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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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• check (v.):
    1. I. To hold in anything in motion (cf. also inf. II.):
      1. 1. inhĭbeo, 2: to c. willing steeds, volentes equos in., Ov.: to c. the flow of blood, cruorem in., Ov.: to c. an onset, impetum in., Liv.
      2. 2. cŏhĭbeo, 2: stronger than the preceding: v. to restrain.
      3. 3. tĕneo, contĭneo, rĕtĭneo, sustĭneo: all of which signify to bring a thing to a stand-still; whereas inhibeo is only partially to arrest the progress of: v. to hold back, stop.
      4. 4. rĕtardo, 1 (to slacken the speed of): to hold in and c. oxen forcibly, boves fortiter retinere ac r., Col.: to c. the onset of the enemy, hostium impetum r., Cic.: v. to retard.
      5. 5. tardo, 1 (i. q. retardo): to c. the speed of pursuit, celeritatem insequendi t., Hirt.: Caes.: to c. the speed of winged fate, volucris fati alas t., Hor.
      6. 6. mŏror, 1: v. to delay, hinder.
    2. II. To give a check or rebuff to; diminish the force of; impair the activity of:
      1. 1. reprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: I am aware that this pest of the commonwealth may be c.'d for a time, but not for ever kept down, intelligo hanc reipublicae pestem paullisper reprimi, non in perpetuum comprimi posse, Cic.: to c. any one's attempts, conatus alicujus r., Cic.: our soldiers c.'d their course, nostri milites cursum represserunt, Caes.
      2. 2. comprĭmo, 3 (stronger than preceding; see first ex.): v. to restrain, put down.
      3. 3. supprĭmo, 3 (almost = reprimo): to c. an enemy, hostem s., Caes.: to c. the impetuosity of soldiers, militum impetum s., Liv.: to c. anger, iram s., Liv.: v. to suppress, control.
      4. 4. contĭneo, tĭnui, tentum, 2: to c. rashness, temeritatem c., Cic.: v. to restrain.
      5. 5. infringo, frēgi, fractum, 3 (to break the force of): to c. attempts, conatus in., Caes.: Cic.: v. to baffle.
      6. 6. rĕtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3 (lit. to beat back): to c. exuberant spirits, animum qui diffluat r., Ter.: to c. pride, superbiam r., Phaedr.: to c. a colleague, collegam r., Tac.
      7. 7. mollio, 4 (lit. to soften; hence, to tame down, moderate): he c.'d Hannibal by his endurance, Hannibalem patientia sua molliebat, Cic.
      8. 8. sēdo, 1: to c. a pestilence, pestilentiam s., Liv.: v. to allay, restrain.
      9. 9. refraeno, 1: v. to bridle. Phr.: to c. the expression of one's passion, animo et orationi moderari, Cic. (v. to control): to c. crimes, crimina resecare (lit. to amputate them), Juv.
    3. III. To compare accounts: dispungo, xi, ctum, 3: to c. is to compare the receipts and the disbursements, d. est conferre accepta et data, Ulp.; rationes expensorum et acceptorum d., Sen.