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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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• INSTITUTE
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  • v. Establish (laws, rules, etc.), instituere (e.g., magistratum, ferias, sacros ludos).
  • Instruct (in anything), instituere (absolutely, or ad aliquid or ad [aliquid] faciendum). (The words are found in this connection and order.) instituere atque erudire. [Vid. INSTRUCT, TEACH.]
  • To set on foot. To institute an inquiry, quaestionem de aliqua re instituere (e.g., de morte alicujus, Cic.); quaestionem de aliqua re constituere (e.g., de furto, Cic.). To institute a suit, actionem instituere (Cic., Mur., 9); against anybody, actionem or litem alicui intendere. [Vid: To ACCUSE, “to bring an ACTION. “]
  • To invest with the care of souls, *beneficio alicui sacerdotem instituere (☞ aliquem tutorem instituere filiorum orbitati, Cic., Or. 1, 53).
2. s. Book of elements or principles, praecepta institutaque (e.g., pbilosophiae, Cic.): ars alicujus rei or aliquid faciendi conscripta (e.g., sacrificandi, Liv., 25, 2).