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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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• think:
    1. I. To have ideas in the mind: cōgĭto, 1: to a learned and educated man to live is to t., docto homini et erudito vivere est c., Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 111. Phr.: man, born to t. and act, homo ad intelligendum et ad agendum natus, id. Fin. 2, 13, 40: to t. aright, mente recte uti, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100: if any one t.s whilst journeying or walking, si quis in itinere aut in ambulatione secum ipse meditetur, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: v. thought: in exclamations it is expr. by an infin.: to t. that this sun has risen so unpropitiously for me! hunccine solem tam nigrum surrexisse mihi, Hor. S. 1, 9, 72: Lat. Gr. § 516.
    2. II. To entertain an opinion:
      1. 1. arbĭtror, 1 (in Cic. sometimes as pass.: see Verr. 5, 41, 106, Zumpt: prop. a leg. t. t. of giving evidence: to believe): I t. so, we do not know for certain, a., certum enim non scimus, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 30: to t. that the war could be quickly finished, a. id bellum celeriter confici posse, Caes. B. G. 3, 28.
      2. 2. existĭmo, 1: (prop. to judge of the value of any thing): I quite t. so, ita prorsus e., Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14: the system is thought to have been brought over into Gaul, disciplina in Galliam translata esse existimatur, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: to t. badly of any one, male de aliquo e., Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36: to t. kindly of, amabiliter in aliquem e., Anton. in Cic. Att. 14, 13.
      3. 3. pŭto, 1 (prop. to form an opinion after due examination: in Ov. and the later poets often pŭtŏ, e. g. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 2): do you t. that I say these things in jest? jocari me putas? Cic. Att. 16, 5, ad fin.: you used to t. that my trifles were something, tu solebas meas esse aliquid p. nugas, Catul. 1, 3.
      4. 4. reor, rătus, 2 (the word belongs to poet. and the high style, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153): do you t. that he became mad after killing his mother? an tu reris eum occisa insanisse parente? Hor. S. 2, 3, 134: I find them to be more numerous than I thought, plures quam rebar esse cognovi, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 5.
      5. 5. ŏpīnor, 1 (Cic. makes the same remark as on the preced., l. c.): from the first rise of living creatures, as I t., a primo, ut o., animantium ortu, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31: to t. ill of Caesar, male o. de Caesare, Suet. Aug. 51.
      6. 6. censeo, 2 (prop. of a formal expr. of opinion): I t. we must rise and retire to rest, surgendum c. et requiescendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 90, 367: v. judge.
      7. 7. dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (account, consider): to t. anything of little moment, parvi d. aliquid, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: they t. nothing right but what seems good in their eyes, nil rectum nisi quod placuit sibi ducunt, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 83: v. regard, hold, consider.
      8. 8. crĕdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: v. believe: it is often used ironically.
      9. 9. sentio, si, sum, 4 (to feel): to t. one thing and speak another, aliud s., aliud loqui, Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 21: if you were in my place you would t. differently, tu si hic sis aliter sentias, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 10: to t. wonderfully well of any one, mirabiliter de aliquo s., Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5: v. feel, be of opinion.
      10. 10. suspĭcor, 1 (surmise): I thought my book would please you, placiturum tibi esse librum meum suspicabar, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 7, 1 (2, 9, 1).
    3. III. The orat. obliq. may sometimes expr. the verb to t., esp. in histor. style: cf. Lat. Gr. § 466, Obs. Phr.: as I t., mea sententia, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95: v. opinion: I t. quite differently, longe mihi alia mens est, Sall. Cat. 52, ad init.: the multitude being in confusion through not knowing what to t. of the deed, tumultuans multitudo incerta existimatione facti, Liv. 4, 15, ad init.: quicker than was thought, opinione celerius, Cic. Fam. 14, 23: I t. that I have often heard, saepe mihi videor audisse, id. N. D. 1, 21, 58: I would not venture to write it unless Panaetius thought so too, scribere id non auderem nisi idem placeret Panaetio, id. Off. 2, 14, 51: to t. more highly of, pluris facere, id. Fam. 3, 4, 2: v. value, esteem: they thought that the last night was come upon the universe, novissimam illam noctem mundo interpretabantur, Plin. Ep. 6, 20.