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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 by:
    1. I. S. close to:
      1. 1. adsisto, stĭti, 3: to s. close to the doors, adsistere ad fores, Cic. Verr. 1, 26, 66.
      2. 2. juxta aliquid, prope aliquid, prope ab aliquo, stare: v. near, hard by.
    2. II. To assist:
      1. 1. adsum, fui: I will s. by your interests, tuis rebus adero, Cic. Fam. 6, 14: cf. Virg. G. 1, 18, s. by me with favour, adsis O Tegeaee favens (usually, to support as an advocate).
      2. 2. assisto, stĭti, 3: I stood by Varrenus, assistebam Varreno, Plin. Ep. 7, 6: v. help, assist.
    3. III. To be true to, abide by:
      1. 1. măneo, nsi, nsum, 2: to s. by one's promises, promissis m., Virg. Aen. 2, 160.
      2. 2. persto, stĭti, stātum, 1: to s. by one's opinion, sententia p.. Caes. B. G. 7, 26.
      3. 3. sto, stĕti, stātum, 1: to s. by one's word, in fide s., Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 28: cf. id. Brut. 79, 273, to s. by the men of character, *s. a bonorum causa.
      4. 4. perh. *servare fidem, promissa: fideliter curare aliquem.