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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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• watch (v.):
    1. I. Trans.:
      1. 1. custōdio, 4 (to guard): the youth who w. your person and your house, juventus quae tuum corpus domumque custodit, Cic. Mil. 25, 67.
      2. 2. observo, 1 (to w. narrowly): he w.'d for the dog to be asleep, observavit dum dormitaret canis, Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 133: they w. how he is engrossed, occupationem ejus observant, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22: to lie in wait and w. for, insidiari et observare, id. Or. 62, 210: I bade him w. his opportunity for delivering the letter, praecepi ut tempus observaret epistolae reddendae, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1: to w. the door, januam o., Pl. Asin. 2, 2, 7.
      3. 3. servo, 1: my wife w.s me, uxor me servat, Pl. Rud. 4, 1, 4: Tisiphone w.s the vestibule, Tisiphone servat vestibulum, Virg. Aen. 6, 556.
      4. 4. spĕcŭlor, 1 (to look out for): to w. and examine everything, omnia speculari et perscrutari, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: the eyes and ears of many will w. and observe you, multorum te oculi et aures speculabuntur et custodient, id. Cat. 1, 2, 6.
      5. 5. exspecto, 1 (to w. with hope, desire): I w. for your return with hope, reditum spe exspecto, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 5: the state is w.ing most eagerly for that, eam rem avidissime civitas exspectat, id. Phil. 14, 1, 1.
      6. 6. insĭdior, 1 (with treacherous intent): Gracchus, thinking that they must w. for this opportunity, huic Gracchus insidiandum tempori ratus, Liv. 23, 35, ad fin. Phr.: to have any one w.'d, custodem (custodes) alicui dare, ponere, imponere: Cic.: Caes.: to have a place w.'d, locum custodiis munire, Cic.: he w.'d for a chance to overwhelm the other general and army, in alterius ducis exercitusque opprimendi occasionem imminebat, Liv. 25, 20.
    2. II. Intrans.:
      1. 1. vĭgĭlo, 1 (not to sleep, to be vigilant, attentive): to w. till late at night, ad multam noctem vigilare, Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: we must always w., vigilandum 'st semper, Att. in Cic. Planc. 24, 59: I will be sentinel and w. for you, excubabo vigilaboque pro vobis, Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18.
      2. 2. excŭbo, 1 (to lie out on guard): two legions were w.ing before the camp, duae legiones pro castris excubabant, Caes. B. G. 7, 24: Cerberus w.s before the door, Cerberus excubat ante fores, Tib. 1, 3, 72.
      3. 3. animum adverto (to w. with mind as well as eye): let them w. that no tumult arise, animadverterent ne quid tumultus oriretur, Liv. 4, 45: v. to attend, attentive.