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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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    1. I. By single adverbs:
      1. 1. ĭta: what mean you? is it panegyrics? yes, said Antonius, quidnam? an laudationes? ita, inquit Antonius, Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 43: you said, I think, you were called Menaechmus? M. yes, certainly, Menaechmum opinor te vocari dixeras? M. ita vero, Pl. Men. 5, 9, 37.
      2. 2. sic: do you say that Phanium is left alone? G. yes, ais Phanium relictam solam? G. sic, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 2.
      3. 3. maxŭme: throw the dice, father. D. yes, certainly, jace, pater talos. D. maxume, Pl. Asin. 5, 2, 54.
      4. 4. admŏdum.
      5. 5. oppĭdo: so you say he is gone, afraid of his father's arrival? G. yes. P. And that the old man is in a rage? G. yes, exactly, itane patris ais adventum veritum hinc abiisse? G. admodum. P. et iratum senem? G. oppido, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 1.
      6. 6. certe: it is wretched then because it is an evil? A. yes, est miserum igitur quoniam malum? A. certe, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 9.
      7. 7. sāne: is her beauty what they say? P. yes, quite, estne ut fertur forma? P. sane, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 70.
      8. 8. plāne, plānissime: money has been given him to live on while working out some other rascality. G. yes, exactly so, argentumst objectum, ut sit qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagiti conficiat. G. planissume, Ter. Ph. 5, 2, 4.
      9. 9. ĕtiam: do you want anything else? A. yes, that you come directly, numquid vis? A. etiam, ut actutum venias, Pl. Am. 1, 3, 46: to answer either yes or no, aut "etiam" aut "non" respondere, Cic. Acad. 2, 32, 104.
    2. II. By ellipse with enim, enimvero, nempe, in corroborating a preceding assertion: your wife said you called me. S. yes, I did order you to be called, te uxor aiebat tua me vocare. S. ego enim te vocari jussi, Pl. Casin. 2, 4, 2: do you really say so? S. yes I do, ain' tu vero? S. aio enimvero, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 188: I know now what you want, yes, you want me to go away, scio jam quid velis, nempe hinc me abire vis, Pl. Merc. 4, 4, 36.
    3. III. By repetition of the word on which the emphasis rests in the interrogation, and this is probably the most frequent way in Latin of expressing a simple yes as an affirmative to a question: does Demipho deny that she is his kinswoman? G. yes, hanc Demipho negat esse cognatam? G. negat: do you want me? D. yes, you, mene vis? D. te: has he sold her? P. yes, vendidit? P. vendidit, Ter. Ph.: is this your opinion? M. yes, sicinest sententia? M. sic: are you taking her to my father? S. yes, ad patremne ducis? S. ad eum ipsum, Ter. Heaut. Phr.: say either yes or no, vel tu aias vel neges, Pl. Rud. 2, 4., 14: Diogenes says yes, Antipater no, Diogenes ait, Antipater negat, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91: to say yes to a proposal: assentiri: v. to assent.