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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 (subs.):
    1. I. Delay, hindrance: esp. in phr. to put a stop to:
      1. 1. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3: to put a s. to sedition, seditionem c., Liv. 2, 23, med.: Cic. (In sim. sense, reprimo, to check, as for a time: the diff. between comprimo and reprimo is seen in the foll. passage: hanc pestem paullisper reprimi, non in perpetuum comprimi posse, Cic. Cat. 1, 12, fin.)
      2. 2. compesco, ui, 3: he put a s. to a mutiny by a single word, exercitus seditionem uno verbo compescuit, Tac. A. 1, 42: to put a s. to uproar, clamorem c., Hor. Od. 2, 20, 23: Lucr. (Not so in Cic.)
      3. 3. cŏhĭbeo, 2 (less strong): v. to restrain.
      4. 4. exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (a very strong expr.: to put an end to, annihilate): Cic.: v. to destroy.
      5. 5. dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (to break off, interrupt): to put a s. to a battle (before it is finished), pugnam, proelium d., Caes.: Liv.: so, to put a s. to mutiny, seditionem d., Front. Str. 1, 8, 6.
      6. 6. ŏmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to leave off doing something; whereas the precedd. chiefly refer to stopping others): let us put a s. to mourning, omittamus lugere, Cic. Br. 67, fin.: Hor.
      7. 7. to put a temporary s. to, moram alicui rei facere, moram inferre: v. delay.
    2. II. Pause: intermissio, quies, pausa (a word best avoided, though used by Lucr., Pl., and revived by Gell., etc.): or expr. by verb: v. pause, intermission; and to stop (B.).
    3. III. Mark of punctuation: interpunctum, interpunctio, distinctio: v. punctuation.
    4. IV. In an organ: perh. ĕpistŏmium (R. and A.); or with reference to the handle pulled, perh. căpŭlus: v. handle. To open all the s.s, omnia sonorum itinera aperire, Bau. (R. and A.).