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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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• stand (v.):
    1. I. Not to sit or lie down:
      1. 1. sto, stĕti, stātum, 1: both of these are s.ing, not sitting, hi stant ambo, non sedent, Pl. Capt. prol. 2: not to fall: when they saw that the walls were s.ing, ut [praeter spem] muros s. viderunt, Liv. 33, 5. Meton.: the republic would be s.ing, you would have fallen, respublica staret, tu concidisses, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24: who as long as I was s.ing could not s., qui me stante stare non poterant, id. Fam. 7, 2: the fortunes of the race s. firm, stat fortuna domus, Virg. G. 4, 209.
      2. 2. persto, stĭti, stātum, 1: the cavalry continued s.ing the whole day, equites diem totum perstabant, Liv. 44, 33.
    2. II. Not to move:
      1. 1. sto, stĕti, stātum, 1: why do you s.? quid stas? Ter. Andr. 5, 6, 15.
      2. 2. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3: s. here at your ease, otiose hic consiste, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 2: v. remain.
    3. III. To halt, stop:
      1. 1. subsisto, stĭti, 3: the rest stood still on the road, reliqui in itinere s., Caes. B. C. 2, 41.
      2. 2. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3: both armies stood still, constitit utrumque agmen, Liv. 21, 46.
      3. 3. rĕsisto, stĭti, 3: upon being again and again called to, he stood still and looked back, ille saepius appellatus aspexit ac restitit, Caes. B. C. 2, 35.
      4. 4. resto, stĭti, 1: if I s. still he hurries me on, si resto, pergit ut eam, Pac. in Non. 77, 25.
      5. 5. quiesco, ēvi, ētum, 2: s.ing waters of the Nile, quiescentes Nili aquae, Plin. 13, 11, 22.
    4. IV. To remain:
      1. 1. sto, 1: men who could not s. at home, qui domo s. non poterant, Cic. Flacc. 6, 14.
      2. 2. consto, stĭti, stātum, 1: neither his complexion nor his expression s.s as it was, non color non vultus ei c., Liv. 39, 34.
      3. 3. măneo, nsi, nsum, 2: nothing s.s always in its proper position, nihil semper suo statu m., Cic. N. D. 1, 12.
      4. 4. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3: those with whom the fault began, by them s.s the punishment, unde culpa orta est ibi poena c., Liv. 28, 26. Phr.. a s.ing grievance: perh. *offensio perpetua.
    5. V. To s. one's ground:
      1. 1. sto, stĕti, stātum, 1: to s. one's ground on the field of battle, in acie s., Liv. 22, 60.
      2. 2. persto, stĭti, stātum, 1: s. your ground and be firm, persta atque obdura, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39.
      3. 3. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 there is some hope that he may at length stand his ground, spes est hunc tandem posse consistere, Cic. Quint. 30, 94.
      4. 4. subsisto, stĭti, 3: to s. his ground against Hannibal, Hannibali subsistere, Liv. 27, 7.
      5. 5. măneo, nsi, nsum, 2: he s.s his ground undaunted, manet imperterritus ille, Virg. Aen. 10, 770: cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 41, m. in loco ordinesque servare.
    6. VI. To be in a particular state: Phr.: the matter s.s thus, sic res se habet, Cic. Fam. 13, 8 as matters s., pro, or e re nata, Cic. Att. 7, 8.
    7. VII. To s. as a rule, obtain currency:
      1. 1. sto, 1: the rule in oratory once wrongly formed stood, semel corrupta regula eloquentiae stetit, Petr. 2.
      2. 2. obtĭneo, tĭnui, tentum, 2. it used formerly to s. for true, pro vero antea obtinebat, Sall. de Rep. Ord. 1, init.
      3. 3. măneo, nsi, nsum, 2: let this s. agreed, that what is base is never expedient, maneat ergo, quod turpe sit, id nunquam utile esse, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 49.
    8. VIII. To stand a thing, endure it:
      1. 1. tŏlĕro, 1. to s. the winter, hiemem t., Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23.
      2. 2. pătior, passus, 3: my vote is that we s. these things, haec patienda censeo, Liv. 21, 13.
      3. 3. perpĕtior, pessus, 3: to s. his falseness, mendacitatem p., Cic. Off. 5, 11, 32.
      4. 4. sustineo, tĭnui, tentum, 2: to s. labours, labores s., Cic. Rep. 1, 3.
      5. 5. perfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3: to s. all manner of indignities, omnes indignitates p., Caes. B. G. 2, 14.
      6. 6. substo, 1: I fear he won't s. it, metuo ut substet, Ter. And. 5, 4, 11.
    9. IX. Legal: Phr.: To s. one's trial, sisti in judicio, Ulp. Dig. 2, 5, 3: sisti, Cic. Quint. 7.
    10. X. To stand, be erected, as buildings:
      1. 1. sto, 1: the walls were already s.ing, moenia jam stabant, Ov. F. 3, 181.
      2. 2. măneo, 2: the fortifications were still s.ing, munitiones integrae manebant, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: cf. Virg. Aen. 3, 85, mansuramque urbem.
    11. XI. To cost: v. stand in.