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

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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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• ascertain:
    1. I. To make certain: v. to define, prove.
    2. II. To obtain certain knowledge:
      1. 1. compĕrĭo, pĕri, pertum, 4: they a.'d that a bridge was being made, pontem fieri compererunt, Caes.: he had a.'d this from sure informants, id certis auctoribus compererat, Cic. (A stronger expression is compertum habere; which denotes the possession of well-grounded knowledge: as, I have a.'d that words do not make men brave, compertum habeo verba virtutem non addere, Sall.)
      2. 2. rĕpĕrĭo, 4: Pythagoras is a.'d to have come to Sybaris, Sybarim Pythagoras venisse reperitur, Cic.: Caes.: v. to learn.
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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• ASCERTAIN
  • make certain, ostendere: declarare: probare: planum facere atque probare. Anything ascertains the meaning of a word, aliquid satis declarat, quaenam sub voce-subjicienda sit sententia.
  • To ascertain a person of anything, probare alicui aliquid: demonstrare: efficere (establish): vincere: evincere (prove against all opposition).
  • To learn for certain, aliquid comperire: to have ascertained, (pro) certo scire: exploratum habere aliquid or aliquid mihi exploratum est: perspectum planeque cognitum habere.