. recessit: der W. geht, bläst in den Rücken, ich habe den W., im Rücken, tergum afflat ventus: durch widrige Winde aufgehalten werden, contrariis ventis retineri.
Sprichw., etwas in den W. schlagen, alqd neglegere (nicht beachten); alqd contemnere (geringschätzend verschmähen ): in den Wind reden, verba dare ventis od. in ventos: die Warnungen werden in den W. gesprochen sein, abibunt in vanum monentium verba.
II. uneig.:
a. fortgehende Blähung: ventus. flatus (im allg.).
crepitus ventris (hörbarer).
einen W. streichen lassen, flatum ventris emittere: einen hörbaren, crepitum ventris reddere.
b. leere Worte ohne Wahrheit: verba vana od. inania.
das ist W., verba istaec sunt.