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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• counterbalance (v.):
    1. I. Trans.:
      1. 1. aequo, 1: these extraordinary virtues were c.d by great vices, has tantas viri virtutes ingentia vitia aequabant, Liv.
      2. 2. exaequo, 1: v. equalize.
      3. 3. compenso, 1 (to weigh or set off one thing against another): also rĕpenso (rare), penso, in same sense: v. compensate. Phr.: to c. (of words) each other, quasi dimensa et paria respondere, Cic.: so with ratio: "bene inter nos ratio accepti et expensi convenit," Pl.: v. to balance.
    2. II. Intr. (rare): inter se aequari respondēre: v. to balance.
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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• COUNTERBALANCE
1. s. *vis renitens (after Plin., 2, 82, 84; e.g., altera vis alteri renititur) :aequipondium (in so far as it establishes an equilibrium with another weight, Vitr., 10, 3, 4).
2. v. aequare: exaequare (to make equal): pensare: compensare aliquid aliqua re (to weigh, as it were, one thing against the other, to establish an equilibrium): parem calculum ponere cum aliqua re (to give as good in return; e.g., a present, Plin., Ep., 5, 2, = remunerari aliquem quam simillimo munere): the benefits received counterbalance those conferred, par est ratio acceptorum et datorum: to counterbalance the deficiency in the revenue by economy, quod cessat ex reditu, frugalitate supplere.