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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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• decide:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. Judicĭally:
      1. 1. discepto, 1 (implying that the matter decided on is carefully weighed): to d. matters justly and wisely, res juste sapienterque d., Cic.: v. to settle.
      2. 2. dījūdĭco, 1 (to adjudicate between two parties): to d. a cause, causam d., Liv.: Cic. (also judico, with de. Caes.: Cic.).
      3. 3. dēcerno, crēvi, crētum, 3: v. to determine.
      4. 4. dĭrĭmo, ĕmi, emptum, 3 (to bring a controversy to a settlement): to d. a dispute, controversiam d., Cic.; litem d., Ov.
      5. 5. decīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3 (to cut short litigation): to d. a question, quaestionem d., Ulp. (N.B:--Most of the above phr. may be used also in non-judicial sense.) Phr.: to d. a controversy, litem secare (poet.), Hor.: the matter has yet to be d.d, adhuc sub judice lis est, Hor.: v. undecided.
    2. II. Extra-judicial: to settle finally (cf. supr. fin.):
      1. 1. dēcerno, 3: the first shout and onset d.d the matter, primus clamor et impetus rem decrevit, Liv.: the question will be d.d by this battle, whether, etc., decernetur hoc proelio utrum ..., Caes. (In the same way Tac. uses armis disceptare.)
      2. 2. proflīgo, 1 (strictly to deal a heavy blow, dash down: hence, virtually to decide a war) to d. the issue of wars, bella p., Tac. Ger. 13.
      3. 3. dēbello, 1 (to bring a war to an end: often impers.): the campaign was d.d by a single battle, uno proelio debellatum est, Liv. Phr.: to refer a matter to arms to d., rem ad arma deducere, Caes.
    3. III. To make up one's mind: stătuo, constĭtuo; dēcerno, etc.: v. to resolve, determine.
  2. B. Intrans.:
      1. 1. jūdĭco, 1: to d. falsely, falsum j., Cic.: v. to judge.
      2. 2. discepto, 1: to d. between friends, inter amicos d., Plin.
      3. 3. stătŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: to d. against any one, contra aliquem st., Cic.
      4. 4. dēcerno, 3: to d. in favour of, against, any one, secundum, contra, aliquem d., Cic.