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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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• conquer:
      1. 1. vinco, vīci, victum, 3: in most senses of the English: to c. Gaul in war, Galliam bello v., Caes.: to c. in naval battles, navalibus pugnis v., Cic. Fig.: to be c.'d by entreaties and tears, precibus lacrimisque vinci, Liv.: shame c.'d by love, victus amore pudor, Ov.
      2. 2. dēvinco, 3: stronger than the simple verb: to c. completely: Caes.: Cic.
      3. 3. sŭpĕro, 1: i. e. to be superior to: v. to overcome.
      4. 4. dŏmo, ēdŏmo, sŭbĭgo: v. to subdue.
      5. 5. dēbello, 1: stronger than the English: to overthrow in war: Virg.: Tac.
      6. 6. To obtain by conquest: bello capere, pŏtiri; armis capere, etc.: v. to capture, possession, to gain. Phr.: to own oneself c.'d, dare manus, Hor.: our armies have been c.'d by Viriathus, Viriatho exercitus nostri cesserunt, Cic.: to c. passions, cupiditates coercēre, frangere, Cic.: in this battle our men conquered, in hoc proelio nostri superiores inerunt, Caes.
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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• CONQUER
vincere (general term): superare (to overcome; both PROP. and IMPROP., e.g., the enemy, difficulties). (the words are found in this connection and order), vincere et superare: domare (to tame, stronger term than vincere; Vid: Florus, 4, 12, 30: Germani victi magis quam domiti erant): profligare (to overthrow a hostile army so completely, that it can not be rallied again): subigere (Vid: SYN. under SUBDUE): frangere (figuratively to break the power of anything; e.g., of a passion): imperare (figuratively to govern, command, have the empire of, etc., e.g., the passions, cupiditatibus): to conquer entirely, devincere (in a general battle); perdomare (to tame entirely): prosternere (PROP., “to dash to the ground;” hence, to discomfit, deject utterly): to be conquered, inferiorem discedere: victum or superatum recedere: to have never been conquered, semper superiorem or victorem discessisse: to confess one’s self conquered, manus dare (also with addition, vincique se pati, Vid: Herzog: Caes., B.G., 5, 31): to conquer one’s self, se ipsum or animum vincere; animum contundere (if by very violent measures): To conquer (towns or countries), capere: potiri (aliqua re), occupare: expugnare.