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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. Frequent or habitual using and doing:
      1. 1. consuētūdo, ĭnis, f.: it is not my c., non est meae c., Cic.: to adhere to or follow c., c. tenere, uti, id.: according to one's c., ex c., Caes.; pro (sua) c., Cic.
      2. 2. assuētūdo (the accustoming to something): long c., longa a., Ov.: whether by nature or by c., seu natura, sive assuetudine, Tac.
      3. 3. mos, mōris, m.: v. infr. (II.).
      4. 4. instĭtūtum (regular custom or practice): Join: consuetudo et institutum meum, Cic: v. habit, practice.
    2. II. An usage; esp. of a nation:
      1. 1. mos: according to the c. and precedent of the Roman people, m. et exemplo populi Romani, Caes.: to obey c. and law, mori legique parere, Cic.: as was the c. of the kings of Bithynia, ut mos fuit regibus Bithyniae, Cic.: it is the c. of men to be unwitting, etc., mos est hominum ut nolint, Cic.: according to the c. of their ancestors, more majorum, id.: away with the barbarous c., tollite barbarum m., Hor.
      2. 2. consuētūdo: the inhuman and barbarous c. of offering human sacrifices, immanis et barbara c. hominum immolandorum, Cic.: according to the c. of the Greeks, ad c. Graecorum, Cic.: contrary to usage and c., praeter morem c.que, Cic. (N.B. Mos refers esp. to national customs, and thus usu. denotes something more general and permanent than consuetudo: v. habit.)
      3. 3. instĭtūtum (an established c.): they differ in language, c.s, and laws, lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt, Caes.: v. practice and supr. (4).
      4. 4. rītus, ūs (prop. of religious customs; hence used generally): to perform sacred rites after the Greek c., Graeco r. sacra facere, Liv.: v. rite. Esp. in abl. ritu, after the c. or manner of: v. like. Hence adv. rītĕ, according to (regular and proper) c., Hor.: Cic.: v. duly.
      5. 5. sollenne, is, n.: a ceremony (q. v.).
    3. III. Business, buying and selling: expr. with phr.: to have a great deal of c., *cum multis vendendi consuetudinem habere; *assiduam mercationem exercere; *multa multis vendere: to give any one your c., *ab aliquo omnia quibus indigeas emere: to lose c., *minore ementium frequentia celebrari.
    4. IV. A duty, impost: portōrium, vectīgal: v. dues, tax.