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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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• substitute (v.):
      1. 1. substĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3: you have s.d another Verres for yourself, pro te substituisti alterum Verrem, Cic. Verr. 3, 69, 161: Nero s.d another picture for it, aliam tabulam pro ea s. Nero, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91: knights were s.d for Sicilians, equites Siculis substituti, Liv. 29, 1, fin.
      2. 2. rĕpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: to s. your own letters (for erased writing), ut reponas epistolas tuas, Cic. Fam. 7, 18: to s. Aristophanes for Eupolis, A. pro E. r., Cic. Att. 12, 6 b: to s. another word, r. aliud verbum, Quint. 11, 2, 49.
      3. 3. suppōno, 3: I s. a better than myself to help you, meliorem quam ego sum s. tibi, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 6: to s. tin and brass for silver and gold, stannum et orichalcum pro argento et auro s., Suet. Vit. 5. Join: to s. Roman citizens for them, in eorum locum substituere et supponere cives Romanos, Cic. Verr. 5, 28, 72.
      4. 4. subjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to s. another word for the proper one, pro verbo proprio s. aliud, Cic. Or. 27, 92: esp. to s. false for true: to s. false wills, testamenta s., Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 7: v. to forge, II., foist.
      5. 5. subdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: s.d for them, in eorum locum subditi, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 12: and v. forge, counterfeit.
      6. 6. suffĭcio, fēci, fectum, 7 (esp. to elect as a magistrate in place of, cf. Tac. Ann. 4, 16). v. successor. Of things: that other teeth are s.d, alios dentes suffici, Plin. 7, 16, 15.
      7. 7. subrŏgo, 1 (of magistrates): Cic. Rep. 2, 37: Liv.
      8. 8. sublĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3: Liv. 23, 23: Tac. Ann. 11, 25. Phr.: we must s. the word which has the nearest meaning, utendum proximâ derivatione verborum, Quint. 3, 7, 25: pillars were s.d for forked gable props, furcas subiere columnae, Ov. Met. 8, 701.