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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 up:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To deliver over:
      1. 1. trādo (transdo), dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to g. up a city to the enemy, urbem hostibus tr., Liv.: they gave themselves up to the enemy, se hostibus transdiderunt, Caes.: v. to deliver, surrender.
      2. 2. dēdo, 3: v. to surrender.
      3. 3. prōdo, 3 (freq. in bad sense: v. to betray): to give up one's life and money, vitam, pecuniam pr., Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 70.
      4. 4. permitto, 3 (to g. up the control of anything to another): I have given up the entire affair to his hand, totum ei negotium permisi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, init.: Caes.: v. to entrust (5.). Phr.: to g. up the ghost, animam efflare: v. to expire.
    2. II. To devote: dēdo, confĕro, etc.: v. to devote (III.).
    3. III. To abandon:
      1. 1. dīmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to let go out of one's hands): to g. up the supremacy, principatum d., Caes. B. G. 6, 12: to g. up all hope of anything, omnem alicujus rei spem d., Caes. B. C. 1, 73: to give up one's resentment for the good of the state, iracundiam suam reipublicae d., Caes. B. C. 1, 8: v. to abandon.
      2. 2. dēpōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to lay down, resign): to g. up all hope, omnem spem d., Caes. B. G. 5, 19: to g. up (sacrifice) personal animosities, simultates d., Cic. Pl. 31, 76: v. to resign.
      3. 3. concēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (usu. to g. up out of regard for, in consideration of something more important): I gave up my resentment and my friendships for the benefit of the commonwealth, dolorem atque amicitias reipublicae concessi, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, fin.: you stated that you gave up your canvass for the augurate out of regard for me, auguratus petitionem mihi te concessisse dixisti, Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 4.
      4. 4. condōno, 1 (similar to preced.): Cic.: v. to sacrifice (II.).
  2. B. Intrans.: (rare): dēsisto, 3: v. to cease.