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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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• wink (subs.):
      1. 1. nictātio: crocodiles have no w. (no power of w.ing) on account of their hard eyes, crocodili sine ulla nictatione propter praeduros oculos, Plin. 11, 37, 57.
      2. 2. nictus, ūs: you give a sign by a w., nictu signa remittis, Ov. M. 3, 460 (here, as in the other passages of poets where the word occurs, some would read "nutu").
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• wink (v.): Lit. and Fig.:
      1. 1. nicto, 1 (also nictor): it is natural to most to be continually w.ing, plerisque naturale ut nictare non cessent, Plin. 11, 37, 54: and let her not nod, w., or beckon to any man, neque ulli illa homini nutet, nictet, adnuat, Pl. Asin. 4, 1, 39.
      2. 2. connīveo, nīvi or nixi, 2: the larger birds w. with the lower cheek, graviores alitum inferiore gena connivent, Plin. 11, 37, 57: this I allow, in some cases I even w. at it, ea ipsa concedo, quibusdam in rebus etiam conniveo, Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18. For this sense, to close the eyes at, pretend not to see, may be used, ignosco, indulgeo, praetermitto: v. to allow, to pardon.
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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• WINK
1. s. nictus, -ūs, or by oculi. To give a wink, nictu loqui; oculis nutuque loqui (Ov.); nictare (Plaut.).
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  • v. To open and shut the eyes, nictare.
  • To connive, connivere in re (to wink at it): alicui rei or alicui aliquid ignoscere (to hold excused, to take no notice of): alicui or alicui rei indulgere (to indulge anybody in anything): indulgentia tractare aliquem (to treat anybody with indulgence): omittere: praetermittere (to let anything pass, not punish it).
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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Wink, nutus (z.B. oculorum, digiti).
praecepti significatio (Andeutung eines Befehls).
Winke (Worte) eines Warnenden, verba monentis.
auf oder nach jmds. W. etwas tun, ad nutum alcis alqd facere; nutu, quod volet alqs, conficere: jmdm. einen W. geben, alci innuere (digito); capite nutare (mit dem Kopfe); nictare (mit den Augen); alci signum dare nutu (durch Winken ein Zeichen geben); manu significare, ut etc. (mit der Hand andeuten, daß etc., z.B. ut paulum exspectaret); alqm monere od. admonere de alqa re, od. daß er od. daß er nicht etc., ut od. ne etc. (bildl., jmd. warnend etc. erinnern): jmdm. einen heimlichen W. geben, submonere alqm, wegen etwas, de alqa re (bildl., unter der Hand warnen): etwas als einen freundschaftlichen W. annehmen, alqd grato animo interpretari.