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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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• state (subs.):
    1. I. Condition:
      1. 1. stătus, ūs, m.: the s. of public affairs, s. rerum communium, Cic. Fam. 1, 8.
      2. 2. condĭtio, ōnis, f.: s. of slavery, c. servitutis, id. 4, 8, 16.
      3. 3. lŏcus: when he had ascertained the s. of affairs, quum quo in loco res esset cognovisset, Caes. B. G. 2, 26.
      4. 4. sēdes, is, f.: may be God will restore these things to their former s., Deus haec fortasse reducet in sedem, Hor. Epod. 13, 8.
      5. 5. s. of affairs, res, rĕi, f.: you have said nothing in your letter about the s. of your own affairs, nihil de tuis rebus scripsisti, Cic. Fam. 7., 6: v. circumstances, position. Phr.: to restore a thing to its former s., in pristinum statum aliquid restituere, Cic.: to be in a better s., in meliore esse loco, id. Harusp. 28, 61: in a worse s., deteriore esse statu, ib. while things were in this s., hoc statu rerum, Liv. 3, 22: a hopeless s. of health, perdita valetudo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29 in an utterly hopeless state of bankruptcy, plane perditus aere alieno, Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 78. the s. of the times, tempus, ŏris, n.: cf. Cic. Fam. 4, 9: in the present s. of the times, in tali tempore, id. Quint. 1, 1 a dubious and threatening s. of affairs, rerum status dubius et minax, Sen. Agam. 308: a lamentable s. of things, flebilis status, Ov. Trist. 5, 1, 5 the s. of the case with Regulus was better, R. erat in meliore causa, Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100. to be in the same s., in eadem causa esse, Caes. B. G. 4, 4: considering the s. of affairs, pro re nata v. stand (VI.).
    2. II. A body politic:
      1. 1. cīvĭtas, tātis, f.: the councils and assemblages of men associating together on principles of law, which are called s.s, concilia coetusque hominum jure sociati, quae civitates appellantur, Cic. Rep. 6, 13. he convinced the s., civitati persuasit, Caes. B. G. 1, 2.
      2. 2. rēs pūblĭca, or respūblĭca, rei publicae, f.: the whole constitution of the s. is revolutionised, commutata est ratio rei totius publicae, Cic. Att. 1, 8: to do one's duty to the s., reipublicae officium praestare, Caes. B. G. 4, 25.
      3. 3. regnum: (when governed by a king): pass.
      4. 4. impĕrium: (with regard to the power possessed by the s.): v. kingdom, empire. Phr.: to take part in the administration of the s., ad rempublicam accedere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 3: rempublicam attingere, id. Att. 2, 22: rempublicam capessere, id. Sest. 6, 14: also, rempublicam administrare, gerere, Cic.. to guide the helm of s., gubernacula reipublicae tractare, Cic. Sest. 9, 20: to sit at the helm of s., ad gubernacula reip. sedere, id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51: to desert the helm of s., recedere a gubernaculis, id. Fam. 16, 27: abjicere gubernacula, Val. Max. 7, 6, 1: to commit the entire management of the s. to any one, permittere omnem remp. alicui, Cic. Cat. 1, 2: to endanger the s., labefactare remp., id. Fin. 1, 13, 43: to the great detriment of the s., pessimo publico, Varr. R. R. 1, 13: a revolution in the s., mutatio rerum, Cic. Att. 83 conversio rerum publicarum, id. Div. 2, 2, 6: the serious misfortune of the s., gravis casus civitatis, ib.: a s. office, măgistrātus, ūs, m.: hŏnor, ōris, m.: reipublicae munus, Cic. de Or. 1, 45: a minister of s. (under a king), amicus regis, Nep. de Reg. 3, 1: a speech on s. affairs, civilis oratio, Cic. Or. 9, 30: business of the s., nĕgōtium, or, publicum negotium, cf. id. Off. 3, 1: s. papers or records, tabulae publicae, Liv. 26, 36: literae publicae, Caes. B. G. 5. 47: robes of s., insignia magistratuum, Sall. C. 51: insignia dignitatis, Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105: forensia, Suet. Aug. 73: toga purpurea (royal), Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85: a secret of s., aliquid arcani, Liv. 23, 22: mystērium, Cic. Att. 4, 18: s. sacrifices, sacrificia publica, Caes. B. G. 6, 12: or, sacra publica the revenues of the s., vectīgālia: fiscus: pecunia vectigalis, Cic. Verr. 1, 35, 89: v. revenue: to make the property of the s., pūblĭco, 1: in publicum aliquid redigere, Liv. 4, 15: v. confiscate: to feast at the cost of the s., de publico convivari, Cic. Verr. 3, 44, 105.
    3. III. Magnificence, splendour: sŭperbia, magnĭfĭcentia: v. splendour, grandeur.