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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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• abate:
  1. A. Trans.
    1. I. To lessen, mitigate:
      1. 1. immĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: something is a.'d from the pleasure, imminuitur aliquid de voluptate, Cic.
      2. 2. laxo, 1: to ab. a portion of one's toil, sibi l. aliquid laboris, Liv.: to abate one's anger, iram l., Stat.
      3. 3. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to ab. something of their former valour, aliquid ex pristina virtute r., Caes.: he every day a.'d somewhat of his wrath, quotidie aliquid iracundiae remittebat, Liv.
    2. II. to lessen the price of anything:
      1. 1. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: de summa r., Cic.
      2. 2. dētrăho, traxi, tractum, 3. ex summa d., Cic.
      3. 3. immĭnuo, ui, ūtum, 3: summam i., Cic. Phr.: I cannot abate a farthing, non potest triobolum hinc abesse, Plaut.: v. abatement (II.)
  2. B. Intrans. to decrease in strength or violence:
      1. 1. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3: the violence of the wind wholly a.'d, venti vis omnis cecidit, Liv.: has not your anger a.'d? non tibi ira cecidit? Liv.
      2. 2. dēcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to depart altogether): this anger will soon ab., decedet jam ira haec, Ter.: the quartan ague has a.'d, quartana decessit, Cic.
      3. 3. immĭnŭo, 3 (to lessen); with pron. reflect.: when the grief has a.'d, postquam se dolor imminuit, Ov.
      4. 4. inclīno, 1; with pron. reflect.: the fever a.'s, febris se inclinat, Cels.
      5. 5. laxo, 1: prices had abated, annona laxaverat, Liv.
      6. 6. rĕmitto, 3; sometimes with pron. reflect.: the wind had by chance a.'d, forte ventus remiserat, Caes.: Cic.: Ter.: the pain and inflammation have a.'d, dolor et inflammatio se remiserunt, Cels.
      7. 7. respīro, 1: the attack a.'d, oppugnatio respiravit, Cic.
      8. 8. subsīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3: vices ab., vitia s., Sen.: Quint.