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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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• refer:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To direct a person for information:
      1. 1. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to r. you to the letter itself, ad ipsam te epistolam r., Cic. Att. 9, 13, extr.
      2. 2. rĕvŏco, 1: nor do I r. you to the fables of the poets, nec te ad fabulas poetarum r., Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40: id. Tusc. 2, 25, 59.
      3. 3. dēlēgo, 1: we r. the admirers of Cato to that volume, studiosos Catonis ad illud volumen delegamus (al. relegamus), Nep. Cat. 3, extr.
    2. II. To submit to, or judge by any authority or standard:
      1. 1. rĕfĕro, retŭli, (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3 (with ad or adv. of direction): to r. the matter to the senate, rem ad Senatum r., Liv. 21, 6: Cic.: I am accustomed to r. everything to you, solenne est mihi ad te omnia r., Plin. Ep. 10, 97, ad init.: to r. all things to the standard of virtue, omnia ad virtutem r., Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20. (N.B.--Referre ad populum in Cic. Clu. 49, 137, is to r. anew to the people; ferre is used when a proposition is first laid before them.)
      2. 2. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to r. the matter to the Senate, rem ad Senatum r., Liv. 40, 29, ad fin.: to r. the whole issue to Rome, integram causam Romam r., id. 36, 35: Caes. B. C. 3, 7.
      3. 3. rĕvŏco, 1: to r. everything to knowledge, omnia ad scientiam r., Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 43: to r. everything to his own power, ad suam potentiam omnia r., id. Am. 16, 59.
      4. 4. rĕmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to r. the whole matter to the Senate, integram causam ad Senatum r., Tac. A. 3, 10, extr.: Quint.
      5. 5. dēfĕro, 3: to r. the whole matter to Pompey (put it into his hands), omnem rem ad Pompeium d., Cic. Fam. 1, 1: v. hand over, submit.
    3. III. To ascribe, assign:
      1. 1. rĕfĕro, retŭli (or rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3: to r. everything to the agency of fire, r. omnia ad igneam vim, Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 35: to r. whatever is magnificent to his renown, quicquid magnificum est in claritatem ejus r., Tac. G. 34: Hor.
      2. 2. dēlēgo, 1 (with dat.): if we can r. this crime to the noblest personages, si hoc crimen optimis nominibus d. possumus, Cic. Fontei. 4, 8: to r. the origin of the blunder to the dead, d. causam peccati mortuis, Hirt. B. G. 8, 22.
      3. 3. rĕlēgo, 1: to r. all misfortunes to the fault of fortune, r. mala omnia ad crimen fortunae, Quint. 6, prooem., 13: Plin.: Tib.: v. to ascribe, assign. Phr.: can that definition be r.'d to any other thing whatever? num illa definitio possit in aliam rem transferri quamlibet? Cic. Acad. 2, 14, 43.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To allude to:
      1. 1. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to touch upon in speaking): to r. briefly to a topic, locum breviter p., Cic. Am. 13, 46: esp. in the way of censure: I will shortly r. to the rest of his career, celeriter perstringam reliquum vitae cursum, id. Phil. 2, 19, 47.
      2. 2. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to touch upon): when he r.'d to the sedition, ut seditionem attigit, Tac. A. 1, 35. Join: perstringere atque a., Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201.
      3. 3. allūdo, si, sum, 3 (foll. by dat.): to r. to the verses of Homer, Homeri versibus a., Val. Max. 3, 7, No. 4, extr. (late in this sense). Phr.: to happen to r. to that very thing (in conversation), in eam ipsam mentionem incidere, Cic. Am. 1, 3: also, mentionem facere: v. to mention.
    2. II. To relate, regard: specto, 1: to r. not so much to religious scruples as to the rights of sepulture, non tam ad religionem s. quam ad jus sepulcrorum, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58: v. to relate to.