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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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• despatch:
    1. I. The act of sending:
      1. 1. missio: Cic.
      2. 2. dīmissio (in diff. directions): Cic.
      3. 3. expr. by part.: after the d. of the letter, post literas tabellario datas: v. to dispatch.
    2. II. The act of finishing:
      1. 1. exsĕcūtio: the d. of business, instituti operis ex., Plin.: Tac.
      2. 2. confectio: Cic.: v. completion.
      3. 3. usu. better expr. by verb: skilled in the d. of business, rerum gerendarum peritus; prompt in the d. of business, in rebus gerendis promptus, Nep.: v. to despatch.
    3. III. Hasty execution:
      1. 1. mātūrĭtas: to beg for d. of punishment, poenae m. precari, Suet.
      2. 2. expr. by mātūro, 1 (to use d.): he thought he ought to use d., maturandum ratus est, Liv. Phr.: there is need of d., mature facto opus est, Sall. See also speed, haste.
    4. IV. An official letter:
      1. 1. lītĕrae, arum, Caes.: Tac.: v. letter.
      2. 2. ĕpistŏla (like the former applicable to any letter): Suet.: Tac.
      3. 3. mandātum: d.s of the emperors (to governors, etc.), m. Principum, Front.
      4. 4. rescriptum (an imperial d. written in answer to a consultation): Plin. Ep.