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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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• hear:
    1. I. To have the sense of hearing: audio, 4: the deaf man does not h., *non a. surdus. Phr.: to h. well, acris (acerrimi) auditûs esse, Plin. 8, 32, 50: to h. ill, surdastrum esse, Cic. (v. deaf); *parum acris auditûs esse (v. supr.); tardis auribus esse (R. and A.): they could neither see nor h. properly, neque oculis neque auribus satis competere, Tac. A. 3, 46, init. N.B.--Bene, male audire, are to be well or ill spoken of: cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, init.
    2. II. To perceive by hearing:
      1. 1. audio, 4: constr.: what is heard is expr. by acc., acc. and inf., acc. and imperf. part., or quum with subj.; the source of information, denoted by abl. depend. on de, ex, ab: to h. a sound, sonitum a., Hor.: do you h.? audin' (= audisne)? Ter. pass.: he will h. that citizens have sharpened the sword, audiet cives acuisse ferrum, Hor.: I heard Crassus say, ex Crasso [Crassum] audivi, quum diceret, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144: but I heard Crassus speaking is, audivi Crassum dicentem, cf. Nep. Tim. 4 (the latter signifies that the speaking as such was heard; the former points to the hearing of a particular thing: Zumpt, L. G. § 636): to be heard with courtesy and attention, benigne atque attente audiri, Cic.
      2. 2. exaudio, 4 (from some distance): to speak very loudly, that all (even at a distance) may h., maxima (clarissima) voce dicere, ut omnes ex. possint, Cic. Sull. 11, init.: 12, init.: cf. id. Att. 1, 14, 5. Also of hearing in spite of noise or other difficulty: in strepitu ex., Cic. Att. 13, 48, init.: Curt. 7, 7, med. Also poet. = simple verb: Hor. A. P. 50.
      3. 3. percĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (gen. term for perception by a sense: with auribus): Cic. Or. 2, 8. Simly, excipio, of catching a sound attentively (v. to listen to, overhear): and accipio (also with auribus), of information obtained by hearing: it is proper for the good orator to have heard much and seen much, est boni oratoris multa auribus accepisse, multa vidisse, Cic. de Or. 1, 50, fin.: cf. Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 3.
      4. 4. ausculto, 1: v. to listen. Phr.: not unwillingly have I heard your words, haud invito ad aures sermo mihi accessit tuus, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 32: what is worthy of being heard, quod dignum est auribus (alicujus), Cic. Clu. 24, 66.
    3. III. Of prayers; to h. favourably, h. and answer: audio, exaudio, 4: the gods have heard my prayers, dii preces meas audiverunt, Cic. in Pis. 19, 43: Hor.: h. thou the prayers of the suppliant! preces supplicis exaudi! Ov. M. 13, 856: Cic. Pl. 41, 97. Phr.: if thou canst hear prayer at all, precibus si flecteris ullis, Virg. Aen. 2, 689; so, prece moveri, Ov. Her. 7, 3 (v. TO PREVAIL UPON): to refuse to h. prayers, preces aspernari, Cic. Sext. 13, 30: pr. aversari, Liv. 3, 12, extr.; pr. [surda aure] negligere, Prop. 2, 8 (16), 48.
    4. IV. To give a legal hearing to a cause: cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3: with causam, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: esp. in phr. cognitâ causâ (after a cause has been heard), Cic. Cat. 42, extr. (opp. to indictâ causâ, without its being heard, Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42): also absol., Verres cognoscebat, judicabat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, init. (but this should only occur in an animated passage).
    5. V. To receive information:
      1. 1. cognosco, 3: v. to learn.
      2. 2. accĭpio, 3: you will h. from Pollio what is going on, quae gerantur ex Pollione accipies, Cic. Fam. 1, 6: Sall.
      3. 3. compĕrio, 4 v. to ascertain.
      4. 4. īnaudio, 4 (esp. of secret intelligence): cf. Cic. Fam. 9, 24, ad init., consilia sunt inita de me quae te video inaudisse ("have got wind of"): Pl.
    6. VI. To receive a communication by letter from any one: ex literis cognosco (aliquid): Cic. Fam. 10, 29. Phr.: I should like to know whether you have heard anything of Tiro, velim scire ecquid ad te scriptum sit de Tirone, Cic. Att. 9, 17: Fam. 14, 8: I heard from you on the 3rd of the Nones, tertio Nonas literas (a te) accepi, Cic. Att. 10, 1, init.: let me h. about your journey, de tuo itinere velim me certiorem facias, Cic. Att. 10, 5, extr.: I am expecting to h. from you, tuas literas exspecto, Cic. Att. 15, 19: I was very glad to h. from you, gratae mihi vehementer tuae literae fuerunt, Cic. Fam. 13, 68.