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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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• hang:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To suspend in any way:
      1. 1. suspendo, di, sum, 3: to h. up hams in the wind, pernas s. in vento, Cato: the swallow h.s its nest to the rafters, tignis (in prose a prep. is more usu.: v. inf. II.) nidum s. hirundo, Virg. G. 4, 307.
      2. 2. fīgo, affīgo, 3: v. to fasten.
    2. II. To take away life by hanging: suspendo, 3: in this sense usu. foll. by de, e, in arbore: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278 (de ficu); id. Verr. 3, 23, 57 (in oleastro); Quintil. 6, 3, 88 (ex ficu); or abl. alone, Tac. Ger. 12 (arboribus): also by dat., Vet. Leg. in Cic. Rab. perd. 4, 13 (infelici arbori): Liv. 1, 26, med. (The preced. phr. do not necessarily imply that death ensues: cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 23, 57, extr.) Also absol., take a rope and h. yourself, capias restim ac te suspendas! Pl. Poen. 1, 2, 184 (see also infr., Phr.). Phr.: to h. oneself, suspendio vitam finire, Suet. Aug. 65, med. (v. hanging, subs.); fauces nodo elidere, Sen. Prov. extr.: go and be h.'d, i (abi) in malam crucem, Pl. Cas. 3, 5, 21; abi dierectus, dierecte, Pl. (pass.): you be h.'d, vapula! Pl. Am. 1, 1, 217.
    3. III. To allow to droop: dēmitto, si, ssum, 3. to h. down the head (of lilies), caput d., Ov. Met. 10, 192: cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 20: v. to lower.
    4. IV. To cover by hanging:
      1. 1. vestio, 4 (to cover ornamentally): to h. walls with pictures, parietes tabulis v., Cic. Verr. 4, 55, 122: v. to clothe.
      2. 2. vēlo, 1 (poet.): cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 249, delubra festa velamus fronde; and Ov. F. 6, 312.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. Lit.: pendeo, pĕpendi, pensum, 2: the drop h.s from the nose, a naso stiria p., Mart. 7, 37, 5: Cic.: also foll. by ex (Cic. Verr. 3, 26, 66), de (Petr. 30, init.), or abl. alone, when there is an attributive, Virg. Aen. 2, 546: a tiger's skin h.s down his back, tigridis exuviae per dorsum p., Virg. Aen. 11, 577. Fig.: to h. on the crest of the wave, in summo fluctu p., Virg. Simly., comp. dependeo (to h. down: only in pres. tenses): Liv.: Suet.
    2. II. Fig.: to h. upon; be riveted with attention:
      1. 1. stŭpeo, ui, 2 (to h. "breathless"): cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 23, fin., haec quum loqueris, nos barones stupemus: also Virg. Aen. 1, 495: Hor. Od. 2, 14, 33.
      2. 2. perh. pendeo, 2: cf. Lucr. 1, 38: e tuo pendet spiritus ore, "his very breath h.s upon thy lips." See also to enchain.
    3. III. Also fig., to h. upon; i. e. to hover near, esp. with hostile intent:
      1. 1. perh. immĭneo, ui, 2 (to overhang, threateningly): cf. Auct. B. Alex. 7, imminentibus atque insequentibus: v. to threaten.
      2. 2. haereo, si, sum, 2 (to stick close to, pursue pertinaciously): full expr., h. in terga [tergis, Curt.] hostium, Liv. 1, 14.