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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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• after (prep.):
    1. I. Behind: q. v.
    2. II. At a later time:
      1. 1. post (with acc.: the most general word): a. the proconsulship of M. Brutus, post M. Brutum proconsulem, Cic.: six years a. the taking of Veii, sexennio post Veios captos, Cic.: a. the death of Orgetorix, post Orgetorigis mortem, Caes.
      2. 2. ā or ăb (with abl., and usu. with an adverb): immediately a. the sacrifice, jam ab re divina, Pl.: immediately a. the battle, statim a proelio, Liv.
      3. 3. ex or ē (with abl.): a. his consulship Cotta set out into Gaul, Cotta ex consulatu est profectus in Galliam, Cic.: one thing a. another hinders me every day, me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit, Cic.: cheapness suddenly followed a. the greatest scarcity, repente vilitas annonae ex summa inopia consecuta est, Cic.
      4. 4. dē (with abl.: very rare): immediately a. the sale, statim de auctione, Cic. Note. A or ab, de, and ex or e, all denote what happens immediately after; and ex frequently indicates that what follows arises out of what previously happened.
      5. 5. sŭb (i. e., following immediately upon: with acc.): a. saying this, they all prostrated themselves in the vestibule, sub haec dicta omnes in vestibulo procubuerunt, Liv.: your letter was read immediately a. that of Lepidus, sub literas Lepidi statim recitatae sunt tuae, Cic.
      6. 6. sĕcundum (less precise than the fore-going: of what follows in general with acc.): a. this day, s. hunc diem, Cic.: a. this battle the consul went to Messana, s. hanc pugnam consul Messanam venit, Liv. Phr.: the day a. the acquittal of Messala, Hortensius came into the theatre, postridie Messalae absolutionem in theatrum Hortensius introiit, Cael. ad Cic. N.B. When the Eng. word is foll. by a verbal subs., the phrase may often be rendered (a) by the abl. absol.: a. the completion of that work, he posts guards in various places, eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, Caes.: a. the taking of Saguntum Hannibal had retired into winter-quarters, Hannibal, Sagunto capto, in hiberna concesserat, Liv.: or (b), by the conj. quum with subj.: as, a. my arrival in Africa, etc., cum in Africam venissem, Cic.: the consuls, a. laying the state of the commonwealth before the senate, etc., consules quum de republica retulissent, Liv.
    3. III. In an inferior degree to: sĕcundum (with acc.): next to and a. the gods, men can be the most useful to men, proxime et s. deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt, Cic.
    4. IV. In imitation of:
      1. 1. ăd (with acc.): a. the likeness of warlike discipline, ad similitudinem bellicae disciplinae, Cic.: Liv. 2. dē (with abl.): a. the old fashion, de more vetusto, Virg.: v. according to, in accordance with.--N.B. When after is attached to verbs, forming a kind of separable compounds, as, to run after, to follow after, to seek after, it is not represented in Latin by any single word: see the several verbs.