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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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• influence (subs.):
    1. I. Power exerted, esp. by suasion, or in any manner without violence:
      1. 1. vis, vim, vi, f. (power working in whatever way): to have greater i. to deter than to encourage, majorem vim habere ad deterrendum quam ad cohortandum, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 258: v. force, power.
      2. 2. mōmentum (that which inclines the scale; influences events one way or the other): by a slight i. to be swayed this way or that, levi m. huc vel illuc impelli, Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 31: to have great i. either way, magnum in utramque partem m. habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 70: so, magno m. esse ad ..., Cic. Inv. 2, 26, 77. Phr.: to have i., (1). văleo, 2: prudence will have no i. without justice, sine justitia nihil valebit prudentia, Cic. Off. 2, 9, extr.: the purpose for which usu. expr. by ad, esp. with gerund., Caes. B. G. 6, 30. (2). polleo, 2 (more freq. in sense IV., q. v.): justice has more i. in inspiring confidence, justitia ad fidem faciendam plus p., Cic. Off. 2, 9, fin. (3). possum, irr. (chiefly with multum, plus, plurimum, nihil, etc.): fortune has great i. in everything, multum in omnibus rebus p. fortuna, Caes. B. G. 6, 30: to have more i. with any one, plus apud aliquem p., Cic. Verr. 3, 57, 131.
    2. II. Specially, spiritual or divine inf.:
      1. 1. afflātus, ūs: no great man without a divine i., nemo vir magnus sine aliquo af. divino, Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166.
      2. 2. instinctus, ūs (any urging or prompting; whereas afflatus is an inspiration): Join: instinctus divinus afflatusque, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; impulsus instinctusque, Gell. 1, 11., med.
    3. III. Impression produced upon the feelings: expr. by mŏveo, permŏveo: v. impression (IV.).
    4. IV. Personal or other importance and weight:
      1. 1. auctōrĭtas (esp. resulting from character): grey hairs and wrinkles cannot all at once give i., non cani, non rugae repente a. afferre possunt, Cic. Sen. 18, 62: to have very great i. with any one, plurimum apud aliquem auctoritatis habere, Cic. Att. 16, 16 (A.).
      2. 2. ŏpes, um, f. (wealth, resources, power): v. wealth, etc.
      3. 3. pŏtentia (excessive inf., predominance): the i. of the oligarchy increased, paucorum p. crevit, Sall. Cat. 39. Phr.: to have i., (1). polleo, 2: to have paramount i. in the state, plurimum p. in republica, Caes. B. C. 1, 3: also foll. by ad, where an end is expressed, Cic. Off. 2, 9, fin. (2). văeo, 2 (less emphatic than polleo): he has much i. in the Fabian tribe, hic multum v. in Fabia, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 52. (3). possum, irr. (for constr., v. supr. I., fin.): to have the greatest i. with any one on the ground of friendship, apud aliquem amicitia plurimum p., Cic. R. Am. 1, 4.
    5. V. Personal weight as exerted in trials, elections, etc.: grātia: cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 9, gratia atque largitione apud Sequanos plurimum poterat: to carry a point by one's i., gr. sua aliquid efficere, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, med.