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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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• rule (subs.):
    1. I. An instrument for measuring with;
      1. 1. rēgŭla: Cic. fr.: Plin.
      2. 2. norma (a carpenter's square: more freq. in sig. II.): Plin. 36, 22, 51.
      3. 3. ămussis, im, f. (carpenter's tool: perh. a square or level): esp. in phr. ad amussim, or as one word, adamussim, precisely according to r., exactly: Aus. Idyll. 16, 11: Varr.: Gell.
      4. 4. dĕcempĕda (10 feet in length: for land-measuring): Cic. Ac. 4, 41, 126 Hor.
    2. II. A regulation, precept, direction:
      1. 1. rēgŭla: the r. of a corrupt custom, pravissimae consuetudinis r., Cic. Br. 74, 258: the r. of right and wrong, juris et injuriae r., id. Fin. 1, 6, 19.
      2. 2. norma: the r. of the ancients, veterum n., Hor. Od. 2, 15, 12: a certain r. of reason, certa rationis n., Cic. Mur. 2, 2.
      3. 3. lex: a fixed r. for versification, versibus certa lex, Cic. Or. 58, 198: a grammatical r., l. grammatica, Gell. 13, 20.
      4. 4. praeceptum: some r.s must be laid down, pr. quaedam danda sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44: r.s for speaking, pr. dicendi, id. Brut. 76, 263.
      5. 5. praescriptum: observing these r.s, haec praescripta servans, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92. Also, praescriptio: the r. of reason, praescriptio rationis, id. Tusc. 4, 9, 22: the r. of half an hour (for speaking), pr. semihorae, id. Rab. perd. 2, 6. Join: hanc normam, hanc regulam, hanc praescriptionem naturae, id. Acad. 4, 46, 140.
      6. 6. formŭla: Join: formula ratioque scribendi, Suet. Aug. 88.
      7. 7. instĭtūtum (standing r. or recognized principle): r.s of society, instituta civilia, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148. Join: [oblitus] consuetudinis et instituti mei, id. Att. 4, 18, 1.
      8. 8. body of r.s, instĭtūtio: according to the r.s of art, ex institutione artis, Auct. ad Her. 3, 9, 16.
      9. 9. in same sense, disciplīna: Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7.
    3. III. Government:
      1. 1. dĭtio: Virg. Aen. 1, 622: Cic. Prov. 13, 32.
      2. 2. impĕrium: Virg. Aen. 6, 796.
      3. 3. rĕgĭmen: the r. of conduct, r. morum, Liv. 4, 8.
      4. 4. regnum: under the r. of Cinara, sub r. Cinarae, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 4.
      5. 5. dŏminātus, ūs: freed from kingly r., d. regio liberata, Cic. Brut. 10, 41: v. government, sway. Phr.: according to r., rite: Auct. pro Dom. 52, 134: or expr. by adj., lēgĭtĭmus: a poem according to r., l. poema, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 109: out of r., inordinate., Cels. 4, 25: or by adj., inordinatus., Quint. 1, 10, 46: to lay down a r., legem sancire: Cic. Am. 12, 40: praescribere: Caes. B. G. 1, 36: uprightness must be the r. of advantage, honestate dirigenda utilitas est, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 83: to live by r., valetudini servire, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, extr.