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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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• STAY
1.
  • s. Continuance, mansio (Cic.; e.g., in vita): commoratio: permansio (continued stay; also perseverance in anything; Cic.).
  • Figuratively, Support, columen (of persons): adminiculum: firmamentum: praesidium: subsidium (of persons or things). [Vid. SUPPORT, figuratively.] To be the stay of anything, fulcire or fulcire et sustinere aliquid; praesidio or subsidio esse alicui or alicui rei, etc.; in aliquo salus alicujus nititur; in aliquo omnes alicujus spes sunt sitae.
  • Delay, Vid:
  • Stand-still, Vid.
2. v. Intransitively, To remain at a place or with anyone, morari, commorari, versari, at a place, in loco: se tenere, continere se (loco): degere, or degere vitam: vivere loco (to live anywhere): habitare: sedem ac domicilium habere loco (to dwell anywhere): considere loco (to abide anywhere for a time; the proper word, of sailors who lie anywhere): To stay frequently at a place, multum versari in loco; locum frequentare: to stay idle at home, sedere desidem domi: to stay in the country, ruri se continere (never to go to town); rusticari (to live in the country, especially for pleasure): to stay long in town, diu in urbe haerere: to stay with anyone, commorari (to abide), habitare (to dwell, live), deversari (for a short time), apud aliquem; hospitio alicujus uti (as a guest). Transitively, morari: remorari: moram facere alicui rei: moram afferre alicujus or alicui rei: moram et tarditatem afferre alicui rei (to occasion delay in anything): tardare: retardare (to hinder in the prosecution of a thing; e.g., the pursuit of an enemy, a journey, etc.): tenere: retinere: sustinere (to check the course, of a person or thing): reprimere (to check or keep back by force; e.g., fugam hostium, redundantem lacum): arcere: cohibere (to keep or ward off): ducere: trahere: extrahere (to protract). To stay anyone, morari, demorari, remorari aliquem (general term, to cause to tarry); detinere, demorari et detinere aliquem (to delay anyone, to keep back from a point at which one aims): to stay the course of a thing, moram et tarditatem afferre rei; morari celeritatem rei (e.g., belli).