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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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• bond:
    1. I. That which binds:
      1. 1. vincŭlum (both for repressing and for uniting): bodies tightly bound with b.s, corpora constricta vinculis, Cic.: Virg. Fig.: to fly forth from the b.s of the body as from a prison, ex corporum vinculis tanquam e carcere evolare, Cic.: the marriage b., v. jugale, Virg.: b.s of relationship, v. propinquitatis, Cic.
      2. 2. nōdus: the b.s of superstition, nodi religionum, Lucr.: the b. of friendship, n. amicitiae, Cic.: v. knot, entanglement.
      3. 3. cătēna: the b. of the laws, c. legum, Cic.: v. band.
      4. 4. cōpŭla (of that which unites): the unbroken b. (of mutual love), irrupta c., Hor.: the nuptial b., nuptialis c., Apul.: v. tie, leash.
    2. II. In pl., i.q. imprisonment (q. v.): vincŭla, orum: to be hurried away to b.s and darkness, in vincla atque in tenebras abripi, Cic.: Liv.
    3. III. A legal document which binds:
      1. 1. syngrăpha: to lend money on a b., pecuniam alicui per s. credere, Cic.: to deliver judgment on a b., jus ex s. dicere, Cic.
      2. 2. chīrŏgrăphum: Suet.: Gaius.
      3. 3. nōmen: I wish to pay in full, so that the b. may be cancelled and I may owe nothing, volo persolvere ut expungatur n. ne quid debeam, Pl.: v. debt.