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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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• depend:
    1. I. Lit.: to hang down: dēpendeo, pendeo, 2: v. TO HANG DOWN.
    2. II. Fig.: to be dependent upon:
      1. 1. pendeo, pĕpendi, 2: that on your single life d. the lives of all, ex unius tua vitam p. omnium, Cic.; also with in and abl.: Cic.: with de and abl., Hor.: with abl. only (poet.): forgetful that on thine d.s our safety, oblitus tua nostram p. salutem, Sil.
      2. 2. nītor, nīsus and nixus, 3 (to be supported by something: with abl. alone or with prep. in): to d. on the aid of another, n. alterius ope, Cic.: to d. on (support oneself by) an abundance of illustrations, copia exemplorum n., Cic.: to d. on truth, on report, veritate, fama n., Cic.: on whose life the safety of the state d.'d, in cujus vita nitebatur salus reipublicae, Cic.: Caes.: absol., on what will you d., ubi nitere? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, 155.
      3. 3. innītor, 3 (i. q. nitor, and with same constr.): Tac. See also dependent, to be.
      4. 4. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (to be involved in, contained in, bound up with: with in and abl.): on this the whole case d.s, in hoc causa tota c., Cic.: (the things) in which a truly happy life d.s, in quibus vita beata c., Cic.
      5. 5. consto, stĭti, stātum, 1 (= consisto: same constr.): victory d.s upon the courage of those cohorts, victoria in earum cohortium virtute c., Caes.: every right d.s either upon prescription or customs, omne jus aut scripto aut moribus c., Quint.
      6. 6. pōnor, pŏsĭtus, 3 (to be placed upon, rest in: with in and abl.): it d.s on you, in te positum est, Cic.
      7. 7. contĭneor, tentus, 2: v. to bind up (III.)
      8. 8. vertor, versus, 3 (with in and abl.): v. to turn upon. Phr.: these things do not depend upon us, haec non sunt in nostra manu, Cic.: as far as d.s upon me, pro virili parte, Cic.: everything d.s upon that, omnia sunt in eo, Cic.: as much as d.s on them, quantum in illis est, Liv.: v. power (Phr.): we d. upon God for all things, *cuncta Deo debemus; divini muneris sunt omnia quibus fruimur (based on Hor.): v. indebted, to be.
    3. III. To rely on;
      1. 1. nītor, 3: v. supr. (2).
      2. 2. fīdo, confīdo, fīsus (usu. with dat.; also with abl.): v. to trust, rely on. Phr.: d. upon it, mihi crede! procul dubio! v. undoubtedly: that may be d.'d on, credibilis, gravis: v. credible, trustworthy, RELIABLE.