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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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• support (v.):
    1. I. To bear up, as a weight:
      1. 1. sustĭneo, ui, tentum, 2: to s. an ox on one's shoulders, bovem humeris s., Cic. Sen. 10, 33: an arch s.ing a bridge, fornix quo pons sustinetur, Auct. B. Alex. 19: Hor.
      2. 2. fulcio, suffulcio, 4: v. to prop.
      3. 3. expr. pass. by innītor, sus and xus, 3 (lit. to lean upon): s.'d by two slaves, duobus servis innixus, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 19: v. to prop (3).
      4. 4. sublĕvo, 1 (to lift or bear up): s.ing themselves by the manes of their horses, jubis equorum sublevati, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: he died in the arms of those s.ing him (helping him up), inter manus sublevantium exstinctus est, Suet. Vesp. 24: to be s.'d by corks, *cortice sublevari.
    2. II. To bear without giving way, bear up under: sustĭneo, fĕro, perfĕro, tŏlĕro: v. to bear, endure.
    3. III. To keep (another) from giving way, help to bear:
      1. 1. sustĭneo, 2: cf. Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43, amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit, et sustinuit re, fortuna, fide: to s. the necessities of others, necessitates aliorum s., Liv. So esp. frequent. sustento, 1: one consolation s.s me, me una consolatio s., Cic. Mil. 36, 100.
      2. 2. adjŭvo, ŏpĭtŭlor, etc.: v. to aid, help.
    4. IV. To maintain, nourish:
      1. 1. ălo, ui, ĭtum and ltum, 3: v. to maintain (VI.).
      2. 2. sustĭneo, 2: to be s.'d by any one's liberality, alicujus munificentia sustineri, Liv. 39, 9: Virg. Join: ali et sustineri, Cic. So frequent. sustento, 1: v. to maintain (VI., 2.).
      3. 3. exhĭbeo, 2 (in legal sense, to furnish with a maintenance, whence Eng. an exhibition): to be (legally) compelled to s. children, liberos ex. cogi, Ulp. Dig. 25, 3, 5.
    5. V. To aid:
      1. 1. adjŭvo, jŭvo, 1: v. to assist.
      2. 2. adsum, irr. (to be present with: hence esp. of a superior who stands by another to uphold him by his presence and influence; to s. as an advocate: with dat.): the Athenians s.'d the petition of the Aetolians, aderant precibus Aetolorum Attici, Flor. 2, 9, 3: I as dictator will s. the veto, dictator intercessioni adero, Liv. 6, 38, med.: Dicaearchus s.s this view, cui sententiae adest D., Plin. 2, 65, 65.
      3. 3. sublĕvo, 1 (to lift up, as it were, and succour in need): to defend and s. people, homines defendere atque s., Cic. Div. Verr. 2, 5: to s. in a candidature, aliquem in petitione s., Caes. B. C. 1, 22: v. relieve.
    6. VI. To countenance and help by vote, interest, etc.:
      1. 1. suffrāgor, 1 (vote for: with dat.): Cic.: Liv.: in less exact sense, Hortensius s.s you, opposes me, tibi Hortensius s., me oppugnat, Cic. Div. Verr. 7, 23: and of Fortune aiding, id. Fam. 10, 5.
      2. 2. perh. adsum, irr.: cf. supr. (V.). Phr.: to s. a particular proposal by vote (in the senate), in sententiam aliquam ire, Sall. Cat. 50.
    7. VII. To sustain a part: sustĭneo, 2: v. to sustain.