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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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• enquire:
      1. 1. quaero, quaesīvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 (to seek information: see also foll. art.): to e. for the road, viam q., Cic.: v. to ask.
      2. 2. percunctor or percontor, 1 (to ask for information: interrogo often refers to the putting of questions rhetorically or by counsel, cross-questioning): he (Deiotarus) was wont to e. of me respecting the principles of our augury, solebat ex me p. augurii nostri disciplinam, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 76: to e. of a person how he sells anything, p. ex aliquo quanti quid vendat, Cic.
      3. 3. sciscĭtor, interrŏgo, 1: v. to ask.
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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• ENQUIRE
  • A sk, interrogare, rogare aliquem or (less frequently) de aliquo: anybody about anything, aliquem aliquid (or less commonly de re): sciscitari ex aliquo: quaerere, exquirere, requirere ex or ab aliquo: percunctari de or ex aliquo; whether, utrum; if or whether anything, ecquid or quid (not si quid). [SYN. in ASK.] To enquire in a captious manner, captiose interrogare; to enquire one’s way, rogare viam (†); exquirere iter.
  • To enquire into a subject, quaerere aliquid or de re; inquirere in aliquid: exquirere aliquid. Vid. EXAMINE, INVESTIGATE.
  • To enquire judicially, quaerere (e.g., de morte alicujus; de tanta re; also, de servo in dominum, by torture): inquirere (e.g., in competitores, Cic.): cognoscere (absolutely and de re; for which Dig. has super aliqua re).