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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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• stop (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To close an aperture by filling or obstructing:
      1. 1. obtūro, 1 (as with a stopper), to s. one's throat up, gutturem (guttur) o., Pl. Aul. 2, 4, 25: to s. one's ears (refuse to listen), aures o., Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105. Join: obstruere et obturare, Cic.
      2. 2. occlūdo, si, sum, 3 (as by a bolt or lock): v. to shut up. Fig.: to s. one's tongue, o. linguam, Pl.
      3. 3. obsĭdeo, obsīdo: v. to block up, obstruct.
    2. II. To prevent from going on:
      1. 1. sisto, stĭti, stătum, 3. to s. the flow of water in rivers, s. fluviis aquam, Virg. Aen. 4, 489: to s. horses, equos s., ib. 12, 355: Liv.: to s. the flow of blood, sanguinem s., Tac. A. 15, 54.
      2. 2. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (by holding with the hand): to s. a thief, furem t., Pl. (Kr.): v. to hold, detain. So comps.: (1.) rĕtĭneo, 2: v. to hold back, hold fast. (2.) sustĭneo, 2 (esp. to pull up a horse): Caes. B. G. 4, 33 (equos incitatos s.): Cic.
      3. 3. ĭnhĭbeo, 2 (to hold in as with reins, not necessarily to s. altogether): v. to hold in. To s. the flow of blood, sanguinem i., Ov. M. 7, 849.
      4. 4. sometimes mŏror, dēmŏror, rĕmŏror, tardo, rĕtardo, 1 (to delay, check the speed of) may serve: to s. the rapid flow of rivers, rapidos fluminum lapsus morari, Hor. Od. 1, 12, 9: s.'d the flight of winged fate, volucris fati tardavit alas, ib. 2, 17, 24: v. to delay, check. Phr.: to s. (hold) one's breath, animam comprimere, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 28: to s. any one's tongue (silence him), alicui linguam comprimere, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 195: to s. a traveller on his way, viatorem consistere cogere, Caes. B. G. 4, 5: to s. (catch, intercept), the enemy in his flight, hostes fugientes excipere: v. to intercept (I., 3).
    3. III. To put a s. to: comprĭmo, rĕprĭmo, compesco, etc.: v. stop, subs., also to check, restrain.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To come to a standstill, pause:
      1. 1. sisto, 3: both as v. intr. and with pron. refl.: uncertain where they may be allowed to s., incerti ubi s. detur, Virg. Aen. 3, 7: they s. not in their headlong career before ..., non prius se ab effuso cursu sistunt, Liv. 6, 29. Freq. in sepulchral inscrr. s. traveller! siste viator! Esp. in comps.: (1.) consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3: now to go more quickly, now to s., ire modo ocius interdum c., Hor. S. 1, 9, 9: Caes. B. G. 4, 5: Ter. (2.) rĕsisto, 3: to s. at any one's call, ad verba revocantis r., Ov. M. 1, 503: (the stag) s.'d by the fountain, ad fontem restitit, Phaedr.: to s. (in flight) for the purpose of fighting, pugnandi causa r., Caes. B. G. 5, 51. (3.) insisto, 3: the motions of the stars s., (in contrast to acceleration or retardation), motus stellarum i., Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103: to s. for a moment (in speaking), i. paulum, id. Fin. 5, 25, 75. (4.) subsisto, 3 (to pause a little before going on): v. to halt, pause. (5.) dēsisto, 3: v. to cease.
      2. 2. with ref. to persons riding or driving: expr. by equum (equos) inhibere, sustinere: v. supr. (A., II.).
    2. II. To stay, remain:
      1. 1. măneo, nsi, nsum, 2: v. remain. Esp. = to s. the night over, in travelling: to s. at any one's house, apud aliquem m., Cic. Att. 4, 18: Hor. S. 1, 5, 37, etc.
      2. 2. commŏror, 1 (to make a stay at any place): to s. (for some time) at a person's house, apud aliquem c., Cic. Man. 5, extr.: he s.'d about 25 days in that place, dies circiter xxv. in eo loco commoratus, Caes. B. G. 5, 7.
      3. 3. sto, stĕti, stātum, 1 (to stand waiting): Cic. Pis. 6, 13 (fig.).
    3. III. To leave off doing anything: dēsĭno, ŏmitto, intermitto (to leave off for a time): v. to cease.