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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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• win:
      1. 1. vinco, vīci, victum, 3 (to w. in competition): the Romans had not won by valour or in open field, non virtute neque in acie vicisse Romanos, Caes. B. G. 7, 9: that side won in the senate which preferred favour to truth, vicit in senatu pars illa quae vero gratiam praeferebat, Sall. J. 16: to w. a trial, vincere judicio, Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 53: to w. a bet, sponsione v., id. Quint. 27, 84: to w. a cause, causam v., Ov. H. 16, 75.
      2. 2. lucror, 1: they play at dice with such heedlessness of winning or losing that they will, when all is gone, stake their own person, aleam exercent tanta lucrandi perdendive temeritate, ut, cum omnia defecerunt, de corpore contendant, Tac. G. 24: who returned having won a name from conquered Africa, qui domita nomen ab Africa lucratus rediit, Hor. Od. 4, 8, 19.
      3. 3. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: he was to w. the whole sum who threw the highest throw, tollebat universos denarios qui Venerem jecerat, Suet. Aug. 71.
      4. 4. acquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 3: to w. friends, acquirere amicos, Sall. J. 13: v. to get, to gain.
      5. 5. consĕquor, sĕcūtus, 3 (to attain to): that you may w. the highest honours, ut amplissimos honores consequare, Cic. Planc. 5, 13.
      6. 6. assĕquor, 3: to w. immortality, immortalitatem assequi, Cic. Planc. 37, 90.
      7. 7. concĭlio, 1 (to make friendly): legions which he was intending to w. over to himself by money, legiones quas sibi conciliare pecunia cogitabat, Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 2: to w. the heart of the commons, conciliare animos plebis, Liv. 1, 35.
      8. 8. allĭcio, lexi, lectum, 3 (to entice): there is nothing which so w.s and attracts as does similarity of character to friendship, nihil est quod tam alliciat et tam attrahat quam ad amicitiam similitudo, Cic. Am. 14, 50. Phr.: boasting that he never won more at play, glorians nunquam se prosperiore alea usum, Suet. Cal. 41.