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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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• ask:
    1. I. To request, beg:
      1. 1. rŏgo, 1 (foll. by ut or ne and subj.: also by a double acc. when the second is a neuter pronoun): your brother asks you not to go farther away, rogat te frater ne longius abeas, Ter.: for this I urgently ask you again and again, hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo, Cic.: also in the poets with a full double accusative (like posco): as, he a.s the gods for ease, otium divos rogat, Hor.
      2. 2. pĕto: v. to beg.
      3. 3. posco: v. to claim, demand.--Note. Rogo is the ordinary word for to ask, as one would put a request to an equal: peto is to beg, petition for, esp. of a request made to a superior: posco implies a claim on the part of the person asking: postulo is even stronger than posco: while flagito, efflagito are used only of importunate or clamorous demands.
    2. II. To interrogate, inquire:
      1. 1. rŏgo, 1: I a. who she is, quae sit rogo, Ter.: why do you a. me that? I said:; ask the Stoics, quid me istud rogas? inquam; Stoicos roga, Cic.: to a. about you, de te rogare, Cic.: he first was a.'d his opinion, primus rogatus est sententiam, Sall. To a. again and again, rŏgĭto, 1 (freq.): they repeatedly a. how I am, rogitant me ut valeam, Pl.: Virg.
      2. 2. interrŏgo, 1 (unlike rogo, never used in sense I): answer what I a. you, hoc quod te interrogo responde, Pl.: do you a. me whether (I bid you go) into exile? interrogas num in exilium? Cic.: when he was a.'d whether he thought more of his father or of his mother, is cum interrogaretur utrum pluris patrem matremne faceret, Nep.
      3. 3. percontor (percunctor), 1: i. q. interrogo: a. him how he does, ut valeat percunctare, Hor.: Quint.: v. to enquire.
      4. 4. quaero, quaesīvi, quaesītum, 3 (usu. with prep. ex or ab): he a.'d his physicians how he was, quaesivit a medicis quemadmodum se haberet, Nep.: having a.'d whether Caesar had come, quaesito (neut. abl. absol.) an Caesar venisset, Tac.: v. to enquire; question (subs.).
      5. 5. sciscĭtor, 1: to a. any one's opinion, sententiam ex aliquo s., Cic.: to a. the consul's wish, consulis voluntatem s., Liv.
      6. 6. scītor, 1: to a. and inquire the causes, scitari et quaerere causas, Virg.: he a.s why she comes, quid veniat scitatur, Ov.: v. to inquire.