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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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• pass (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To go beyond:
      1. 1. praetervĕhor, vectus, 3 (with acc.): my speech seems to have p.'d the rocks, scopulos praetervecta videtur oratio mea, Cic. Coel. 21, init.: Caes.: v. to pass by.
      2. 2. ēgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (in this sense, oft. with acc.): not to pass the river Mulucha, flumen Mulucham non e., Sall. Jug. 110: in Cic. foll. by extra with acc.: cf. id. Quint. 10, 35, certos fines terminosque constituam, extra quos non egrediar.
      3. 3. transeo, 4, irr.: v. to cross.
    2. II. To exceed: v. to surpass.
    3. III. To live through, spend time: Phr.: to p. all one's lifetime in anything, omnem aetatem in aliqua re terere, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123: to p. one's whole lifetime free from annoyance, omne tempus aetatis sine molestia degere, id. Sen. 1, 2 (v. to spend): vitam transire [silentio], Sall. Cat. 1, is a rare expr.: to p. the loitering day over wine, morantem diem mero frangere (poet.), Hor. Od. 2, 7, 6.
    4. IV. To send on from one to another: trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to p. the cup to any one, poculum alicui t., Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: Lucr.: to p. buckets from hand to hand, *hamas per manus tradere.
    5. V. To utter authoritatively: esp. in phr., to p. sentence: dēcerno, crēvi, tum, 3: to p. sentence in any one's favour, secundum aliquem d., Cic. Fam. 16, 16, C: Caes.: v. sentence.
    6. VI. To enact by resolution: Phr.: to p. a law on any subject, legem jubere de aliqua re, Cic. Bal. 17, 38 (denoting the action of the people): so, rogationem jubere, Sall. Jug. 40: also jubeo is in this sense often used absol.: to p. a resolution concerning war, de bello j., Liv. 38, 45: the senate p.'d a decree, decrevit senatus: pass: v. to decree. (Perferre legem, to succeed in getting a law p.'d.) See also to enact.
    7. VII. To admit, allow: Phr.: to p. accounts, *tabulas accepti et dispensi inspectas approbare; ratas habere: v. to approve, confirm. Miscell. Phr.: to p. one's eyes over (a writing)., oculo [oculis] percurrere, Hor. S. 2, 5, 55: to p. cheese through a sieve, caseum per cribrum facere [ut] transeat, Cato R. R. 76, med. (also, cribro cernere; cribrare: v. sieve): to p. water, urinam reddere, Cels. 2, 7, med.: to p. muster, *duci (praefecto) se approbare (cf. Tac. Agr. 5, init.).
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To go by from one place to another:
      1. 1. praetĕreo, praetervĕhor, etc.: v. to pass by, etc.
      2. 2. meo, 1 (to go along, find a passage): esp. of things: so that wagons can barely p. in single file, ita ut vix singula meent plaustra, Plin. 6, 14, 17: the heat p.'s through the void, vapor per inane vacuum m., Lucr. 2, 150. (N.B.--For phr. in passing, v. passing.)
    2. II. Of time; to go by, elapse:
      1. 1. transeo, 4, irr.: many months had already p.'d, and the winter had already set in, multi jam transierant menses, et hiems jam praecipitaverat, Caes. B. C. 3, 25, init.: Afric. Dig. 7, 1, 37.
      2. 2. intercēdo, 3. v. to elapse. See also to pass away, by.
    3. III. To become changed:
      1. 1. ăbeo, 4, irr.: E p.'s into U, E in U abit, Varr. L. L. 5, 16, 26: his arms p. into legs, abeunt in crura lacerti, Ov. M. 1, 236. See also to change.
      2. 2. transeo, 4, irr.: to p. (be turned) into wine, in vinum tr., Plin. 22, 24, 52: Ov.
    4. IV. To be transferred from one owner to another: pervĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4: the whole inheritance p.'s to the daughter, omnis hereditas ad filiam p., Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 55: to p. to any one lawfully, jure ad aliquem p., id. Top. 6. 29.
    5. V. To be carried, receive the sanction of a legislative house: Phr.: that law could not p., *ea lex perferri non potuit; populo persuaderi non potuit ut eam legem juberet, scisceret, decerneret: v. supr. (A., VI.).
    6. VI. To be looked upon, regarded; usu. foll. by for:
      1. 1. pass. of hăbeo, 2 (not necessarily implying that the estimate is false): he p.'d for a person of great military experience, peritissimus rei militaris habebatur, Caes. B. G. 1, 21: esp. foll. by pro when the case is not really so: to p. for unsaid, pro non dicto haberi, Liv. 23, 22, ad fin. (with ref. to an indiscreet utterance): v. to consider (IV.).
      2. 2. expr. by pro after other verbs: so incredible did the circumstance appear, that the messenger p.'d for a liar, adeo incredibilis res visa est, ut pro vano nuntius audiretur, Liv. 39, 49, med.: to p. for one already condemned and executed, jam pro damnato mortuoque esse, Cic. Verr. 4, 15, init. See also foll. artt.