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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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• rest (v.):
  1. A. Intrans.:
    1. I. To be at rest, repose:
      1. 1. quiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (very freq. in the poets): the sword r.s in its sheath, ensis vagina quiescit, Stat. S. 4, 5, 51: the raging seas had r.'d (sunk to rest), saeva quierant aequora, Virg. Aen. 4, 523: of r. in sleep, Cic. Verr. 4, 14, 32: of r. in the grave; mayst thou r. calmly, placide quiescas, Tac. Agr. 46: the land r.s (i. e. lies fallow), terra quiescit, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 40.
      2. 2. rĕquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3: to r. on one's bed, r. lecto, Prop. 1, 8, 33: not to r. at all during the night, r. nullam partem noctis, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: when the mind r.s after many dangers, ubi animus ex multis periculis requievit, Sall. C. 4, ad init.: esp. of the dead: to r. in the grave, r. in sepulcro, Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: to r. in peace, r. in pace, Inscr.
      3. 3. acquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to become physically quiet): to r. three hours, tres horas a., Cic. Att. 13, 34: to r. (= to die) in his 70th year, anno a. septuagesimo, Nep. Han. 13: Inscr.
      4. 4. conquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to r. wholly): to r. at noontide, meridie c., Caes. B. G. 7, 46: when has his dagger r.'d (= been unemployed)? quando illius sica conquievit? Cic. Mil. 14, 37.
      5. 5. interquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to r. between whiles, pause): when I had said this, and had r.'d a little, cum haec dixissem et paululum interquievissem, Cic. Brut. 23, 91: Sen. Ep. 78, 9.
      6. 6. cesso, 1 (to be inactive): if you can r. awhile, si quid c. potes, Virg. Ecl. 7, 10: why are your feet at r.? quid cessarunt pedes? Phaedr. 1, 9, 5. Phr.: to r., quietem capere, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: the Furies never let them r., Furiae nunquam consistere patiuntur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66: to r. from care and business, vacare cura et negotio, id. Leg. 1, 3, 8: my eyes r.'d on their countenances, oculi mei in eorum vultu habitabant, id. Phil. 12, 1, 2: "here r.s" (in epitaphs), hic situs est, Tib. 3, 2, 29: v. lie.
    2. II. To be supported on, depend upon:
      1. 1. nītor, nīsus and nixus, 3 (constr. with abl.: rarely abl. with in, or de: in fig. sense with in and abl. or adv. of place): to r. on his spear, n. hasta, in hastam, Virg. Aen. 6, 760; 12, 398: v. to lean. Fig.: to r. on his influence, auctoritate n., Caes. B. C. 3, 43: on whose life r.'d the safety of the state, in cujus vita nitebatur salus civitatis, Cic. Mil. 7, 19.
      2. 2. innītor, nixus or nīsus (Tac.), 3 (constr. with dat. or abl.): r.ing on his spear, innixus hastae, Ov. M. 14, 819: Caes. Fig.: these concerns, r.ing on the shoulders of us all, haec innixa in omnium nostrum humeris, Auct. Har. Resp. 27, 60.
      3. 3. annītor, nīsus or nixus, 3 (to lean upon: constr. with ad or dat.): a spear r.ing against a pillar, hasta annixa columnae, Virg. Aen. 12, 92: Cic. Am. 23, 88.
      4. 4. rĕquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (very rare): the vine r.s on the elm, vitis requiescit in ulmo, Ov. M. 14, 665.
      5. 5. expr. by sĭtum esse (in aliquo, in aliqua re; only in fig. sense): as far as r.s with me, quantum est situm in nobis, Cic. Arch. 1, 1: the sole power in this affair r.s with you, hujusce rei potestas omnis in vobis sita est, id. Mur. 39, 83: v. depend. Phr.: r.ing against the trunk of a tree, arboris acclinis trunco, Virg. Aen. 10, 835: the supreme power r.'d with him, ad hunc respiciebat summa imperii, Caes. B. C. 3, 5: the power r.s upon your shoulders, humeris tuis sedet imperium, Plin. Pan. 10.
  2. B. Trans.: To cause to rest or depend:
      1. 1. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: the cranes r. their heads and necks on the backs of those who fly before them, grues in tergo praevolantium colla et capita reponunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125. Fig.: I r. the whole cause on your clemency and good feeling, in vestram mansuetudinem atque humanitatem totam causam repono, id. Sull. 33, 92.
      2. 2. applĭco, āvi, and ui, ātum and ĭtum, 1 (to place near or at): to r. themselves against the trees, a. se ad arbores, Caes. B. G. 6, 27.