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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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• swear:
  1. A. Intrans.:
    1. I. To take an oath:
      1. 1. jūro, 1: if he swore with his hand on the altar, no one would believe, si aram tenens juraret, nemo crederet, Cic. Fl. 36, 90: to s. that one will do something, j. se aliquid facturum esse, Caes. B. C. 3, 13: to s. by the stars, j. sidera, Virg. Aen. 12, 197: to s. by any one, per aliquem j., Cic. Acad. 4, 20, 65: to s. to having a sickness, j. morbum, id. Att. 1, 1: to s. an oath, jusjurandum j., id. Fam. 5, 2.
      2. 2. jūror, dep., 1 (rare): have you not sworn to me? non tu juratus mihi es? Pl. Rud. 5, 2, 16.
      3. 3. dăre jusjūrandum: Pl. Most. 5, 1, 36.
      4. 4. jusjurandum accipere, Caes. B. C. 3, 28.
      5. 5. adjūro, 1: he swore solemnly to me that she was his own daughter, eam suam esse filiam sancte adjurabat mihi, Pl. Cist. 2, 3, 27.
      6. 6. jūrĕjūrando affirmare: Liv. 29, 23. Phr.: to s. allegiance to a man, jurare in nomen alicujus, Suet. Claud. 10: to compel the soldiers to s. allegiance to the Senate, adigere milites sacramento in nomen Senatus, Suet. Galb. 16: to s. by a man (believe in him, lit. swear after his formula), jurare in verba alicujus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 14: to s. that one is not guilty of anything, jurare aliquid, e. g. calumniam, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 8: to s. to observe a law, jurare in legem, Cic. Sest. 16, 37: to s. falsely, jurare falsum, id. Off. 3, 29, 108: s. truly, vere jurare, id. Fam. 5, 2: to s. to the subject of a suit, jurare in litem, id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4.
    2. II. To utter curses, profane language: *diras exsecrationes edere: *impia verba edere: diras deprecationes edere, Plin.: v. curse.
  2. B. Trans.: to s. a thing: v. sup.: to s. a man (put him on his oath), alicui obsecrationem praeire, Suet. Claud. 22: sacramentum praeire, Tac. H. 1, 36: alicui deferre jusjurandum, Quint. 5, 6, 4: aliquem jurejurando obstringere, Caes. B. G. 1, 31: to s. a man into an office, *jurejurando accepto aliquem administrationi praeficere: to s. in soldiers, milites sacramento rogare, Liv. 40, 26 to swear in, adigere aliquos jurejurando, Liv. 22, 38: sworn to kill him, juratus se eum interemturum, Liv. 32, 22.