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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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• put off:
    1. I. Lit. (opp. to put on), especially of dress.
      1. 1. pōno, 3: to p. off one's shirt, tunicam p., Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60: cf. Juv. 6, 477 (of the slaves of a capricious lady), periit libraria, ponunt Cosmetae tunicas. Constr. with de of the person: to p. off clothes (poet.), cf. Ov. M. 4, 345., Mollia de tenero velamina corpore ponit: or abl. only: cf. nunquam humeris positurus arcum, Hor. Od. 3, 4, 60. Compound, depōno, 3: with abl. of that whence put off: to put off the loads from the beasts., onera jumentis dep., Caes. B. C. 1, 80: cf. to take off: to p. off armour, arma dep. humeris, Virg. Aen. 12, 707: cf. Vulg. 1 Reg. xvii. 39, et (David) deposuit ea (Saul's armour): to p. off shoes, dep. soleas, Mart. 3, 50, but cf. No. 4: depono used in connection with nūdor, 1; Vulg. 2 Esdr. iv. 23. non deponebamus vestimenta nostra; unusquisque tantum nudabatur ad baptismum. (Expr. by subst. in 2 Pet. i. 14: certus, quod velox est depositio tabernaculi mei, I must shortly p. off). Fig.: (1) = p. away, get rid of: to p. off grief and mourning, moerorem et luctum, Cic. Phil. 14, 13: cf. Vulg. Eph. iv. 22, deponere vos veterem hominem, opp. to induite novum hominem (the paral. in Col. iii. 9 has exspoliantes, stripping off): (2) v. to lay down, to resign.
      2. 2. abjĭcio, 3: a stronger term: v. to cast off, to throw off.
      3. 3. exŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: (said of dress, etc., closely fitting, or fastened on), with acc. of thing, abl. of person, etc.: to p. off the quiver from the shoulder, pharetram humero ex., Ov. M. 2, 419: alas ex. (= to lay aside), Virg. Aen. 1, 690: of an animal changing its skin, serpens exuit in spinis vestem, Lucr. 4, 59. Fig.: exuere jugum (to shake off), Liv. 35, 37: ex. humanitatem (to lay aside), Cic. Lig. 5, 14: feritatem ex., Ov. F. 3, 281: silvestrem animum., Virg. G. 2, 51: mores antiquos, Liv. 27, 8: for constr. with acc. of person, and abl. of thing: v. to strip.
      4. 4. solvo, vi, ūtum, 3 (= to untie): p. off thy shoes from off thy feet, solve calceamentum de pedibus tuis, Vulg. Ex. iii. 5.
      5. 5. dēmŏvĕo, 2: fig.: to p. off from himself all suspicion of the crime, ut ab se sceleris istius suspicio demoveretur, Cic. Verr. 4., 45, 100.
    2. II. To defer, procrastinate:
      1. 1. compds. of fĕro: (1) difĕro., distŭli, differre, dīlātum (to separate by a space of time): (a) indefinitely: obj. of the time; tempus diff., Cic. Phil. 8., 8, 23: and pass. venit tempus tam mature ut differri jam hora non possit, id. ib. 6, 7, 19: I think the day may be p. off, puto posse diem differri., id. Att. 13, 37: to p. off from day to day, diem de die diff., Liv. 25, 25: obj. of the thing; this I cannot p. off, hoc non queo diff., Cic. Q. F. 2, 8: he proposed to p. off the subject, rem distulit, id. Div. 10, 16: to p. off a journey for the present, iter in praesentia diff., Caes. B. C. 3, 85. Poet.: anger p. off thirst, distulit ira sitim, Ov. M. 6, 366: obj. an inf.; quaerere distuli, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 21: a subj. clause with quin; nihil dilaturi, quin periculum summae rerum facerent (fearing to p. it off till, or lest), Liv. 6, 22., fin.: with in and acc. of time; to p. off to another time, in aliud tempus diff., Cic. Brut. 87: to a future time, in posterum diff., id. Verr. 2, 1, 32, 81: (b) definitely: to p. off a thing to the next day, aliquid in posterum diem diff., id. Deiot. 7, 21: cf. Liv. 32, 35, dilato in posterum diem colloquio: let us p. off (or reserve) the rest till to-morrow, reliqua differamus in crastinum, Cic. Rep. 2, 44 fin.: till your arrival, in adventum tuum, id. Fam. 2, 3, ad fin.: for a year., in annum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39: he neglected to keep the day named in the edict, and p. it off till Nov. 28, diem edicti obire neglexit: in a. d. IV. Kal. Dec. distulit, Cic. Phil. 3., 8, 20: rarely with ad of time: cf. id. Vat. 11, fin. (fig.), te id, quod promulgasses misericordiae nomine, ad crudelitatis tempus distulisse. With obj. of person (simply of time: for fig. sense, see No. III.): if you p. me off till another time, sin autem differs me in aliud tempus, id. Fam. 5, 12: (the professor) refused to admit (Tiberius) to a lecture out of the course, and told his servant to p. him off till the Saturday, Diogenes Grammaticus, disputare sabbatis Rhodi solitus, venientem eum ut se extra ordinem audiret, non admiserat, ac per servulum suum in septimum diem distulerat, Suet. Tib. 32: rarely with ad: the ambassadors, who had been p. off till the new year, legati., qui ad novos magistratus dilati erant, Liv. 41, 8. (Note: the other compds. of fero are almost always used definitely.) (2) profĕro, 3 (to carry forward): constr. absol. cf. auctionis diem laxius prof., Cic. Att. 13, 14: with in; cf. aliquid in diem posterum prof., Gell. 1, 23: with acc. of duration; cf. rem aliquot dies prof., Cat. in Gell. 7, 3. (3) confĕro, 3 (to reserve for), rare: constr. with in and acc.: cf. omnia in mensem Martium conf., Cic. Att. 6, 1: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. in Cic. Fam. 11, 13. (4) transfĕro, 3 (to carry over to another time), rare: constr. with in and acc.: cf. causa haec integra in proximum annum transferetur, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 9: reflect. cf. subito reliquit annum suum, seseque in proximum annum transtulit (p. off his candidature), Cic. Mil. 9, 24.
      2. 2. compds. of trūdo, di, sum, 3; stronger sense: (1) detrūdo (to push down): cf. comitia in mensem Martium detr., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13: comitia in adventum Caesaris detr., id. Att. 4, 17. (2) protrūdo, 3: comitia in Januarium mensem protr., id. Fam. 10, 26, fin.
      3. 3. dūco, xi, ctum, 3, and prōdūco: with obj. of thing, always to prolong, to carry on: with obj. of time (the thing understood): the Haedui p. off (the matter) day after day, diem ex die ducere Haedui, Caes. B. G. 1, 16: with obj. of person (passing into sense III.), when he saw that they were only putting him off, ubi se diutius duci intellexit, ib. (2) prodūco (to carry forward): cf. dies producta est in III. id. Febr., Cic. Q. F. 2, 3.
      4. 4. trăho, xi, ctum, 3, and compds. (gen. to prolong): to p. off purposely to the last moment, rem de industria in serum tr., Liv. 32, 35: with obj. of person (passing into sense III.): cf. legati querentes, trahi se a Caesare, ad quem missi forent, Suet. Tib. 31. (2) extrăho: indef.: the case is by our opponents p. off on all sorts of pretexts, res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis, Cic. Fam. 4, 1: to p. off the battle till the morrow, pugnam in posterum extr., Tac. A. 4, 73: to p. off from day to day, diem de die extr., Sen. Ben. 2, 5, fin. (3) protrăho (cf. to protract). Join: stipendia militum, etc., protrahi ac differri (was p. off and delayed), Suet. Ner. 32.
      5. 5. Other verbs compd. with pro: (1) prōdo, 3 (to p. forward): Cat. ap. Fest. p. 242, ed. Müller: I think I shall prevail on him at least to p. off the marriage a few days, credo impetrabo, ut aliquot saltem nuptiis prodat dies, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 13. (2) prōlāto, 1 (freq. of prōfĕro): to p. off from day to day, diem ex die prol., Tac. A. 6, 42: esp. in gerundive: by putting off the conferences, prolatandis consultationibus, Sall. J. 27. Join: dubitando et dies prolatando, id. C. 43. Join: id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, fin. (3) prōmŏveo, 2: in so far as I p. off my master's marriage, quantum huic promoveo nuptias, Ter. Andr. 4, 2, 28. (4) prōrŏgo, 1 (to extend the time): absol. to p. off the day for payment, dies ad solvendum, Cic. Phil. 2, 29: who p.s off the time for amending his life, qui recte vivendi prorogat horam, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 41: with in and acc., to p. off the soldier's hope to a future day, spem militi in alium diem pror., Pl. Aul. 3, 5, 57. (5) prōcrastĭno, 1 (lit. p. off till the morrow): with obj. of thing. Join: rem differre quotidie ac procrastinare, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, ad fin.: pass., cf. res non procrastinatur, id. Verr. 4, 45, 100: v. to procrastinate.
      6. 6. rējĭcĭo, 3 (to throw over to another time): obj. of thing the legations were p. off from the 1st to the 13th of February, a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. rejiciebantur, Cic. Q. F. 2, 3: obj. of person: all at once you p. us off till July, repente abs te in mensem Quinctilem rejecti sumus, id. Att. 1, 4.
      7. 7. rĕservo, 1 (to keep back for another occasion), rare in the sense of p. off: v. to keep, to reserve.
      8. 8. sustĭnĕo, 2 (to hold in suspense): indef.; to p. off war by counsel, bellum consilio sus., Liv. 3, 60: def. with ad and acc.: to p. off the assault till night, oppugnationem ad noctem sus., Caes. B. G. 5, 17. Also freq. sustento, 1 (to keep in suspense). Join: sustentando ac prolatando, v. sup. No. 5: with ad and acc.; aedificationem Arcani ad tuum adventum sustentari placebat, Cic. Q. F. 2, 7: with dum and subj.; p. off the matter till Nero's arrival, sustentes rem, dum Nero veniat, id. Fam. 13, 64.
      9. 9. tardo, 1 (to delay): to prevent, or at all events p. off, my starting, aut impedire profectionem aut certe tardare, Cic. Fam. 7, 5: and comp. rĕtardo, with obj. of person; fortasse literae meae te retardarunt (as we say to p. off an expected comer), Cic. Att. 13, 36.
      10. 10. In the intrans. sense: cunctor, 1, dep.: mŏror, 1, dep.: mŏram interpōno: v. to delay: also v. to defer, to postpone, to reserve.
    3. III. Hence, with obj. of person, to amuse with pretences, deceive, delude:
      1. 1. diffĕro, 3: cf. Liv. 7, 14, differri non posse adeo concitatos animos (= appease): to p. one off with all sorts of deceptions, aliquem variis frustrationibus diff., Just. 9, 6, fin.: cf. Liv. 25, 25, dilatus per frustrationem: to p. off a suitor, aliquem petentem diff., Suet. Vesp. 23.
      2. 2. dūco, 3: v. sup. II. No. 3: and prōdūco, 3: to p. one off with deceitful hope, aliquem falsa spe prod., Ter. And. 4, 1, 24: to p. off (e. g. a creditor) by proposing terms, aliquem conditionibus prod., Cic. Quinct. 8, 30: v. to draw on; to lead on.
      3. 3. trăho, 3: v. sup. II. No. 4: and extrăho, 3. Join: eludi atque extrahi se multitudo putare (they were being played with and p. off), Liv. 2, 23.
    4. IV. Mercantile sense, to get rid of by selling: extrūdo, 3: cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 11, laudat venales, qui vult extrudere, merces.
    5. V. Intrans.: to p. off (to sea): solvo, 3 (to unmoor): with obj. of the ship, cable, or shore, and absol. Poet.: solv. phaselon, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 29: to p. off from the shore, solv. funem arena, Prop. 1, 8, 11: solv. oram, Quint. 4, 2, 41: a terra solvere (naves), Caes. B. C. 3, 101: from a place, e. g. Alexandria solv., Cic.: v. to put to sea. Subst., a putting off: prōlātĭo, f.: prōductĭo, f.