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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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• give:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To present, make a gift:
      1. 1. do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, 1 (most gen. term: constr. with acc. and dat.): Lycurgus gave the lands of the wealthy to the commonalty to cultivate, L. agros locupletium plebi colendos dedit, Cic.: to give a daughter in marriage, fiiiam in matrimonium d., Caes.: to g. advice, consilium d., Cic.: Hor. Sometimes strengthened by dat. dono (v. L. G. § 297), to give to any one as a gift: Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 6. Fig.: to g. ear, i. e. pay attention, aures d., Cic. Att. 1, 5.
      2. 2. dōno, 1 (to g. freely, as a present: constr. with dat. and acc. or acc. and abl.): v. to present.
      3. 3. trĭbuo, i, ūtum, 3 (where something is due): to g. every one his due, suum cuique tr., Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14: he gave (or paid) Aurelius the price of his house, pretium aedium Aurelio tribuit, Tac. Ann. 1, 75: in gen. sense, to g. gifts, dona tr., Ov. Met. 9, 402.
      4. 4. largior, 4 (freely, lavishly; often, immorally): to take from one in order to g. to another, eripere aliis quod aliis largiare, Cic. Off. 1, 14, 43: v. to bestow; LIBERAL (TO BE).
    2. II. To deliver, put into any one's hands:
      1. 1. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to hand over): to g. (pass) any one the cup (after drinking), poculum tr., Cic.: more fully, aliquid alicui in manum tr., Pl. Merc. 2, 2, 6: v. to deliver.
      2. 2. (in imper. mood) cĕdo, pl. cettĕ (in colloq. language): if you have anything from Atticus, g. it me, cedo, si quid ab Attico (est), Cic. Att. 16, 13, init.: g. me the account-book, please, cedo, quaeso, codicem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, 104: Pl.: Ter.
    3. III. To bestow or assign a name:
      1. 1. impōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (with dat. and acc.): to g. new things new names, i. nova novis rebus nomina, Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 3: the simple verb also occurs with same constr., Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10: Virg.
      2. 2. do, 1, irr.: he gave name to the river (by being drowned in it), nomen flumini dedit, Liv. 1, 3, med.: Virg. Aen. 1, 248: Quint. The comp. indo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, also occurs, Liv. 1, 34, ab inopia Egerio nomen inditum: Pl.
      3. 3. făcio, 3: the young folk gave me the name of "wiper", juventus nomen fecit Peniculo mihi, Pl. Men. init.: Liv. 1, 3 (where it is used of giving occasion for a name, like dare, supr.).
    4. IV. To inflict a blow: injĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to g. any one a blow, plagam alicui inj., Cic.: v. to inflict. Miscell. phr.: to g. water to an enemy, hosti aquam commodare, Pl. Rud. 2, 5, 21: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (v. to oblige): to g. a supper-party, coenas facere, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 4: to g. any one an opportunity of doing anything, alicui potestatem s. copiam facere faciendi aliquid, Cic.: (v. opportunity): to g. any one trouble, alicui negotium facessere, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, init.; also n. facere, Quint. (v. trouble): to g. a young woman in marriage, nuptum virginem locare [adolescenti], Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 25: to g. an account, rationem reddere, Cic. (v. account): to g. thanks, grates or gratias agere, persolvere (v. thanks): to g. any one the slip, alicui subterfugere, Pl. Bac. 4, 5, 2: I will g. (him) such a dressing! adeo exornatum dabo, adeo depexum, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 77: to g. way to any one in the streets, alicui decedere, Ter.: Cic. (v. to get out): in fig. sense, cedere (v. to yield); labascere (to show signs of giving way), Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 31 (see also to give way).
  2. B. Intrans.: (to yield to pressure): v. to yield, give way.