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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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• surpass:
    1. I. To excel: vinco: sŭpĕro, exsŭpĕro: alicui excello: v. excel.
    2. II. To exceed, go beyond:
      1. 1. excēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: with fool-hardiness s.-ing human belief, temeritate humanam fidem excedente, Vell. 2, 51.
      2. 2. transgrĕdior, gressus, 3: s.ing Marcellus (in the number of his battles), M. Marcellum transgressus, Plin. 7, 25, 25, § 92.
      3. 3. exsŭpĕro, 1: he s.s the Tarquins in pride, Tarquinios exs. superbia, Liv. 3, 11.
      4. 4. praesto, stĭti, stĭtum and stātum, 1: they s. the rest of the world in valour, caeteros mortales virtute p., Liv. 5, 36. Phr.: to surpass belief, supra esse quam cuiquam credibile est, Sall. Cat. 5: s.ing one's powers, ultra vires, Virg. Aen. 6, 114: to dress in a manner s.ing one's means, vestiri supra vires, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: its difficulty s.s belief, asperius est opinione, Sall. J. 85, init.: it s.s imagination, *majus est quam quis cogitatione comprehendat, complectatur.