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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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• return (subs.): ; returning:
    1. I. A going or coming back:
      1. 1. rĕdĭtus, ūs (constr. with ad, in, or acc. of motion: cf. Lat. Gram. § 260) our going and r., noster itus, r., Cic. Att. 15, 5, ad fin.: a r. home from the forum, domum r. e foro, id. Pis. 3, 7.
      2. 2. rĕdĭtio (rarer than preced.): Cic.: Caes.
      3. 3. rĕversio (a turning back before the journey is at an end: cf. Cic. Att. 16, 7, reditus vel potius r.): the r. of fevers, r. febrium, id. N. D. 3, 10, 24.
      4. 4. regressus, ūs: opp. to progressus, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 51. Fig.: a r. to repentance, r. ad poenitendum, Tac. A. 4, 11.
      5. 5. rĕceptus, ūs (in fig. sense): a r. to Caesar's favour, r. ad Caesaris gratiam, Caes. B. C. 1, 1: Liv.
      6. 6. rĕmeātus, ūs: Dig. (App. has rĕmeācŭlum for a way of r., M. 6, p. 174.) Phr.: to answer letters by r. of post, perh. literis statim rescribere, Cic. Att. 8, 1, ad init. (cf. tabellarios quam primum remittere, id. Fam. 14, 23): less classically, *per proximum qui abit cursum publicum literas permittere (Kr.).
    2. II. A giving back, restitution:
      1. 1. restĭtūtio: v. restitution.
      2. 2. rĕdhĭbĭtio (a merc. and leg. t. t.): the r. or the retention of the dowry, r. vel retentio dotis, Cod. Just. 5, 3, 19.
    3. III. Repayment, giving of an equivalent:
      1. 1. rĕmūnĕrātio: nothing is pleasanter than the r. of kindness, nihil remuneratione benevolentiae jucundius, Cic. Am. 14, 49: absol.: id. Off. 2, 20, 69: v. recompense.
      2. 2. vĭcis, f. (a gen. sing.: no nom. sing. or gen. pl.): to make a r. for a kindness, beneficio v. exsolvere, Tac. H. 4, 3; or simply, v. reddere, Plin. Ep. 2, 9, extr.: in r., invicem (one word) v. turn, requital. Phr.: she who loves me, whom I love in r., quae me amat, quam contra amo, Pl. Am. 3, 2, 24 (32): Ter.: such is the r. you make for your life, talia reddis praemia pro vita, Catul. 64, 157: nor do I demand anything in r. for her, neque repeto pro illa quicquam, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 11: I will buy another better mantle in r., aliam pallam redimam meliorem, Pl. Men. 4, 2, 110 (115): to invite any one in r., revocare aliquem, Phaedr. 1, 26, 7: Cic.: to promise in r., repromittere, id. Rosc. Com. 13, 39 (where also occurs the subs. repromissio): to ask a concession and grant it in r., veniam petere dareque vicissim, Hor. A. P. 11. Sometimes expr. by Gk. words: to flout in r., ἀντιμυκτηρίζειν, Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 4: a present in r., ἀντιδῶρον, Ulp. Dig. 5, 3, 25, § 11; ἀντίφερνα (a r. present from the bridegroom) Cod. Just.
    4. IV. Proceeds, profit:
      1. 1. rĕdĭtus, ūs (both sing. and pl.): when the r.s decrease the value (of property) is lessened, decrescente reditu etiam pretium minuit, Plin. Ep. 6, 3: Nep.: Ov.: v. revenue, income.
      2. 2. rĕdactus, ūs: Scaev. Dig. 46, 3, 89.
      3. 3. expr. by quaestus, ūs, v. gain, profit: fructus, ūs, v. fruit.
      4. 4. prĕtium: the r. from the goods they sold, p. rerum quas vendiderint, Phaedr. 4, 5, 47. Phr.: nobody is bound to lay out money on cultivation if he sees there is no possibility of a r., nemo debet sumptum facere si videt non posse refici, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8: Cic. Par. 6, 1, ad fin.: what clear r. there may be for the owners, quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui pervenire, id. Verr. 3, 86, 200: he affirms that there is a r. of 1200 gallons from each juger, denos culeos redire ex jugeribus scripsit, Plin. 14, 4, 5, extr.: the land gives an eightfold r., ager efficit cum octavo, Cic. Verr. 3, 47, 112: a sure r. from my crops, segetis certa fides meae, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 30: the r.s of the sale were divided among the soldiers, quodque inde redactum militibus est divisum, Liv. 5, 16.
    5. V. An official declaration:
      1. 1. prŏfessio (a r. of one's name, income, etc.): to fill in a r., conficere p., Cic. Fam. 16, 23. The verb is prŏfĭteor, fessus, 3: to give in a r. of the spoil he has to the decemvirs, p. apud X viros quantum habeat praedae, id. Agr. 2, 22, 59.
      2. 2. rĕnŭmĕrātio (a r. of elections, votes, etc.): a r. of the votes, r. suffragiorum, Cic. Planc. 6, 14: the verb is renuntiare, v. return (v.) A., III.