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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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• over (prep.):
    1. I. From side to side, above:
      1. 1. sŭper (with acc.): to be thrown o. the rampart, s. vallum praecipitari, Sall. Jug. 58: to sail o. corn-fields, s. segetes navigare, Ov. M. 1, 295. (N.B.--Supra denotes position above, not motion over; thus supra segetes navigat [the commoner reading in Ov. M. 1, 295] = he sails above the corn-fields, with the corn-fields beneath him: super either motion or position over: cf. infr.)
      2. 2. trans. (with acc.): v. across. Phr.: there was a passage o. the Alps, iter per Alpes erat, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: to throw a bridge o. a river, pontem in flumine facere, ib. 1, 13; flumen ponte jungere, Liv. 21, 45, init. (N.B.--In this sense, over often forms part of a virtually compound verb: v. to fly over, etc.)
    2. II. Above: esp. to denote a position precisely above: sŭper (with acc. or abl.): an eagle hovering just o. the king's head, paululum s. caput regis placide volans aquila, Curt. 4, 15, ad fin.: Liv. 1, 34, med.: o. whose neck hangs a sword, ensis cui s. cervice pendet, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 17.
    3. III. Denoting elevation or authority: expr. by prae in composition: e. g. to be o., have command o., praeesse, praepositum esse, etc.: v. to command (2, 3); appoint (I., a, 5, 6).
    4. IV. Extending upon the entire surface of:
      1. 1. sŭper (with acc.: when one thing covers another, as a coating): hides are spread o. the bricks, s. lateres coria inducuntur, Caes. B. C. 2, 10.
      2. 2. per (after verbs of motion, to denote that a certain space is traversed): to roam o. the fields, per agros vagari, Liv. 2, 60: v. through. Phr.: to travel o. such vast regions on foot, tantas regiones obire pedibus, Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: so, lustrare: v. to traverse.
    5. V. Higher than: Phr.: (a part of the river) where the water is o. a man's head, *ubi humanâ magnitudine major est fluminis altitudo.
    6. VI. More than: sŭper (with acc.): o. 60,000, s. sexaginta millia, Tac. G. 33: Sall. So sometimes, supra and ultra: but amplius is better Latin: v. more, adj. (2, sqq.).
    7. VII. During the time of: inter: o. a period of ten years, i. decem annos, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 13, 37: I dictated the above o. my dinner, haec i. coenam dictavi, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6: v. during.
    8. VIII. In addition to: in phr., over and above:
      1. 1. sŭper (with acc.): o. and above disease, famine weakened the Punic army, Punicum exercitum s. morbum etiam fames affecit, Liv. 28, 46, fin.
      2. 2. praeter: v. besides. (For the use of insŭper, adv., v. over, adv. II.)