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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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• gain (v.):
    1. I. To make a profit:
      1. 1. lucror, 1: to g. or lose (in gambling), lucrari, perdere, Tac. G. 23: to g. ten pounds, auri pondo decem l., Cic. Par. 3, 1, 21: to g. by lying or perjury, mendacio, perjurio l., Suet. Cal. 41.
      2. 2. lucrĭfăcio, fēci, factum, 3; or as two words: to g. money, pecuniam l., Cic. Verr. 3, 75, 174: cf. ib. ch. 45, sqq.: to g. 300 Philips, trecentos Philippos facere lucri, Pl.
    2. II. To acquire, obtain:
      1. 1. acquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 3 (to get in addition): to g. new friends, amicos novos a., Sall. Jug. 13.
      2. 2. consĕquor, sĕcūtus, 3 (to overtake by following; obtain the object of pursuit): to g. glory by two victories, gloriam duabus victoriis c., Nep. Them. 6: celerity, whereby he had g.'d most of his successes, celeritas qua pleraque erat consecutus, Caes. B. G. 7, 12: v. to obtain. (Simly. assequor: v. to attain to.)
      3. 3. părio, pĕpĕri, partum, 3 (to procure or bring about by one's exertions): to g. a victory, victoriam p., Caes. B. G. 5, 43: to g. the highest praise, sibi maximam laudem p., Cic.: complaisance g.s friends, obsequium p. amicos, Ter. And. 1, 1, 41.
      4. 4. collĭgo, lēgi, ctum, 3 (lit. to gather; hence to gain gradually or bit by bit): to g. the good will of citizens by flattery, benevolentiam civium blanditiis c., Cic. Am. 17, 61: to g. strength by use, vires usu c., Ov. A. A. 2, 339: Liv.
      5. 5. pŏtior, 4 (to obtain possession of, become master of: with abl., and sometimes gen.): to g. the supremacy of entire Gaul, imperium totius Galliae p., Caes. B. G. 1, 2: to g. a victory, victoria p., Caes.: they g. the wished-for shore, optatae potiuntur arenae, Virg. Aen. 1, 172.
      6. 6. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3 (to receive, get): to g. honours or riches, honores aut divitias c., Nep. Att. 7: to g. the top of a mountain, cacumen montis c., Curt. Phr.: to g. any one's favour, gratiam apud aliquem, cum aliquo, inire, Cic. (v. favour): to g. a cause (in law), causam obtinere, Cic. Fam. 1, 4; causam tenere, Hor. (v. cause): he g.s every vote, omne tulit punctum, Hor. A. P. 343: to g. the top of a mountain, in verticem montis eniti (evadere), Curt. 7, 11: to endeavour to g. good will by largess, benevolentiam largitione consectari, Cic. (cf. supr. 2): to strive to g. the highest praise, contendere ad summam laudem, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 32 (v. to strive after).