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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. A. Intrans.:
    1. I. To be or become wanting:
      1. 1. dēfĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: corn could not f., non frumentum d. poterat, Caes.: I should fear lest my voice and strength should f., vererer ne vox viresque deficerent, Cic.: memory f.s, memoria d., Cic.
      2. 2. dēfīo, factus, fĭĕri (infrequent): let food neither f. nor be in excess, neque opsonium defiat, neque supersit, Pl.
    2. II. To fail in or of; i. e. to neglect (q. v.): dēsum, fui, esse (with dat.): I will not f. of my duty, non deero officio, Cic. Phr.: to f. in one's duty, in officio labi, Cic.; delinquere aliquid, delictum in se admittere, Cic.: Ter.
    3. III. To be unsuccessful:
      1. 1. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3: to f. in a lawsuit, causâ c., Cic.: careless whether his play f. or succeed, securus cadat an stet fabula, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176: also with ad irritum: the hope (of Tarquinius) f.ing, ad irr. cadens spes, Liv. 2, 6, init.
      2. 2. concĭdo, ĭdi, 3: bad causes he always gained, in the best of all he f.'d, malas causas semper obtinuit, in optima concidit, Cic. Att. 7, 25.
      3. 3. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (impers.; with some adv. such as male, secus, etc.): if aught had f.'d, i. e., gone ill with him, si male cesserat, Hor.: Suet.
      4. 4. offendo, di, sum, 3 (esp. to f. in court, be non-suited): apud judices o., Cic. Clu. 23, 63: many brave men have often f.'d in the uncertain hazard of war, multi fortes in incerto periculo belli saepe offenderunt, Cic. Verr. 5, 50, 131.
      5. 5. expr. by irrĭtus (of what is fruitless, abortive): the hope (had) f.'d, spes ad (al. in) irritum redacta, Liv. 28, 31, init.: cf. supr. (1). Later authors have irritus with gen.: having f.'d in his mission, irritus legationis, Tac. H. 4, 32, extr.
    4. IV. To become insolvent: rationes conturbare, foro cedere: v. bankrupt.
  2. B. Trans.: to desert, disappoint (q. v.):
      1. 1. dēfĭcio (with acc. and sometimes dat.; very rarely with personal subject): time, voice, lungs, f. me, me dies, vox, latera d., Cic.: not only strength but also weapons f.'d our men, non solum vires sed etiam tela nostris deficiebant, Caes.
      2. 2. dēfīo (infrequent; with dat.): new milk f.s me not either in summer or in winter, lac mihi non aestate novum non frigore defit, Virg.: faith! fortune it is f.s me now, pol! mihi fortuna nunc defit! Enn. ap. Cic.
      3. 3. dēsĕro, ui, rtum, 3 (strictly to abandon, q. v.: with acc.): the lamp f.s me, lucerna me d., Cic.: his knees f. this runner, genua hunc cursorem d., Pl.
      4. 4. destĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 (with acc.): the wind f.'d him, ventus eum destituit, Liv.: his memory f.s him, memoria eum d., Curt. Also used absolutely: all that depends on the good will of Philip; if he f. us, etc., totum id vertitur in voluntate Philippi; si is destituat ..., Liv. 37, 7, med.: if hope should f., si spes destituat, Liv. 1, 41, ad init.