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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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• term (subs.):
    1. I. Limit: termĭnus: there is no fixed t. for old age, senectutis nullus est certus t., Cic. Sen. 20, 72: the t. of life, vitae termini, id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29: v. bound, limit.
    2. II. A stated period of time:
      1. 1. spătium (a length of time): a t. of about 30 days, dierum fere triginta s., Cic. Verr. 2, 39, 96: a set and appointed t., comparatum et constitutum s., id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6: to hold for a long t., longo s. tenere, id. Off. 2, 23, 81: Hor.: v. period.
      2. 2. dies, ei (an appointed time: most freq. f. in this sense): the t. of the truce had expired, d. induciarum exierat, Liv. 4, 30, ad fin.: a fixed t., expr. by d. stata, id. 27., 23, extr.; praestituta, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: I fix a tolerably long t., d. statuo satis laxam, id. Att. 6, 1, 16 (for payment): v. time.
      3. 3. *termĭnus: in M. L. it is used for a law or university t.: Easter t., t. Paschalis.
    3. III. A word, expression:
      1. 1. verbum: in set t.s, verbis conceptis, Cic. Clu. 48, 134: v. word.
      2. 2. termĭnus: used as a t. t. in arithmetic, Boëth. Inst. Arithm. 2, 47, et pass.: by writers on logic to denote the subject or predicate of a proposition. Phr.: the decree of the senate is couched in such t.s that ..., senatus consultum ea perscriptione est ut ..., Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 4.
    4. IV. In the pl., Conditions:
      1. 1. condĭtio: the fairness of the t.s, aequitas conditionum, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, ad init.: when peace was made on those t.s, quum in eas c. pax conveniret, Liv. 29, 12, ad fin.: the t.s were not acceded to, c. non convenerunt, Nep. Han. 6, 2: on any t.s, ulla conditione, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55.
      2. 2. lex, lēgis, f.: to debate about the t.s (of surrender), disceptare de legibus, Liv. 26, 17: we are born on these t.s, ea lege ... ea conditione, nati sumus, ut ..., Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2. Phr.: to come to t.s, comparare inter se, Liv. 24, 10: v. agree: if they could come to t.s, si posset inter eos aliquid convenire, Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: I will not drink on any other t.s, non alia bibam mercede, Hor. Od. 1, 27, 13.
    5. V. In certain phrr., relation of friendship or enmity: expr. by various phrr.: I am on good t.s with him, mihi cum illo magna gratia est, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: if the Romans wish to be on good t.s with them, si suam gratiam Romani velint, Caes. B. G. 4, 7: relatives on good t.s with one another, bene convenientes propinqui, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58 to be on bad t.s with his sister, esse in simultate cum sorore, Nep. Att. 17, 1: on what terms is Maecenas with you? Maecenas quomodo tecum? Hor. S. 1, 9, 43.