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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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• trial:
    1. I. The act of trying or making experiment:
      1. 1. expĕrientia: to make t. of certain things, experientiâ quaedam tentare, Varr. R. R. 1, 18: Cic.: v. experiment.
      2. 2. pĕrīclĭtātio: Cic. N. D. 2, 64 (aliquid usu et p. percipere).
      3. 3. expr. to make t. of, by experiri, periclitari: v. to try.
    2. II. Act of putting to proof:
      1. 1. pĕrīcŭlum: to make t. of any one's fidelity, fidei alicujus p. facere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 12, init.
      2. 2. tentātio: t. of perseverance, t. perseverantiae, Liv. 4, 42.
      3. 3. prŏbātio (proof, examination): t. of athletes, p. athletarum, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: see also examination. (Or expr. by verb: v. to try.)
    3. III. Attempt: cōnātus, ūs; and pl. cōnāta, orum: v. attempt.
    4. IV. In religious sense, suffering or affliction sent to try men; usu. pl.: *tribulationes, afflictiones: Scrr. Eccl. (Calamitates virtutis spectandae causa divinitus allatae, R. and A.)
    5. V. Judicial:
      1. 1. jūdĭcium: to bring a person to t., aliquem in j. adducere, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 7, 20: to bring a case to t., causam in j. deducere, ib. § 19: this is the first t. for assassination that has taken place for a long time, longo intervallo j. inter sicarios hoc primum committitur, id. R. Am. 5, init.: this t. is concerning ..., in hac causa j. fit do ..., id. Caec. 2, 4: to undergo t. before the people, populi j. subire, Ascon. in Cic. Scaur.
      2. 2. quaestio (course of legal investigation; esp. in a case affecting the caput of a citizen: a public trial): to move for the t. of any one, q. in aliquem ferre, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: to have the conducting of the t.s for assassination, quaestionem inter sicarios exercere, id. Fin. 2, 16: to hold a t. [judicial investigation] concerning the death of a man, de viri morte q. habere, id. Clu. 65, init. (So expr. by quaero: e. g. quaerere de rebus repetundis, id. Verr. Act. 1, 9, extr.: a trial was held, quaesitum est.) Phr.: to put any one on his t., interrogare aliquem; also postulare, accusare: v. to accuse.