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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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• government:
    1. I. The act or function:
      1. 1. most freq. expr. by verb: experienced in the g. of a state, peritus civitatis regendae, gubernandae: in the founding and g. of states, in constituendis temperandisque civitatibus, Cic. Acad. 2, 1, 3: mode of g., modus imperandi, Cic.: v. to govern.
      2. 2. gŭbernātio: e. g., civitatis, Cic. Rep. 1, 2.
      3. 3. rĕgĭmen, ĭnis, n. (chiefly poet. and late): to undertake the g., r. suscipere, Tac. Fig.: the counsel and g. of life, consilium r.-que vitae, Lucr.
      4. 4. admĭnistrātio, cūra: v. administration.
      5. 5. praefectūra (as position of power): to promote any one to the g. of Egypt, aliquem ad p. Aegypti provehere, Suet. Aug. 66: cf. id. Ner. 47, where the ref. is again to Egypt.
    2. II. The supreme power:
      1. 1. impĕrium: to obtain the g. of all Gaul, imperio totius Galliae potiri, Caes. B. G. 1, 2: the Gauls fell under the g. of the Roman people, Galli sub P. R. imperium ceciderunt, Caes.: v. power.
      2. 2. regnum: v. sovereignty.
      3. 3. dĭtio, potestas: v. control, sway.
    3. III. (Form of) government: Phr.: these three forms of g., tria haec genera rerum publicarum, Cic. Rep. 1, 28: that form of g. we call monarchy, ejus reipublicae statum regnum appellamus, ib. 26: that form of g. is called an aristocracy, illa civitas arbitrio optimatium regi dicitur, ib. 26: a g. by democracy, quum omnia per populum geruntur, ib. 27.
    4. IV. The persons in whom the governing power resides: ii qui summam rerum administrant, cf. Cic. R. Am. 32, 91; quos penes est omnium summa rerum, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 26; quos penes omnis curatio atque administratio reipublicae est, cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2; qui rempublicam tenent, cf. Cic. Fam. 4, 7, ad fin. Also the word imperium is sometimes = qui imperant, Caes. B. G. 1, 31.
    5. V. A province to which a governor is attached:
      1. 1. prōvincia: v. province.
      2. 2. praefectūra (strictly under a praefectus, also in gen. sense): Tac. Ann. 11, 10 (where it is used of Asiatic regions not under Roman rule): Egypt is divided into g.s of (by) towns (= nomes), Aegyptus dividitur in praefecturas oppidorum, Plin. 5, 9, 9: v. prefecture. (This perhaps is the most suitable term to denote a government in modern times.)
      3. 3. dioecēsis, is, f. (διοίκησις): in Cic. used of divisions of provinces, Fam. 3, 8, med., omnium illarum dioecesium quae cis Taurum sunt: the g. of Asia and Pontus, Asiana et Pontica d., Cod. Theod. (where it is used of a number of provinces under one governor: Forcell.).
    6. VI. The office of a delegated governor: praefectūra: v. supr. (I. 5). To raise to a g praeficere: Cic.: Tac.: v. governor (fin.).
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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• GOVERNMENT
  • The governing, gubematio: moderatio (e.g., reipublicae): administratio (the administration, power of carrying on; e.g., belli, war): procuratio (the administration of business during the absence of anybody; e.g., alienorum bonorum): functio (office or duty devolving on anybody): auctoritas (authority or command of a superior, with reference to the obedience of an inferior): summa imperii: rerum ditio: principatus: tyrannis [Vid: COMMAND].
  • As state of ruling, potestas: dominatio: regnum (Vid. DOMINION, DOMINATION]. To be under the government of others or another, alieni arbitrii esse: to have the government of [Vid: To GOVERN]: to assume or seize the government, rerum potiri; imperium, or regnum, or dominatum, or tyrannidem occupare: not to submit to anybody’s government, alicujus imperium detrectare; alicujus nutum ditionemque respuere: to offer the government to anybody, alicui regnum deferre; alicui regnum ac diadema deferre (Hor., Od., 2, 2, 22); imperium or regnum alicui tradere: to live under a just and lenient government, justo et miti imperio regi: to submit to the government of anybody, se sub alicujus potestatem subjicere (Auct., Herenn., 2, 31, init.).
  • The seat of government, *curia reipublicae: the form of government, imperii or reipublicae forma; reipublicae ratio or status (i. e., the peculiar constitution of the state); reipublicae species (the peculiar kind of government): the system of government, or on which it is carried on, *imperii tenendi or reipublicae administrandae ratio: at the expense of government, sumtu publico or publice: on the part of the government, consilio publico; publice: an absolute government, *civitas in qua summa imperii apud unum est: a representative or constitutional government, *civitas, quae convocandis ad comitia civium ordinibus ferendisque ex illorum arbitratu legibus popularem quandam formam induit.
  • IMPROPR., The government of one’s passions, tongue, etc. [Vid. CONTROL, s.] .
  • The members, collectively taken, constituting the government, *qui praepositi sunt toti reipublicae administrandae: *qui praefecti sunt rebus publicis: *rerum publicarum curatores.