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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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• oppose:
    1. I. To present in opposition:
      1. 1. oppōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: Caesar o.d to this (cavalry) his own horse, huic suos Caesar equites opposuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 75: Cic.
      2. 2. objĭcio, jēci, ctum, 3: to o. waggons by way of rampart, carros pro vallo obj., Caes. B. G. 1, 26. Join: objicere et opponere, Cic. Phr.: to all this, one consideration o.d itself, his omnibus rebus unum repugnabat, Caes. B. G. 1, 19.
    2. II. To offer opposition to:
      1. 1. adversor, 1 (most gen. term, actively to resist): with dat. or absol.; later with acc. [not to be imitated]: who o.d Isocrates more vehemently (than Aristotle)? quis Isocrati est adversatus impensius? Cic. Or. 51, 172: to o. (withstand) any one's lusts, alicujus libidini a., id. Verr. 5, 31, 82: when Nature o.s and resists, adversante et repugnante Natura, id. Off. 1, 31, 110: Tac.: Suet.
      2. 2. rĕpugno, 1 (to struggle against; a stronger and more vivid expr. than adversor, cf. supr. exx.: with dat. or absol.): neither to give way (to a proposal), nor strongly to o., neque concedere neque valde r., Cic. Fam. 1, 2, med. Less freq. foll. by prep., resistere et repugnare contra veritatem, id. R. Com. 17, 51.
      3. 3. obsto, stĭti, stĭtum, 1; also, obsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (to stand in the way, make a stand against: foll. by dat. or ne with subj., and in negative sentences, quin, quominus): Histiaeus o.d the scheme, Histiaeus, ne res conficeretur, obstitit, Nep. Milt. 3: to thwart and o. any one's designs, consiliis alicujus occurrere atque obsistere, Cic. Cat. 3, 7, fin.: v. to resist.
      4. 4. refrāgor, 1 (to give vote or voice against; opp. to suffragor: with dat.): to o. a very intimate friend, homini amicissimo r., Cic. Ph. 11, 9, init.: to o. any one's advancement, honori alicujus r., Liv. 45, 40, med. Phr.: to o. in argument, contra aliquem disputare, Cic. Rep. 1, 3.