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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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• supposition:
    1. I. Something laid down as a basis of argument: expr. by pōno, făcio, fingo: on this s. (or assumption), quo posito, Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29: v. to suppose (I.). Also putare may sometimes serve: and if this is too improbable a s. to be entertained, *quod si vel putari (animo fingi) absurdum est; quod si ne putare quidem possumus: v. to suppose (II.), fancy.
    2. II. A (mere) notion or unfounded belief: ŏpīnio: mere s.s, opinionum commenta: Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5: v. opinion, conjecture.
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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• SUPPOSITION
opinio: conjectura (conjecture); so by circumlocution with the verbs. A mere supposition, opinionis commentum: no third supposition is possible or conceivable, tertium nihil inveniri potest; tertium esse quidquam nego. Even on the supposition that; Vid: “even granting that,” in GRANT.