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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 7 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• adhere:
    1. I. To stick or cling to; whether lit. or fig.:
      1. 1. haereo, haesi, haesum, 2 (usu. with in and abl.; abl. alone; or dat.): the shoe a.s to the foot, in pede calceus h., Hor.: foot a.s to foot, and man to man in serried array, h. pede pes, densusque viro vir, Virg.: the wreath a.s to the head, h. capiti corona, Hor. Fig.: all the blame a.s to you, in te omnis h. culpa. Ter.
      2. 2. cŏhaereo, 2 (constr. same as haereo, or absol.): pearls a. to shells, margaritae c. in conchis, Plin.: she a.d to the rock, scopulo cohaesit, Ov.: the universe a.s so fitly together, mundus ita apte c., Cic.: v. to cohere.
      3. 3. ĭnhaereo, 2 (with ad and acc.; or as haereo): to a. to rocks (as shell-fish), ad saxa inh., Cic.: the poisoned tunic had a.d to his entrails, tincta tunica visceribus (also in visceribus) inhaeserat, Cic. Note. In addition to the above we have the inceptives haeresco (rare), cohaeresco, inhaeresco (only in imperf. tenses), with same construction and sense as the above: as, the atoms a. together, atomi cohaerescunt inter se, Cic.: phlegm a.ing to the throat, pituita in gula cohaerescens, Plin.: v. to cling to.
    2. II. To remain attached to, to abide by:
      1. 1. mănĕo, mansi, mansum, 2 (with in and abl.): if they would a. to what had been agreed upon, si in eo manerent quod convenisset, Caes.: to adhere to an opinion, in sententia m., Cic.: to a. to the truth, in veritate m., Cic., (also veritatem retinere, Cic.)
      2. 2. sto, stĕti, stătum, 1 (with in or abl.): we must adhere to what has been decided, stare oportet in eo quod sit judicatum, Cic.: to adhere to agreements, conventis stare, Cic.: v. to stand to or by; attach oneself.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• ADHERE
  • adhaerere alicui rei Hence, to cling to; of properties, customs, etc.: haerere alicui: manere (to remain). Sin adheres to him, haeret ei peccatum.
  • Cling to; am devoted to, adhaeresco alicui rei: amplector or amplexus teneo aliquid. To adhere to justice and virtue, justitiae honestatique adhaerescere: justitiam honestatemque amplecti.
  • Hence = to be an adherent of anybody, deditum, addictum esse, favere, studere alicui: favere alicujus partibus; studiosum esse alicujus; esse e partibus alicujus; sequi, sectari aliquem; sequi alicujus auctoritatem; assectari aliquem; assectam or sectatorem esse alicujus (the last three especially of the followers of some more powerful person). To adhere to a philosophical sect, sequi pbilosophiam; esse ab aliqua disciplina.