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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. Termination:
      1. 1. fīnis, is, m.: to make an e. of entreating, f. orandi facere, Caes.: to put an e. to a man's life, alicui vitae f. afferre, Cic.
      2. 2. expr. by extrēmus: at the e. (during the last part) of the Peloponnesian war, extremo Peloponnesio bello, Nep.: at the e. of the year, ex. anno, Liv.
      3. 3. exĭtus, ūs: v. close, issue. Phr.: (a.) to put an e. to anything (1.) fīnio, 4: to put an e. to the war, bellum f., Caes.: also absol., hardly had he made an e., vixdum finierat, Ov. (v. to cease): (2.) termĭno, 1 (rare in this sense): where my speech began, there let me make an e., unde est orsa, in eodem terminetur oratio, Cic. Marc. 11, init.: (3.) of a war, dēbello, 1: he put an e. to the war with the Ferentines by a single victory, cum Ferentinis uno secundo proelio debellavit, Liv.: the war was put to an e. by the first engagement, prima acie debellatum est., Liv.: (4.) of a contest, dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (strictly to separate: usu. leaving the thing unfinished): to put an e. to a conference, d. colloquium, Caes.: v. to interrupt. (b.) to come to an e., finem căpio, dēsĭno: v. to end (B, II.), and comp. preced. phr. (1). (c.) Miscell.: there would have been an e. of our most glorious empire, had not ..., actum erat de pulcherrimo imperio, nisi, etc., Flor. 4, 1: I was at my wits' e., obstupui, Virg. (v. confounded, to be): what is the e. of the story, quid fit denique? Ter. Phor. 1, 2, 71: listen to the e. of the story, quo evadat, vide, ib. 61: from the beginning to the e., ab ovo usque ad mala, Hor. S. 1, 3, 6.
    2. II. Fate, termination of life: exĭtus, ūs: such was the e. of Eumenes, Eumenes talem ex. vitae habuit, Nep.: also without vitae, Nep.: Vell.: v. death, fate.
    3. III. Extreme point or boundary:
      1. 1. extrēmus (usu. in agr. with subs.: L. G. § 341): at the e. of a letter, in ex. literis, epistola, Cic. (but the word may equally denote the edge, or extreme border): the heaven itself which is the e. and farthest point of the universe, coelum quod ex. atque ultimum mundi est, Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91.
      2. 2. căcūmen, ĭnis, n. (extreme point, of a tapering object): more fully, extremum c. corporis, Lucr. 1, 603: v. extremity.
      3. 3. căput, ĭtis, n. (esp. of an end forming a kind of head): the e.s of the beams were to be covered, ut capita tignorum tegerentur, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, init.: he erected two towers at the e. of the mole, duas turres ex c. molis erexit, Curt. 4, 2, fin.
    4. IV. An object aimed at (Gr. τέλος):
      1. 1. fīnis: the e. of that faculty (eloquence) seems to be persuasion, f. ejus facultatis videtur esse persuadere dictione, Cic. Inv. 1, 5, 6: to this e., ad eum f. ut, etc., Cic.: Quint.
      2. 2. prōpŏsĭtum: v. purpose. (Finis denotes the legitimate end or scope of anything; "illud cujus causa aliquis facere aliquid debet," Cic. Inv. l. c.: propositum, merely the purpose of an agent in any particular case.)
      3. 3. exĭtus, ūs (rare in this sense): things which have in view the same e., res in unum ex. spectantes, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92 (where the sense of an end aimed at depends chiefly on the verb spectare).
      4. 4. mēta (by meton.): v. goal. Phr.: to have an e. in view, specto, 1: this is the e. which laws have in view, hoc spectant leges, [hoc volunt], Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23: what is the e. of this speech, quorsum haec spectat oratio? Cic. (in which sense quorsum is also found alone (v. wherefore): to what e. have I fortune, if I may not use it, quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12: Cic.: their e. is that ..., id agunt ut ..., Cic. (v. to aim, III. 8): so that they may attain their e.s, dum quod velint consequantur, Cic.: to no e., frustra, incassum (v. vain, in): to the e. that, (eo) ... quo, ut: v. that, IN ORDER THAT.