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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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• set (v.):
  1. A. Trans.
    1. I. To place in an upright position:
      1. 1. stătuo, ui, ūtum, 3: they s. great bowls, magnas crateras statuunt, Virg. Aen. 1, 724: s. the couches here, hic lectulos statuite, Pl. Pers. 5, 1, 7: to s. any one on his head on the ground, aliquem capite ad terram s., Ter. Ad. 3,
      2. 2. 18. 2. sisto, stĭti, stătum, 3: you were s.ing the jar on its head, capite sistebas cadum, Pl. Mil. 3, 2, 36: and we s. the monster in the sacred citadel, et monstrum sacrata sistimus arce, Virg. Aen. 2, 245.
    2. II. To place, fix, station:
      1. 1. pōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: he had not a foot of ground to s. his foot upon, ubi pedem poneret non habebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69: there he s.s a guard, ibi praesidium ponit, Caes. B. G. 2, 5, fin.: to s. an ambush against any one, insidias contra aliquem p., Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.
      2. 2. stătuo, 3: he s. the prisoners in the middle, captivos in medio statuit, Liv. 21, 42, init. Fig.: you have s. his father before his eyes, patrem ante ejus oculos statuisti, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, fin. Comp. constĭtuo, 3: to s. the legions in front of the camp, legiones pro castris c., id. 2, 8, fin.: v. to station.
      3. 3. sisto, 3: he s. the cohorts on the highest peaks of the mountains, cohortes summis montium jugis sistit, Tac. H. 3, 77, init.: to s. the victim before the altars, victimam ante aras s., Ov. M. 15, 132.
      4. 4. lŏco, 1: to s. an ambush for any one, alicui insidias l., Pl. Rud. 2, 5, 17: Caesar ordered fascines to be brought forward and s. opposite, Caesar crates proferri et adversas locari jussit, Caes. B. C. 3, 46, init.: cf. Sall. J. 100, med. (milites in munimentis locare). Comp.: collŏco, 1: to s. the legions upon our necks, legiones in cervicibus nostris c., id. Fam. 12, 23, med.: having got possession of the town, he s.s a guard there, occupato oppido ibi praesidium collocat, Caes. B. G. 1, 38, extr. Fig.: to s. one's hope on the uncertain issue of the future, spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu c., Cic. Quint. 26, 83, fin.
    3. III. To appoint, constitute: stătuo, constĭtuo: v. to appoint.
    4. IV. To plant, as a tree: sĕro, consĕro, 3: v. to plant.
    5. V. To regulate or adjust: as to set a watch: constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3: to s. a clock, horologium c. (Kr.).
    6. VI. To set to music, to adapt, with notes, as a hymn: perh. *(carmini) modos aptare, accommodare.
    7. VII. To fix and arrange jewels:
      1. 1. inclūdo, si, sum, 3: to s. fine emeralds in gold, grandes smaragdos auro i., Lucr. 4, 1127.
      2. 2. expr. by distinguo, xi, ctum, 3 (to mark at intervals, usu. with something brighter to stud): cups of gold, s. with gems, pocula ex auro gemmis distincta, Cic. Verr. 4, 27, 62: so of the stars in the sky, id. N. D. 2, 37, 95: v. to stud.
    8. VIII. To replace in its proper position, as to set a limb:
      1. 1. membrum in suam sedem repellere s. reponere, Cels. 8, 1.
      2. 2. collŏco, 1: to s. a broken thigh, coxam fractam c., Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5: not to s. it well, parum apte c., ib. 2, 1, 5.
    9. IX. Miscell. Phr.: to s. a net, rete ponere, Virg. G. 1, 307: to s. a trap (fig.), insidias alicui parare, Cic. R. Am. 9, 26: as soon as ever he s. foot in the province, simul ac provinciam tetigit, Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 27: I s. a good face upon it, spem voltu simulavi (Ains.): to s. things in order, disponere, ordinare (v. to arrange): to s. in motion, incitare, movere (v. move, motion): to s. a watch (sentry), vigiliam ponere (passim): to s. a razor, *cultrum s. novaculam chalybe acuere s. exacuere (Kr.): to s. sail, vela dare, Virg. Aen. 1, 34; facere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, 9; pandere (unfurl), id. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (v. sail): to s. on foot, instituere: cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30, fin.: I s. the boy a-crying, ad lacrymas puerum coegi, Pl. Bacc. 4, 8, 57: to s. a vessel abroach, *vas terebrare, s. perforare: to s. bounds to a thing, modum alicujus rei habere, Cic. Verr. 2, 59, 144.
  2. B. Intrans.: To decline; to go down; to pass below the horizon:
      1. 1. occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3 (the usual word): the sun setting, rising, solem occidentem, orientem, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23: Cat. 5, 4 (soles occidere et redire possunt): Liv.
      2. 2. ŏbeo, ii, ĭtum, 4 (a somewhat poet. or rhetor. expression): the sun rising and setting, sol oriens et obiens, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, fin.: the stars s. and rise again, sidera obeunt nascunturque, Plin. 2, 26, 24, fin.
      3. 3. dēcēedo, cessi, cessum, 3 (poet.): the sun setting doubles the increasing shadows, sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras, Virg. E. 2, 67: cf. id. G. 1, 222 (decedat stella Coronae).
      4. 4. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 (also chiefly poet.): near the end of the ocean and the setting sun, oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem, id. Aen. 4, 480: Orion s.s, Orion cadit, Hor. Epod. 10, 10: the last ray of the sun when it s.s, extremus cadentis solis fulgor, Tac. G. 45, init.: cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 9.