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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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• hold (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To keep hold of:
      1. 1. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2: to h. a little box in the hand, pyxidem in manu t., Cic. Coel. 26, fin.: but if the object be not such as to lie in the hand, use abl. alone: cf. Ov. F. 1, 99, ille tenens baculum dextra: Cic. Off. 3, 17, init.
      2. 2. rĕtĭneo, 2 (to h. back, keep hold of): why do you h. me back? quid me retines? Pl. Ep. 1, 1, 65: in its left hand it (the figure) held a bow, sinistra manu retinebat arcum, Cic. Verr. 4, 34, 74.
      3. 3. gesto, 1 (to carry in the arms or on the person): to h. a baby in one's arms, infantem puerum in manibus g., cf. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 24. See also foll. artt.
    2. II. To contain: căpio, cēpi, captum, 3: your stomach will not therefore h. more than mine, non tuus hoc capiet venter plus quam meus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 46: Cic.: v. to contain (I.).
    3. III. With ref. to fluids; not to suffer to escape: expr. by transmitto, perfluo: a vessel with holes in it, which will h. nothing, vas perforatum et quodcunque accipit transmittens, cf. Sen. Ep. 99, 6: so as to h. water, ne humorem transmittat, Col. 1, 6, ad fin.: that vessel is leaky; it won't h. water, plenum rimarum vas est; hac atque illac perfluit, cf. Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25.
    4. IV. To occupy land, etc.:
      1. 1. possĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (not involving ownership): to h. land that has been forcibly seized, agrum per vim occupatum p., Caes. B. G. 6, 12: that no one should h. more than 500 jugers of land, nequis plus quingenta jugera possideret, Liv. 6, 35. Join: possidere atque habere, Liv. 26, 11, med.
      2. 2. hăbeo, 2 (to be in actual possession of): v. to possess. Phr.: lands held on the best tenure, praedia quae optima conditione sunt, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.
      3. 3. obtĭneo, 2 (to be in possession of; rightly or wrongly: not used of ordinary occupancy of land): to h. Gaul and Italy by arms, Galliam atque Italiam armis ob., Liv. 30, 19: to h. the highest position in a state, principatum in civitate obtinere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3: to h. (a country) as a province, cum imperio ob., Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 4.
    5. V. To maintain possession of against attack: rĕtĭneo, 2: to h. a town, oppidum r., Caes. B. G. 7, 21. Fig.: to hold one's own against another, jus suum contra aliquem r., Cic. Verr. 3, 14, 73.
    6. VI. To be in the enjoyment of an office: gĕro, ssi, stum, 3: to h. the office of consul, praetor, etc., consulatum, praeturam g., Cic.: Liv. (pass.). N.B.--Very oft. not exactly expressed: while h.ing the office of consul for the fourth time, quartum consul (in apposition), Cic. Sen. 4, 10: cf. L. G. § 589, 2.
    7. VII. To entertain an opinion: tĕneo, 2: with sententiam, Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34 (but the phr. denotes rather the maintenance of an opinion than the mere entertaining of it). Usu. expr. by sentio: to h. this opinion, sic putare, existimare, etc.: v. to think, maintain; opinion.
    8. VIII. To deem: hăbeo, dūco, existĭmo: v. to consider (IV.), think.
    9. IX. To have, treat: esp. in phr., to h. in honour, aliquem in honore habere, Cic. Att. 7, 2, fin.: when an adj. is used, sometimes without prep.: to h. in especial honour, praecipuo habere honore, Caes. B. G. 5, 54: to be held in some degree of honour, aliquo esse numero atque honore, Caes. B. G. 6., 13, init.
    10. X. To check, stop: Phr.: to h. one's tongue, tacere: h. your tongue, pray, tace modo! Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 16: Pl.; tene linguam, Ov. F. 2, 602 (continere linguam, only in sense of habitually keeping control over one's language, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13): reticere (where something is kept secret): in truth I cannot h. my peace, enimvero reticere nequeo, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 79: to h. one's breath, animam comprimere, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 28: to h. one's hands (keep them off any one), manus comprimere, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 29.
    11. XI. To conduct elections, meetings, etc.:
      1. 1. hăbeo, 2: to h. the consular elections, comitia consulum h., Liv. 3, 20: Cic.: to h. a levy of troops, delectum h., Caes. B. G. 6, 1: Cic.: to h. a discussion, disputationem h., Cic. Rep. 1, 7.
      2. 2. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: esp. in phr., conventus a., to h. the circuits or assizes, Caes. B. G. 1, 54.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To remain fast: perh. măneo, permăneo: v. to remain.
    2. II. To be true, or applicable: convĕnit, vēnit, 4 (foll. by in, ad): any one of these things will h. of me, in me quidvis harum rerum convenit, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 3: neither of these h.s of every kind of land, neutrum horum ad omnem agrum c., Varr. R. R. 1, 19: cf. Cic. Sull. 7, extr.
    3. III. To think: censeo, existĭmo, etc.: v. to think. See also foll. artt.