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

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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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  • v. pari pondere parem pensionem perficere (to produce an equilibrium by making the two weights equal): examinare (Vitrvius, 10, 8, of the lever; caput vectis faciundo motus circinationis cogit pressionibus examinare paucis manibus oneris maximi pondus): tantumdem pendere (Lucr., 1, 360): librare (Plin., hujus [aeris] vi suspensam - librari medio spatio tellurem): pari memento librare (after Col., 3, 12, 3; temperamentum pari momento libratum). Figuratively
  • To make equal to, aliquid alicui rei in aequo or parem ponere; aliquid alicui rei par facere: aequare or adaequare aliquid cum aliqua re: compensare aliquid cum aliqua re or aliqua re (e.g., bona cum vitiis, Hor., laetitiam cum doloribus, Cic.).
2. s. sarcoma, atis, neuter (the weight placed in the other scale, or appended to the other arm, etc., Vitr., 9, praef., 9, and 10): asquipondium (this weight, so far as it establishes an equilibrium against another weight, Vitr., 10, 3, 4): paria pondera. Vid: EQUILIBRIUM.