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

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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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• footing (subs.):
    1. I. Standing-ground; *locus in quo firmiter insisti possit; pedibus (aptus) locus. Phr.: their f. giving way on the slope, in prono pede se fallente, Liv. 21, 36, med.
    2. II. Position, condition: stătus, ūs: to restore (a thing) to its former f., in antiquum s. restituere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 12: to be on such a f. that the caprice of fortune could not shake it, in eo s. esse quem temeritas fortunae labefactare non possit, Cic. Join: sedes et status (fig. of the mind), Cic. Par. 1, 3, 15. Phr.: on an equal f., ex aequo, Liv. 7, 30, init.: Tac. Ger. 36: to be on an equal f. with the gods, in aequo diis stare, Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2: to be on the same f. (of right), eodem jure esse quo fuerant, Cic. Verr. 3, 6, 12: Liv.: on what f. the matter stands, quomodo res se habeat, Cic. (v. how). See also state, condition.