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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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  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To acquire:
      1. 1. nanciscor, nactus or nanctus, 3 (to fall in with, obtain by chance): where did you g. that ring? unde annulum istum nactus es? Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 27: when I g. more leisure, quum plus otii nactus ero, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, init.: v. to find (3).
      2. 2. ădĭpiscor, ădeptus, 3: v. to obtain.
      3. 3. invĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4 (to "come by"): he was the first to g. the name, primus cognomen invenit, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23: to g. money honestly, pecuniam bono modo i., Plin. 7, 42, 45.
      4. 4. rĕpĕrio, pĕri, rtum, 4 (comp. to find, 2): to g. wealth and glory by arms, rem et belli gloriam armis r., Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60: it got its name from its discoverer, nomen ex inventore reperit, Cic. Div. 1, 10, init.
      5. 5. căpio, percĭpio, 3 (esp. of obtaining profits or returns from anything): he gets 600 sestertia from his farms, capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49: to g. a large income from oyster preserves, magna vectigalia ex ostrearum vivariis p., Plin. 9, 54, 79: v. to receive.
      6. 6. impetro, 1 (by entreaty): to g. what you ask with good-will, quod postules cum gratia i., Ter. Andr. 2, 5, 11: v. infr. (II. Phr.). Phr.: to g. money, rem facere, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 65: what you will g. (by the transaction), quod ad te redibit, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 28: he g.s every vote, omne tulit punctum, Hor. A. P. 343: Cic.: to g. help from any one, alicunde opem auferre, Cic. Quint. 9, 32: to g. an answer from any one, ab aliquo responsum auferre, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239 where should I g. my bread from? unde mihi cibos peterem? Pl. (v. to seek): to g. a beating, vapulare (v. to beat, A., I., 6): to g. information, cognoscere, reperire (v. to ascertain): to g. a woman with child, (mulierem) praegnantem facere, Juv. 6, 405.
    2. II. To see to it that something is done; to induce: Phr.: to g. anything made or done, aliquid faciendum curare, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48: Caes. B. G. 1, 13 (v. to see to): to g. a person to do something, impetrare, foll. by depend. clause with ut (v. TO PREVAIL UPON).
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To become: fīo., factus, fĭĕri: v. to become. Phr.: to g. rich fast, celeriter locupletari, Col. 6, pref. med.: it is getting light, luciscit, Pl. Am. 1, 3, 45: Cic.: it is getting dark, vesperascit, Ter. Heaut. 2., 3, 7 (tenebrescit is without good authority): may sometimes be expr. by an incept. verb: to g. hot, cold, etc., calescere, frigescere (where see the several adjj.).
    2. II. To arrive at: pervĕnio, 4: v. to arrive. Phr. to g. to the end of one's story, quod quis coeperit enarrare, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32: v. to finish. See also foll. artt.