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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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• maintain:
    1. I. To preserve in a certain state or condition:
      1. 1. servo, 1: to m. one's dignity, dignitatem servare, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221: to m. peace with any one, pacem cum aliquo s., Cic. Ph. 7, 8, 22: to m. equanimity, aequam mentem s., Hor.
      2. 2. conservo, 1 (strengthened from simple verb): to m. allegiance towards any one, fidem erga aliquem c., Caes. B. C. 1, 84: to m. a law, legem c., Quint. 9, 2, 83: Cic.: v. to preserve, keep.
      3. 3. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (to hold fast): to m. its (proper) condition (of the state), statum t., Cic. Rep. 1, 28: to m. a right, jus t., Cic.
      4. 4. obtĭneo, 2 (esp. under difficulty or opposition): v. infr. (II.). Join: obtinere et conservare, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12.
      5. 5. sustĭneo, 2 (to bear up, as a burden): to m. a public cause, causam publicam s., Cic. Div. Verr. 8, fin.: to m. the dignity and honour of the state, civitatis dignitatem et decus s., id. Off. 1, 34, 124.
      6. 6. tŭeor, 2 (by active exertion): to m. concord, concordiam t., Cic. Att. 1, 17, 3: to m. dignity, dignitatem t., id. Join: tueri et conservare, id. Man. 5, 12.
    2. II. To hold against any one:
      1. 1. rĕtĭneo, 2: to m. one's rights, jus suum r., Cic. Verr. 3, 14, 37.
      2. 2. obtĭneo, 2: to m. prerogative, jus ob., Tac. A. 1, 32: more fully, jus contra aliquem ob., Cic. Quint. 9, 34.
      3. 3. tĕneo, 2: cf. supr. (I., 3).
    3. III. In milit. sense: to hold a position against attack: tĕneo, rĕtĭneo, sustĭneo., 2: v. hold (V.); hold out (II.).
    4. IV. To keep up, continue:
      1. 1. rĕtĭneo, 2: v. to retain.
      2. 2. sustĭneo, 2 (cf. supr. I., 5): to m. the contest longer, ultra s. certamen, Liv. 33, 36., med.: v. to hold out (II.). In similar sense, frequent. sustento, 1 (to make efforts to m.), Tac. A. 2, 17 (s. pugnam).
    5. V. To sustain a part or character:
      1. 1. sustĭneo, 2: I singly m. three characters, tres personas unus sustineo, Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 102.
      2. 2. tueor, 2: Cic. Br. 20, 80 (personam tueri).
      3. 3. dēfendo, di, sum, 3 (poet.): Hor. A. P. 194 (partes defendere). Phr.: to m. the part of clemency, partes lenitatis agere., Cic. Mur. 3, 6.
    6. VI. To supply with the necessaries of life:
      1. 1. ălo, ui, tum and ĭtum, 3: as his farm was not quite enough to m. him, quum eum agellus non satis aleret, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 75: to m. a large number of cavalry, magnum numerum equitatus a., Caes.
      2. 2. sustĭneo, 2: Cic.: Liv.: v. to support. So frequent. sustento, 1 (implying continued effort): to m. (one's) family, familiam s., Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 35. Pass. refl., sustentari, to m. oneself, get a living. Tac. A. 4, 13 (with abl. of the means whereby).
      3. 3. exhĭbeo, 2 (late): to be m.'d by a parent, exhiberi a parente, Ulp. Dig. 25, 3., 5, init. See also livelihood.
    7. VII. To support by argument:
      1. 1. contendo, di, sum and tum, 3 (to m. earnestly, against a disputant): foll. by acc. and inf., Cic. Pl. 19, fin.: with acc. of neut. pron., aliquid contra aliquem c., id. Quint. 25, 78. Rarely intrans.: ut Asclepiades contendit, as A. maintains: Cels. pref. ad med.
      2. 2. affirmo, 1 (to assert confidently): cf. Tac. G. 2, quidam plures deo ortos ... affirmant: so confirmo (stronger than affirmo): v. to assert.
      3. 3. stătuo, 3 (to lay down a thesis): v. to lay down (II.).
      4. 4. dēfendo, di, sum, 3: he never m.'d a proposition that he did not succeed in proving, nullam rem defendit quam non probavit, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, fin. Impers. defenditur, it is m.'d (with acc. and inf.), id. Fin. 3, 21, 71.
      5. 5. obtĭneo, 2 (to m. successfully, establish): can we m. what we affirm, possumus quod dicimus ob.? Cic. Verr. 3, 71, 168: they imagine they can m. two contrary propositions, se posse putant duas contrarias sententias ob., id. Fin. 4, 28, 78.