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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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• satisfy:
    1. I. To supply the natural desires fully:
      1. 1. expleo, ēvi, ētum, 2: to s. long-continued thirst, diuturnam sitim ex., Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: to s. hunger, famem ex., Phaedr. 3, 18, 5: to s. the expectation of long-continued desire, expectationem desiderii diuturni ex., Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205.
      2. 2. impleo, 2: to be s.'d (satisfy oneself) with wine and wild flesh, Bacchi ferinaeque impleri, Virg. Aen. 1, 215.
      3. 3. sătio, 1 (to satisfy completely; to satiety): v. to sate, satiate.
    2. II. To give satisfaction to, or please.
      1. 1. sătisfăcio, 3 (often written separately): to s. a petitioner, alicui petenti s., Cic. Or. 41, 140: to s. a god (offer the proper worship to him), deo s., Cic. Fam. 14, 7, med.
      2. 2. plăceo, 2 (with dat.): dēlecto, 1 (stronger than placeo): v. satisfaction (II., 2).
      3. 3. respondeo, di, sum, 2 (to answer to expectations: esp. of crops yielding a good return): cf. Col. 2, 1, med., humus magno fenore colono respondet: also Virg. G. 1, 47, illa seges votis respondet avari agricolae (thoroughly satisfies him).
      4. 4. expr. to be satisfied by sătis habeo, 2 (to have enough, to be content with): he declares he is s.'d, and more than s.'d, satis superque se habere dicit, Cic. R. Com. 4, 11: foll. by infin., to be s.'d with defending (defendere), Nep. Han. 10, fin.
    3. III. To pay, recompense, indemnify, etc.: sătisfăcio, 3: to s. the Aedui for injuries, Aeduis de injuriis s., Caes. B. G. 1, 14: to s. the Sicilians, Siculis s., Cic. Verr. 5, 53, init.: to s. the absent (creditors), absentibus satisfacere, Cic. Fl. 20, 47: v. pay.
    4. IV. To convince, assure: persuādeo, si, sum, 2 (with dat.): esp. in phr., I am (perfectly) s.'d, mihi persuasum (persuasissimum) est: v. to persuade, convince.