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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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    1. I. A pace:
      1. 1. grădus, ūs, m.: to recall a s., g. revocare, Virg. Aen. 6, 128: he led his line at a quick s. against the enemy, aciem pleno g. in hostem inducit, Liv. 4, 32: to depart s. by s. from virtue, gradu a virtute desciscere, Vell. 1, 2.
      2. 2. gressus, ūs, m.: he turns his s.s to the walls, gressum ad moenia tendit, Virg. Aen. 1, 410.
      3. 3. vestīgium (a foot-s.): Liv. 9, 45: to remove a s. from Hannibal's side, vestigium abscedere ab Hannibale, id. 27, 4.
      4. 4. passus, ūs, m.: to walk with leisurely s.s, lentis p. spatiari, Ov. M. 2, 572. Phr.: to trace any one's s.s, vestigiis odorari ingressus alicujus, Cic. Pis. 34, 83: to follow in a father's s.s: vestigiis ingredi patris, id. Rep. 6, 24: s. by s., pedetentim, Pac. in Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48. Join: pedetentim et gradatim, Cic. Fam. 9, 14: also, minutatim et gradatim, id. Acad. 2, 16, 491. Phr.: he passed from the aedileship to the censorship at one s., ex aedilitate gradum ad censuram fecit, Liv. 27, 6: this is a s. towards my return, hic gradus mei reditus est, Cic. Att. 7, 23: to quicken one's s.s, gradum celerare, Virg. Aen. 4, 641: to take long s.s, ingenti passu gradiri, Ov. M. 13, 776.
    2. II. A round in a ladder; gradus, ūs, m.: a flight of s.s, scālae: v. stair.
    3. III. Fig.: a measure, plan: rătio, consĭlium: v. measure. Phr.: I took s.s to save Marius from a fine, ut multa Mario depelleretur a me inita ratio est, id. Fam. 5, 20: to take the first s., incĭpere: v. begin: what s.s shall I take? quam insistam viam? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 3: he did not advance a single s., cubitum nullum processit, Cic. Att. 13, 12: to make a false s., prave insistere, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 34: this seems to me a false s., hoc mihi videtur factum prave, ib. 4, 4, 24.