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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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• consult:
    1. I. To ask advice:
      1. 1. consŭlo, ui, sultum, 3 (with acc., to take any one's opinion: with dat., to consult his interests): nor do I c. you about that, nec te id (cf. L. G. § 253) consulo, Cic.: to c. Apollo on the subject, Apollinem de re c., Cic.: to c. one's glass, speculum suum c., Ov. Esp. of lawyers: those who are usually c.'d about civil law, ii qui de jure civili consuli solent, Cic.: also of deliberative assemblies: to c. the senate respecting the treaty, senatum de foedere c., Sall.: Cic.
      2. 2. consĭlior, 1 (rare): usu. absol.; to take counsel: Cic.: Caes.
      3. 3. rĕfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (with ad: esp. of consulting the senate: the matter about which with de): concerning which the consuls will, I hope, c. the. senate, de quo consules spero ad senatum relaturos, Cic.: also of consulting a deity: I am of opinion that we ought to c. Apollo respecting obscure and uncertain things, de rebus et obscuris et incertis ad Apollinem censeo referendum, Cic. (but in this sense usu. consulo: v. supr.).
      4. 4. ădeo, īvĭ and ĭi, ĭtum, 4: esp. in phr., to c. the Sibylline books, adire libros Sibyllinos, Liv.
    2. II. To be engaged in consultation (intr.):
      1. 1. dēlībĕro, 1: v. to deliberate.
      2. 2. consĭlior, 1 (rare): they conversed for the purpose of c.ing, consiliandi causa collocuti sunt, Caes.: Cic.: Hor.
      3. 3. consulto, 1: they examine or c. whether that about which they are considering is or is not beneficial, anquirunt aut c. conducat id necne de quo deliberant, Cic. Join: deliberare et consultare: Cic. Also expr. by consilium capere, etc.: v. counsel.
    3. III. To c. for the interests of:
      1. 1. consŭlo, 3 (with dat.): they c. the interests of a part of the citizens, the others they neglect, parti civium c., partem negligunt, Cic.: I was c.ing my own dignity, dignitati meae consulebam, Cic.: to c. the interests of the state as much as one's own, reipublicae juxta ac sibi c., Sall.
      2. 2. servio, 4 (somewhat stronger: also inservio): to c. any one's convenience, commodis alicujus s., Cic.: to c. brevity, brevitati s., Cic.: v. to attend to (6, 7).
      3. 3. prospĭcio, 3: i. e. to look out for, have regard to: with dat.: Cic.: v. to provide.