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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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• command (v.):
    1. I. To give a command:
      1. 1. impĕro, 1 (foll. by dat. and ut and subj.: esp. used of a command given by military officers): v. to order.
      2. 2. jŭbeo, jussi, jussum, 2 (foll. by acc. and infin.: implying less authoritativeness than 1): v. to bid.
      3. 3. praecĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (i. e. to give instruction; as one having knowledge: foll. both by inf. and by ut with subj.): v. to instruct, direct; v. also to proclaim, decree.
    2. II. To be in command:
      1. 1. impĕro, 1 (with dat. or absol.): he who obeys modestly seems worthy to c. some day, qui modeste paret, videtur qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse, Cic.: v. to govern.
      2. 2. impĕrĭto, 1 (frequent. of 1): to c. great armies, magnis legionibus imp., Hor.: Lucr. But of commanding an army more usu.,
      3. 3. praesum, fui, esse (with dat.): to c. a fleet or army, classi, exercitui p., Caes.: v. HEAD OF, TO BE AT.
      4. 4. dūco, xi, ctum, 3 (with acc.): to c. the first pilus or century, primum pilum d., Caes.: to c. part of an army, partem exercitus d., Sall. In the same way is used ducto, 1 (frequent.), of continued command: Sall.
      5. 5. praesĭdeo, sēdi, 2 (with dat.): to c. an army, exercitui p., Tac.
    3. III. Of situation.
      1. 1. specto, aspecto, 1: v. to look towards.
      2. 2. prospecto, 1: the villa c.s a view of the Sicilian and Tuscan sea, villa p. Siculum et Tuscum mare, Phaedr.: Plin. Ep. Phr.: the villa, though situated at the foot, has as c.ing a view as if it were at the top, villa in colle imo sita prospicit quasi ex summo, Plin. Ep.: a dining-room which c.s the same view as the portico, coenatio quae eadem quae porticus aspicit, Plin.: so with intueri, Plin.: if the view is below, despicere, Plin.: v. view. Phr.: a fortress c.ing the city, arx urbi imminens: cf. Liv. 21, 11: the beach was c.'d by the adjoining heights, ex locis superioribus in litus tela conjici poterant, Caes. B. G. 4, 23.