to celebrate a festival

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bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

cĕlē̆bro, āvi, ātum, v. a. [id.].

To go to a place or person in great numbers or often, to frequent, to fill (syn. frequento;

class.): deūm delubra festis diebus,

Lucr. 5, 1167:

viam,

Cic. Cael. 14, 34; id. Sest. 63, 131:

domum alicujus,

id. Mur. 34, 70:

atria,

Ov. M. 1, 172:

silvas,

id. ib. 10, 703:

tecta,

id. ib. 4, 444:

forum,

id. ib. 4, 144; cf.:

forum maxime celebratum,

Sall. J. 47, 1:

Penates, i. e. domum redire,

Tib. 1, 3, 33:

me magistrum,

id. 1, 4, 75.—

Of a desired action (cf. celeber, B.), to do something frequently or in multitudes, to practise, engage in, say, use, employ, repeat, = frequento, etc.:

intro abite atque haec cito celebrate,

i. e. in company, all together, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 36:

ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, celebrandas inter nosque recolendas,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

cognitionem exercitationemque,

id. ib. 3, 28, 110:

genus divinationis,

id. Div. 1, 2, 3; cf.:

celebratum genus mortis,

a kind of death suffered by many, Tac. H. 2, 49 fin.:

necessitatem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155:

jurisdictionem,

Liv. 6, 32, 1:

popularem potestatem,

id. 2, 42, 6:

iambum,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

seria ac jocos cum aliquo,

Liv. 1, 4, 9.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to fill up with something:

contiones suas convicio cantorum,

Cic. Sest. 55, 118:

ripas carmine,

Ov. M. 2, 252 (cf.:

concelebrant ripas,

Lucr. 2, 345):

cujus litteris, famā, nuntiis celebrantur aures cottidie meae,

i. e. are filled, full, Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 22.— Poet.: juvenes multo sermone, to talk much with [p. 309] them, Tib. 1, 6, 17.—

Meton.

To go in great numbers to a celebration; hence, in gen., to celebrate, solemnize, keep a festival:

festos dies,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13; cf.:

is (dies) festus celebratusque per omnem Africam,

Sall. J. 66, 2; Cic. Pis. 22, 51; id. Cat. 3, 10, 23; Liv. 10, 37, 12; Tac. A. 15, 53; Suet. Aug. 75; id. Tib. 65 init.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 61; Ov. M. 4, 4:

convivium omnium sermone laetitiāque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Liv. 40, 14, 2; Tac. A. 4, 59; cf.

coetum,

Verg. A. 1, 735:

conjugia,

id. ib. 7, 555; cf.

nuptias,

Liv. 36, 11, 2; cf.:

solemnia nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

officium nuptiarum,

Suet. Claud. 26; and poet.:

taedas jugales Thetidis,

Cat. 64, 302:

annua sacra,

Verg. A. 8, 173; cf. id. ib. 5, 598 and 603: funus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; cf.

exsequias,

Liv. 25, 17, 5; 37, 22, 2:

diem natalem Vitellii,

Tac. H. 2, 95; Lact. 1, 20, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 102 (103):

natales,

id. ib. 6, 30, 1; Tac. A. 6, 18; and absol.:

totā celebrante Siciliā sepultus est,

Nep. Timol. 5 fin. —

To honor, praise, celebrate the praises of a person or thing, to celebrate in song (syn.:

colere, laudare, illustrare): laus, quae non poetarum carminibus, non annalium monumentis celebratur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43; cf. id. Planc. 39, 93:

vestrum egressum ornando atque celebrando,

id. Pis. 13, 31:

fortuna res cunctas ex libidine magis quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque,

Sall. C. 8, 1:

talia carminibus,

Verg. A. 8, 303:

nomen alicujus scriptis,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

facta pro maxumis,

Sall. C. 8, 3:

domestica facta,

Hor. A. P. 287: se remque publicam haec faciundo, to make renowned, Sall J. 85, 36: Mari virtutem in majus ( = epi to meizon kosmein), id. ib. 73, 5:

augereque aliquem,

id. ib. 86, 3: honores alicujus, celebrate one ' s honor, Verg. A. 12, 840:

memoriam,

Tac. H. 1, 78:

victoriam ingenti fama,

id. Agr. 39 al.:

virum aut heroa lyrā, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 2:

sepulcrum hominum conventu et epulis,

Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

memoriam nominis epulis,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 103:

litora ludis,

Verg. A. 3, 280:

sententiam magno assensu,

Tac. A. 15, 22:

mortem funere censorio,

id. ib. 6, 27:

aliquem admiratione,

id. H. 2, 71:

obsequio,

id. A. 16, 33:

funere publico,

id. ib. 6, 11 fin. —

Without the access. idea of extolling, in gen., to make something known, to publish abroad, proclaim:

quibus in locis factum esse consulem Murenam nuntii litteraeque celebrassent,

Cic. Mur. 41, 89:

quod vocibus maledictisque celebratum est,

id. Cael. 3, 6:

quā re celebratā,

id. Div. 1, 17, 31.— cĕlĕbrā-tus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. a.) Frequented, much visited:

forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum,

Sall. J. 47, 1.—

(Acc. to I. b.) Customary, usual, frequent:

tritum atque celebratum,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

celebratum est usque in proverbium,

Quint. 1, 10, 21:

schemata,

id. 9, 2, 92:

usus anuli celebratior,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 28:

verbum celebratius,

Gell. 17, 2, 25 (cf. id. 17, 2, 25, § 17: verbum crebrius, and id. 17, 2, 25, § 18: verbum creberrimum).—

(Acc. to II. A.) Solemn, festive, brilliant:

dies celebratior,

Ov. M. 7, 430:

supplicatio celebratior,

Liv. 3, 63, 5.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Known, celebrated, famous:

loci famā celebrati,

Tac. A. 2, 54:

quo Actiacae victoriae memoria celebratior in posterum esset,

Suet. Aug. 18.— Adv., v. celebriter.

frĕquento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [frequens].

(Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.):

sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,

Sall. C. 14, 7:

domum alicujus,

Quint. 12, 11, 5:

(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

scholam alicujus,

id. Gram. 7:

dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,

Ov. M. 10, 169:

plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,

often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6:

juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,

Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.:

istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.:

ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,

Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16:

si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,

frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:

haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,

Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85:

turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,

Ov. H. 12, 143:

memoriam alicujus,

to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2:

exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,

exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1:

nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,

became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25:

prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),

be repeated, Pall. 1, 15:

verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.:

quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3. —

(Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).

In gen.:

urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,

be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15:

Italiae solitudinem frequentari,

id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46:

templa frequentari nunc decet,

to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213:

piscinas,

id. 8, 16, 2:

castaneta,

id. 4, 33, 3:

vineam,

id. 4, 15, 1:

quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,

had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

populum,

id. Dom. 33, 89:

acervatim multa frequentans,

crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.:

tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,

id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:

digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,

Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—

In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40:

nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,

Liv. 36, 39:

sacra,

Ov. M. 4, 37:

ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,

Tac. A. 3, 48.—

Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep:

Baccheaque sacra frequento,

Ov. M. 3, 691:

festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,

Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.:

dies sollennes,

Suet. Aug. 53:

quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,

id. Tib. 32:

Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),

Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus, a, um, P. a.

Frequent, common, much used:

pavimenta,

Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:

gemma reginis,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—

Full of, rich or abounding in:

aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto, frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.

frĕquento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [frequens].

(Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.):

sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,

Sall. C. 14, 7:

domum alicujus,

Quint. 12, 11, 5:

(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

scholam alicujus,

id. Gram. 7:

dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,

Ov. M. 10, 169:

plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,

often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6:

juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,

Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.:

istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.:

ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,

Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16:

si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,

frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:

haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,

Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85:

turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,

Ov. H. 12, 143:

memoriam alicujus,

to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2:

exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,

exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1:

nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,

became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25:

prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),

be repeated, Pall. 1, 15:

verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.:

quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3. —

(Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).

In gen.:

urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,

be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15:

Italiae solitudinem frequentari,

id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46:

templa frequentari nunc decet,

to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213:

piscinas,

id. 8, 16, 2:

castaneta,

id. 4, 33, 3:

vineam,

id. 4, 15, 1:

quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,

had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

populum,

id. Dom. 33, 89:

acervatim multa frequentans,

crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.:

tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,

id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:

digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,

Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—

In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40:

nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,

Liv. 36, 39:

sacra,

Ov. M. 4, 37:

ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,

Tac. A. 3, 48.—

Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep:

Baccheaque sacra frequento,

Ov. M. 3, 691:

festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,

Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.:

dies sollennes,

Suet. Aug. 53:

quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,

id. Tib. 32:

Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),

Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus, a, um, P. a.

Frequent, common, much used:

pavimenta,

Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:

gemma reginis,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—

Full of, rich or abounding in:

aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto, frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.

mystērĭum, ii, n., = mustêrion, a secret service, secret rites, secret worship of a deity, divine mystery (class.; cf. arcanum).

Lit., of the mysteries of Ceres, otherwise called sacra Eleusinia, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; id. Leg. 2, 14, 35:

mysteria Attica,

Tert. Apol. 39:

mysteria Cereris initiorum enuntiare,

Just. 5, 1, 1:

mysteria facere,

to celebrate the sacred mysteries, Nep. Alcib. 3, 6.—Also, the festival on which these mysteries were celebrated: in quem diem Romana incidant mysteria, the festival of the goddess Bona Dea, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 26; 5, 21, 14 sq.—

Transf., in gen., a secret thing, secret, mystery:

rhetorum mysteria,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 25, 55; id. de Or. 1, 47, 206:

epistolae nostrae tantum habent mysteriorum,

id. Att. 4, 18, 1:

accipe congestas, mysteria frivolas nugas,

Aus. Ep. 4, 67.—

(Eccl. Lat.)

Something transcending mere human intelligence:

mysterium evangelii,

Vulg. Eph. 6, 19:

mysterium sicut evangelizaverat per prophetas,

id. Apoc. 10, 7:

mysteria regni caelorum,

id. Matt. 13, 11.—

Of Antichrist, Vulg. Apoc. 17, 5:

mysterium iniquitatis,

id. 2 Thess. 2, 7. —

The Lord's supper:

mysterium celebrat,

Ambros. in 1 Cor. 11, 27.

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