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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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• resist:
      1. 1. rĕsisto, stĭti, 3 (constr. usu. with dat., absol., or pass. impers.): to r. sorties, eruptionibus r., Caes. B. G. 7, 24: to r. very bravely, acerrime r., id. ib. 7, 62: the power of the tribuneship r.s the wilfulness of the consuls, vis tribunicia libidini resistit consulari, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 14: the roots r. cold, radices frigori resistunt, Plin. 19, 5, 23, ad fin.
      2. 2. obsisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (constr. like preced.): I opposed and r.'d all his plans, omnibus ejus consiliis occurri atque obstiti, Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 17: it is impossible to r. nature, naturae obsisti non potest, id. Fin. 2, 15, 49.
      3. 3. resto, stĭti, 1 (rarer than resisto, with which it is often confused in MSS.: e. g. Liv. 6, 30: constr. usu. absol.: rarely dat. or adversus): although more numerous you with difficulty r. a small number, paucis plures vix restatis, Liv. 23, 45, ad fin.: the plates r.ing the javelins, restantibus laminis adversum pila, Tac. A. 3, 46.
      4. 4. obsto, stĭti, 1 (in this sense only fig.): v. withstand, thwart.
      5. 5. rĕpugno, 1 (constr. with dat. or contra: in poet. also subj. or inf.): they could neither r. nor escape, neque r. neque effugere possent, Cic. Verr. 5, 35, 91: I did not "assail" but r. your brother, non ego "oppugnavi" fratrem tuum sed fratri tuo repugnavi, id. Fam. 5, 2, 10: to r. the evidence of sight, r. visis, id. Acad. 2, 34, 108. Join: r. obsistereque, id. Fin. 4, 7, 17: resistere et r, id. Rosc. Com. 17, 51.
      6. 6. adversor, 1 (usu. with dat.: in Tac. with acc.: in Pl. with contra, adversus): to r. this man's lust, adversari libidini hujus, Cic. Verr. 5, 31, 82: although nature r.s, adversante et repugnante natura, id. Off. 1, 31, 110: v. oppose.
      7. 7. rĕfrāgor, 1: v. thwart.
      8. 8. rĕnītor, 3 (to struggle against): one motion r.s the other, alter motus alteri renititur, Plin. 2, 82, 84: Liv.: Cels.
      9. 9. obnītor, nixus or nisus, 3: v. STRUGGLE AGAINST.
      10. 10. tendo, tĕtendi, tensum, 3 (to strive in opposition): when he sees Catiline r.ing with great force, ubi videt Catilinam magna vi tendere, Sall. C. 60: v. contend. Phr.: to r. avarice, cupiditati obviam ire, Cic. Verr. 1, 41, 106: the other legions dare not r., reliquae legiones contra consistere non audent, Caes. B. G. 2, 17: a hide that r.s all blows, contra omnes ictus culis invicta, Plin. 8, 25, 37: to r. a parent's authority, auctoritati parentis anteire, Tac. A. 5, 3.