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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 about, of, over:
    1. I. To dwell upon in thought:
      1. 1. cōgĭto, 1 (constr. with acc. or abl. with de): whether I t. over any matter, or write or read anything, sive quid mecum ipse c. sive quid aut scribo aut lego, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 1: to t. of nothing but rocks and mountains, nil nisi saxa et montes c., id. ib. 2, 1, 2: to t. very often of our common miseries, persaepe c. de communibus miseriis, id. Fam. 7, 3, 1: v. consider, reflect: to t. over earnestly, toto pectore, animo c., id. Att. 13, 12, extr.; Fam. 1, 7, 3: excogito, 1, is to find out some expedient by t.ing, id. Att. 9, 6: v. devise.
      2. 2. rĕpŭto, 1: to t. over again and again, etiam atque etiam r., Pl. Trin. 3, 2, 48. Join: r. et cogitare, Cic. Deiot. 13, 38.
      3. 3. pŭto, 1 (less freq. than preced.): whilst t.ing of these things I passed by the house unawares, dum haec puto praeterii imprudens villam, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 4: Cic.
      4. 4. mĕdĭtor, 1 (constr. with acc.: rarely de): v. meditate.
      5. 5. commentor, 1 (to t. over thoroughly: constr. with acc. or de): to t. over one's coming miseries, futuras secum c. miserias, Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 29 (poet.): Brut. 88, 301.
      6. 6. verso, 1: also volvo, 3, vŏluto, 1: v. turn over, ponder.
      7. 7. ăgĭto, 1 (usu. with mente, animo: also with acc. or abl. with de): to t. of war, a. in animo bellum, Liv. 21, 2; de bello a., Tac. H. 2, 1: he has nothing else to t. of, habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114. Join: a. et cogitare, id. Fontei. 6, 12.
      8. 8. pensĭto, 1 (constr. with acc. or abl. with de): to t. gloomily over anything, aliquid morosissime p., Suet. Aug. 66: Liv.: Gell.
      9. 9. rĕcordor, 1: v. remember.
      10. 10. prospĭcio, spexi, spectum, 3: v. TAKE CARE OF. Phr.: to t. of anything, cogitationem suscipere de aliqua re, Caes. in Cic. Att. 9, 7, C: I perceive what he is t.ing of, quo animum intendat perspicio, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 3, 10: to t. of the calamities of states, civitatum calamitates animo colligo, id. Inv. 1, 1, 1: can what I am t.ing of be accomplished? fierine potest quod ego mente concipio? Liv. 1, 36: t. in your mind of that which you cannot see with your eyes, animo contemplare quod oculis non potes, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40: I am wont to t. of that time, solet mihi in mentem venire illius temporis, id. Fam. 7, 3, 1: cf. Lat. Gr. § 278, Obs. 5: I have never thought of you as other than you are, nunquam te aliter atque es induxi in animum meum, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 6: he thought of a plan which appeared rash at first sight, ad consilium prima specie temerarium animum adjecit, Liv. 25, 37, ad fin.: v. bethink oneself: he thought of his own advancement rather than the welfare of the state, ad suum magis ille commodum quam ad salutem rei publicae spectabat, Cic. Sest. 16, 37.
    2. II. To be bent upon:
      1. 1. cōgĭto, 1 (with foll. inf.): he who t.s of harming another, is qui nocere alteri cogitat, Cic. Off. 1, 7, 24: v. intend, design, purpose.
      2. 2. mĕdĭtor, 1: v. meditate, II. Phr.: as I am t.ing of doing, ut mihi est in animo facere, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20: he thought of disinheriting him, istum exheredare in animo habuit, id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52.