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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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• footing (subs.):
    1. I. Standing-ground; *locus in quo firmiter insisti possit; pedibus (aptus) locus. Phr.: their f. giving way on the slope, in prono pede se fallente, Liv. 21, 36, med.
    2. II. Position, condition: stătus, ūs: to restore (a thing) to its former f., in antiquum s. restituere, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 12: to be on such a f. that the caprice of fortune could not shake it, in eo s. esse quem temeritas fortunae labefactare non possit, Cic. Join: sedes et status (fig. of the mind), Cic. Par. 1, 3, 15. Phr.: on an equal f., ex aequo, Liv. 7, 30, init.: Tac. Ger. 36: to be on an equal f. with the gods, in aequo diis stare, Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 2: to be on the same f. (of right), eodem jure esse quo fuerant, Cic. Verr. 3, 6, 12: Liv.: on what f. the matter stands, quomodo res se habeat, Cic. (v. how). See also state, condition.
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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• FOOTING
  • Ground, solum (e.g., ground to stand on) [Vid: also, GROUND].
  • The firm planting of the foot, or power of planting it firmly. To get a firm footing, firmiter insistere: firmo gradu consistere (PROP.): consistere (IMPROP.): I can’t get a firm footing, gradus instabilis me fallit; vestigium fallit (PROP., I am slipping); sistere non possum (IMPROP., Vid: Benecke, Justin., 11, 1, 6): there is no getting a firm footing, aliquid vestigium fallit or non recipit: those that could not get a firm footing, ii, quos gradus instabilis fefellit (Curt., 7, 11, 6): (a place) where one cannot get a firm footing, lubricus.
  • Condition, state, settlement, modus (the measure, as it were, according to which or by which anything is to be done): ratio (method of proceeding): mos (custom). To place anything on a fixed footing, *certum alicujus rei modum constituere: to place (anything) on the old footing, in pristinum restituere; ad antiquum morem revocare: to restore anybody to his old footing (of intimacy) with anybody, aliquem restituere in alicujus veterem gratiam; restituere aliquem alicui: to place a province on the same footing as the rest, provinciam in eandem conditionem, quam ceteras, vocare: to live with anybody on an equal footing, ex pari or ex aequo vivere cum aliquo: to be on a very intimate footing with anybody, familiariter uti aliquo; familiaritatem habere cum aliquo.