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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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• may (v.):
    1. I. Denoting lawfulness, permission: lĭcet, 2, impers. (with dat. of Eng. subject): if you think men may do just what they can do, si hominibus tantum licere judicas quantum possunt, Cic. Ph. 13, 7, 15: Cato might certainly have enjoyed himself at Tusculum, Catoni certe licuit Tusculi se delectare, id. Rep. 1, 1: absol., mistress, may I (speak)? hera, licetne? Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 20. (N.B.--Might have is expr. by perf. of licet, the following inf. standing in the pres. or imperf. tense: v. exx. supr.)
    2. II. Denoting opportunity or ability:
      1. 1. possum, irr.: it may be that I am mistaken, fieri potest ut fallar, Cic. Fam. 13, 73: v. ABLE (TO BE).
      2. 2. est, impers. (usu. foll. by inf.): one may reach a certain point, est quadam prodire tenus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 32: which one m. not say in verse, quod versu dicere non est, id. S. 1, 5, 87: as might be inferred, ut conjectare erat, Tac. A. 16, 34: Liv.
      3. 3. expr. by subj.: this being always the case after such conjunctions as ut, ne, etc.: the perf. subj. is used absol. to denote that a thing may be expected to happen: perhaps some one may say, fortasse quispiam dixerit, Cic. Sen. 3, 8.