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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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• assume:
    1. I. To take upon or for oneself:
      1. 1. suscĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to a. a father's authority and severity, sibi auctoritatem patriam severitatemque s., Cic.
      2. 2. indŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: he lays aside the character of a friend when he a.s that of a juryman, ponit personam amici cum induit judicis, Cic.
      3. 3. sumo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3: to a. the manly dress, virilem togam s., Cic.: to a. the title of king, regium nomen s., Nep.: to a. the crown, diadema s., Suet. Phr.: to a. a form, faciem capere, Ov.: to a. stiffness, rigorem percipere, Ov.: to a. a colour, colorem percipere, Plin.. to a. a name (in accordance with the directions of a will), nomen adire, Vell.
    2. II. To take improperly:
      1. 1. arrŏgo, 1: what they a. from others' merit, that they do not yield to me from my own, quod ex aliena virtute sibi arrogant, id mihi ex mea non concedunt, Sall.: Cic.
      2. 2. sūmo, 3 (with dat. of pron. reflect.): the soldiers a. the functions of the general, milites sibi imperatorias partes sumunt, Caes.: I do not a. nor arrogate so much, mihi non sumo tantum neque arrogo, Cic.
      3. 3. assūmo, 3: I a. nothing, nihil mihi a., Cic.: v. to arrogate.
    3. III. To take for granted (in argument):
      1. 1. pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3: but a. that he is conquered, verum pone esse victum eum, Ter.: let it then be a.d to begin with, positum sit igitur in primis, Cic.
      2. 2. sūmo, 3: you must a. one alternative or the other., alterutrum sumas necesse est, Lucr.: you have a.d that the gods are happy, beatos esse deos sumpsisti, Cic.: v. to suppose.
    4. IV. To take an appearance only: may be expr. by any of the verbs under (I), if the context makes the sense clear: as, to a. the character of a good man, personam viri boni suscipere, Cic.. to a. the air and tone of sorrow, habitum ac voces dolentum induere, Tac. A. 4, 12. Phr.: Solon a.d the character of a madman, Solon furere se simulavit, Cic.: v. to feign, counterfeit.