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|lshtext=<b>cōgĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. contr. from cŏ-ăgito, acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.; [[but]] [[more]] prob. from con and [[root]] of aio, Sanscr. ah; cf.: [[nego]], [[adagium]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[pursue]] [[something]] in the [[mind]] (cf. [[agito]], II.), i. e.<br /><b>I</b> To [[consider]] [[thoroughly]], to [[ponder]], to [[weigh]], [[reflect]] [[upon]], [[think]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]); constr. absol., [[with]] aliquid, de [[aliquo]], or de aliquā re, sic, ita, or a rel. -[[clause]]: [[cogitate]] cum animis vestris si [[quid]], etc., [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4; so Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 13; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 55; 5, 3, 32; Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64; cf.: in [[animo]] cogitare, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 5: toto [[animo]], Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3: [[coepi]] [[egomet]] [[mecum]] Aliam rem ex aliā cogitare, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 3; so id. ib. 4, 2, 8; 1, 1, 19; id. Ad. 5, 3, 22: placuit tum id mihi. Sic cogitabam: hic, etc., id. And. 1, 1, 83; cf. id. Eun. 1, 1, 11; 3, 3, 1; 4, 6, 21; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4: sic cogitabam! [[fore]] uti, etc., Cic. Quint. 24, 77: severā fronte curas cogitans (i. e. [[animo]] volvens), Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2: nec, aequum [[anne]] iniquum imperet, cogitabit, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 291: [[quid]] agam [[cogito]], Ter. And. 2, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 7 sq.; id. Ad. 4, 2, 30; Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 10; Lucr. 4, 789; cf. id. 4, 782; Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29: ad haec [[igitur]] cogita, vel [[potius]] excogita, id. Att. 9, 6, 7.—With acc. of [[person]]: Regulum cogita, [[think]], [[imagine]], [[picture]] to [[yourself]], Plin. Ep. 4, 2, 2: [[tamquam]] in eo tragoediae argumento sui [[oblitus]] [[tantum]] Catonem cogitasset, Tac. Or. 2: matrem, patrem, propinquos, Quint. Decl. 22 fin.; cf.: o felicem illum, qui non [[praesens]] [[tantum]], sed [[etiam]] [[cogitatus]] emendat, Sen. Ep. 11, 9.—With [[two]] accs.: quem ultimae gentes castiorem non [[modo]] viderunt sed cogitaverunt? Cic. Balb. 4, 9: Scipionem, Laelium, avum, to [[think]] of, [[call]] to [[mind]], id. Fin. 5, 1, 2: et majores et posteros [[cogitate]], Tac. Agr. 32 fin.: si principem cogitares, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 31: cum Persas cogitaret, Flor. 2, 8, 2; Sen. Cons. Marc. 3, 4. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> cōgĭtāta, ōrum, n. subst., reflections, thoughts, ideas: [[postquam]] ad judices Ventum est, non potuit [[cogitata]] proloqui, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 53: so [[cogitata]] (mentis) eloqui, Cic. Brut. 72, 253: perficere, id. Deiot. 7, 21: patefacere, Nep. Paus. 3, 1: sapientium, Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1: Naevii, id. Quint. 29, 90.—Rare in sing.: quo [[neque]] acutius ullius imperatoris [[cogitatum]] [[neque]] celerius [[factum]] [[usquam]] legimus, Nep. Dat. 6, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Cogitare in, [[adversus]] aliquem, [[with]] an adv., to [[think]] in [[some]] [[way]] in [[respect]] to one, to be disposed [[towards]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): si [[humaniter]] et [[sapienter]] et [[amabiliter]] in me cogitare vis, etc., Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2: [[adversus]] se, Suet. Caes. 75 Bremi; cf. [[with]] de [[aliquo]]: si [[quid]] [[amice]] de Romanis cogitabis, Nep. Hann. 2, 6: ut multi mihi renuntiarent... [[male]] eum de me cogitare, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 1; and absol.: [[male]] cogitantes, [[Cato]], R. R. praef. 4; cf.: Karthagini [[male]] jam diu cogitanti [[bellum]] [[multo]] [[ante]] [[denuntio]], Cic. Sen. 6, 18.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[respect]] to a [[work]] to be undertaken or a [[conclusion]] to be made, to [[have]] [[something]] in [[mind]], to [[intend]], [[meditate]], [[design]], [[plan]], [[purpose]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: [[praedium]] parare, [[Cato]], R. R. 1, 1; 3, 1; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163: cogitat recipere hunc in [[aedes]], Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 58: facere, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46: recipere me, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 4: cenare, id. ib. 4, 12, 1: uti, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 50: ex [[fumo]] [[dare]] lucem, id. A. P. 144: deducere exercitum, Suet. Ner. 18 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: proscriptiones et dictaturas cogitare, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20: caedem principis et res novas, Tac. A. 4, 28 fin.: [[cogitatum]] [[facinus]], Suet. Tib. 19; and [[parricidium]], id. Calig. 12: [[mecum]] rem pulcherrimam, Curt. 8, 7, 9: [[tantum]] [[nefas]] in aliquem, id. 6, 7, 30; 8, 6, 3; cf.: si [[qua]] cogitarentur, gravius [[adversus]] se, Suet. Caes. 75: [[quid]] [[bellicosus]] Cantaber et [[Scythes]] cogitet, [[what]] he plots, devises, Hor. C. 2, 11, 2; and so [[poet]]. of the (personified) [[wind]]: [[quid]] cogitet humidus Auster, Verg. G. 1, 462 Heyne.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut and subj.: [[neque]] jam, ut aliquid acquireret... cogitabat, Caes. B. G. 7, 59: [[quid]]... viros cogitasse arbitramur? Ut [[nomen]] suum, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 32; Nep. [[Dion]], 9, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: cogitavit [[etiam]] de Homeri carminibus abolendis, Suet. Calig. 34: de reddendā republicā, id. Aug. 28: de consciscendā morte, id. Caes. 36; id. Claud. 31: de quo, id. Caes. 9: cum [[spiritus]] coepit de exitu cogitare, Sen. Q. N. 6, 25, 1.—In epistolary [[style]], [[with]] [[ellipsis]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[ire]]: in Pompeianum cogitabam [[inde]] [[Aeculanum]], Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; 9, 1, 2; id. Fam. 7, 4 init.; id. Att. 2, 8, 2; 5, 15, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of manere: eo [[die]] cogitabam in Anagnino, [[postero]] [[autem]] in Tusculano, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1; cf.: ut eo [[die]] [[apud]] T. Titium in Anagnino manerem. Postridie [[autem]] in Laterio cogitabam, id. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 4 (2, 7, 1).—Hence, *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> P. a.: cōgĭtātus, a, um, [[deliberate]]: [[utrum]] perturbatione aliquā animi, an [[consulto]] et [[cogitata]] fiat injuria, Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27 B. and K. (al. [[cogitato]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> cōgĭtātē, adv., [[with]] [[mature]] [[reflection]], [[considerately]] ([[rare]]): tractare rem suam, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 45: meditari, id. Mil. 3, 3, 69: quae [[vero]] [[accurate]] cogitateque scripsisset, Cic. Arch. 8, 18.

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|georg=(1) cōgito¹, āvī, ātum, āre (eig. coigito, aus co = com u. [[agito]]), im Geiste (dah. [[auch]] [[mit]] dem [[Zusatz]] cum [[animo]], in [[animo]], [[secum]]) [[zusammenstellen]], [[denken]], I) im allg., etw. [[denken]], s [[ich]] [[vorstellen]], an etw. [[denken]], [[auf]] etw. [[denken]], [[sinnen]], [[auf]] od. [[für]] etw. [[bedacht]] [[sein]], etw. [[bedenken]], [[berechnen]], [[erwägen]], [[über]] [[etwas]] [[nachdenken]], a) absol. (Ggstz. facere, dicere): [[vis]] cogitandi, Quint.: [[cui]] vivere est cogitare, Cic.: [[qui]] cum cogitasset facere auderet et [[prius]] cogitare [[quam]] conari consuesset, Nep.: [[duas]] [[res]] [[non]] [[modo]] agere [[uno]] tempore, [[sed]] ne cogitando [[quidem]] explicare [[quisquam]] potest, Cic.: [[ita]] [[sum]] [[irritatus]], animum ut nequeam ad cogitandum instituere, Ter.: alci (id) cogitandum dare, zu [[bedenken]] [[geben]], Cic.: sprichw., [[non]] [[animo]], [[sed]] auribus cogitant, Apul. de deo Socr. 19. – m. Ang. [[wie]]? [[durch]] Advv., c. acutissime, Cic.: [[callide]], Nep.: [[stulte]] (Ggstz. [[stulte]] dicere), Quint.: si [[vere]] cogitare volumus ([[als]] [[Parenthese]]), die [[Sache]] [[richtig]] betrachtet, Cic. – u. [[sic]] cogitabam m. folg. [[Gedankenreihe]] in direkter [[Rede]], s. [[Ter]]. Andr. 110: [[ebenso]] [[coepi]] [[egomet]] [[mecum]] [[sic]] cogitare, Sulpic. in Cic. ep. 4, 5, 4: u. [[sic]] cogitabam [[mit]] folg. indirekten [[Rede]], Cic. Quint. 77: [[quo]] [[magis]] [[cogito]] cum [[meo]] [[animo]] m. direkter [[Rede]] ( si etc.), Plaut. most. 702. – b) m. Acc., u. [[zwar]]: α) m. Acc. [[rei]]: c. [[nihil]] abiectum, Cic.: [[nihil]] [[nisi]] [[triste]], Cael. in Cic. ep.: [[diu]] [[omnia]], Curt.: [[deus]] [[nihil]] aliud [[quam]] »Mihi [[pulchre]] est« cogitans, Cic.: si [[quid]] aliud attentius cogitet, Cic. – c. insulam Britanniam, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: beneficia alcis, Cic.: [[nihil]] his in locis [[nisi]] saxa et montes, Cic.: ultima, [[sich]] das Schrecklichste [[vormalen]], Amm.: [[eam]] rem [[sibi]] cogitandam et suscipiendam [[esse]], Caes. – [[hoc]] tu facito cum [[animo]] cogites, Ter.: id potestis cum animis vestris cogitare, Cic.: [[quae]] in [[animo]] cogitat irata, Ter.: [[haec]] si voles in [[animo]] [[vere]] cogitare, Ter.: id, [[quod]] muliebri cogitabat [[animo]], Liv.: [[semper]] [[secum]] c. pericula, damna, uxoris mortem, Ter.: [[sive]] [[quid]] [[mecum]] [[ipse]] [[cogito]], [[sive]] [[aliquid]] [[aut]] [[scribo]] [[aut]] [[lego]], Cic.: [[cogito]] ad [[verbum]] (meditiere [[Wort]] [[für]] [[Wort]]) [[nunc]] pauciora, [[nunc]] plura, Plin. ep.: [[animal]] [[non]] videtur, [[sed]] cogitatur, wird [[bloß]] gedacht, besteht [[bloß]] in der [[Vorstellung]], Sen. – Partiz. [[cogitatus]] prägn. = durchdacht, [[wohl]] erwogen, [[res]] [[multum]] et [[diu]] cogitatae, Cic.: sapientis hominis [[cogitata]] [[ratio]], Cic. – neutr. Partic. subst., das Gedachte, [[quo]] [[neque]] acutius [[ullius]] imperatoris [[cogitatum]] [[neque]] celerius [[factum]] [[usquam]] legimus, Nep. Dat. 6, 8. – [[bes]]. im Plur., das Gedachte, die Gedanken, [[optime]] ab ipso [[cogitata]] (Ggstz. [[male]] facta collegarum), Vell.: [[cogitata]] [[praeclare]] eloqui, Cic.: [[cogitata]] proloqui [[non]] posse, Ter.: u. ex [[quo]] et ex ceteris dictis, factis cogitatisque [[quivis]] potest intellegere etc., Cic. – β) m. Acc. pers., [[teils]] = [[sich]] jmd. [[denken]], Catonem [[tantum]] ([[nur]]) c., Tac. dial. 2: Regulum cogita, Plin. ep. 4, 2, 2: matrem, patrem, propinquos [[tantum]] cogitasti, Ps. Quint. decl. 6, 22 extr.: [[mit]] dopp. Acc., quem ultimae gentes castiorem, moderatiorem, sanctiorem [[non]] [[modo]] viderunt, [[sed]] [[aut]] sperando [[umquam]] [[aut]] optando cogitarunt? Cic. Balb. 9. – [[teils]] = an jmd. [[denken]], te [[vero]], M. Scaure, [[equidem]] [[video]], [[video]] [[inquam]], [[non]] [[cogito]] [[solum]], Cic. Scaur. 49: c. Scipionem, Laelium, Cic. de fin. 5, 2: et maiores et posteros [[cogitate]], Tac. Agr. 32, 7: si principem cogitares, Plin. ep. 6, 31, 31: cum Persas et Orientem cogitaret, [[Flor]]. 2, 8, 2: [[iuvenis]] te quietam [[semper]] [[nominatus]] cogitatusque ([[indem]] du [[oft]] ihn nennst u. an ihn denkst) faciat, Sen. ad Marc. 3, 4: o felicem illum, [[qui]] [[non]] [[praesens]] [[tantum]], [[sed]] [[etiam]] [[cogitatus]] ([[wenn]] [[man]] [[nur]] an ihn denkt) emendat, Sen. ep. 11, 9. – c) m. Acc. u. Infin.: [[uxor]] te [[amare]] cogitat, Ter.: cogitat [[assidue]] [[beatum]] [[esse]] se, Cic.: homines ea [[sibi]] accĭdere posse [[non]] cogitant, Cic.: [[fac]] memineris et cum [[animo]] tuo cogites G. Caesarem atrocissimo [[bello]] Gallico cum [[alia]] [[multa]] militaria, tum [[etiam]] duos de [[analogia]] libros scrupulosissimos scripsisse, [[Fronto]] de bell. Parth. p. 221, 8 N. – [[mit]] vorhergeh. allg. Acc., [[denique]] [[illud]] cogita: [[quod]] offensae fuerit in ista cunctatione, te subisse, Cael. in Cic. ep. – d) m. de u. Abl., u. [[zwar]] [[teils]] zugl. m. allg. Acc., [[nihil]] posse de [[dis]] immortalibus cogitare, Cic.: [[non]] de pace, [[sed]] de me ipso et de [[meo]] [[officio]] ut [[aliquid]] cogitet, Cic.: [[eadem]] de profectione cogitans, [[quae]] [[ante]] senserat, Caes. – [[teils]] absol. = [[denken]] an usw., [[nachdenken]] [[über]] usw., de deo, Cic.: de te et de Ser. Sulpicio cogitans, Cic.: cum de tuis cogitas, Cic.: [[mihi]] de rationibus tuis cogitanti, Cic. – u. = an etw. [[denken]], [[auf]] etw. [[bedacht]] [[sein]], de Scapulanis hortis toto pectore cogitemus, Cic.: c. spe [[atque]] [[animo]] de se et [[gloria]] sua, Cic.: toto [[animo]] de te ac de tuis commodis c., Cic.: de salute, [[non]] de [[victoria]] c., Cic. – e) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz: [[quid]] agam [[cogito]], Ter.: cogita, [[qui]] [[sis]], [[quo]] [[loco]] [[sis]], Cic.: [[fac]] cogites in quanta calamitate [[sis]], Sall.: [[nec]] quibus rationibus superare possent, [[sed]] [[quemadmodum]] [[uti]] victoriā deberent, cogitabant, Caes.: si cogitaverimus, [[unde]] et [[quousque]] provecta sit orandi [[facultas]], Quint. – Ciceronem [[secum]] cogitasse, [[utrumne]] Brutum an Cassium peteret, Sen. suas. 6, 19. – [[cogitate]] cum animis vestris, si [[quid]] [[vos]] per laborem [[recte]] feceritis, [[labor]] [[ille]] a [[vobis]] [[cito]] recedet, [[Cato]] oratt. 5. fr. 1. b. Gell. 16, 1, 4: [[itaque]] diebus noctibusque [[cogito]], si quā me [[quoque]] possim tollere [[humo]], Plin. ep. 5, 8, 3. – f) [[mit]] ad u. Akk.: ad [[haec]] [[igitur]] cogita, [[vel]] [[potius]] excogita, Cic. ep.: ut ne esset [[spatium]] cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias, Ter.: [[quod]] ad perniciem suam fuerat [[cogitatum]], id ad salutem convertit, Nep. – g) m. ut od. ne u. Konj., [[darauf]] [[denken]] = [[darauf]] od. [[dafür]] [[bedacht]] [[sein]], das im [[Auge]] [[haben]], [[neque]] [[iam]], ut [[aliquid]] acquireret proelioque hostes lacesseret, [[sed]] ut incolumem exercitum [[Agedincum]] reduceret, cogitabat, Caes. b. G. 7, 59, 4 (u. so m. ut u. Konj. Cic. Tusc. 1, 32. Nep. [[Dion]]. 9, 2. Curt. 10, 6 [19], 8): ne [[quam]] occasionem [[rei]] [[bene]] gerendae dimitteret, cogitabat, Caes. b. G. 5, 57, 1. – h) m. [[pro]] u. Abl.: [[non]] [[minus]] [[pro]] [[adversa]] parte, [[quam]] [[pro]] mea cogitabam, Quint. 7, 1, 4. – i) [[elliptisch]]: ut ([[wie]]) [[saepe]] cogitavissent (verst. fieri), Caes. b. c. 3, 86, 5.<br />'''II)''' insbes.: a) etw. [[ausdenken]], [[quantum]] [[ille]] potuit cogitare [[commode]] ([[geschickt]]), Ter. heaut. prol. 14: et cogitavi plura [[quam]] reliquerat, Phaedr. 3. prol. 39: aliud agendum ac cogitandum, [[quo]] [[modo]] resistatur patribus, Liv. 2, 55, 2. – b) [[auf]] od. an etw. [[denken]], [[auf]] etw. [[sinnen]], etw. zu [[tun]] [[gedenken]], = etw. [[beabsichtigen]], [[vorhaben]], im Sinne [[haben]], Willens [[sein]], α) m. Acc.: [[nihil]] cogitant [[nisi]] [[caedes]], [[nisi]] incendia, Cic.: c. proscriptiones et dictaturas, Cic.: c. accusationem, Cic.: [[quod]] [[iam]] [[diu]] [[cogito]], Cic. – m. Ang. [[mit]] wem? [[durch]] cum u. Abl., sunt [[qui]] [[mecum]] rem pulcherrimam cogitaverunt, Curt. 8, 7 (25), 9. – [[mit]] Ang. [[gegen]] wen? [[durch]] in od. [[adversus]] m. Akk., [[tantum]] [[nefas]] in alqm, Curt. 6, 7 (27), 30 u. 8, 6 (24), 3: si [[qua]] [[aut]] cogitarentur gravius [[adversus]] se [[aut]] dicerentur, Suet. Caes. 75, 4. – v. personif. lebl. Subjj., [[quid]] cogitet [[umidus]] [[auster]], [[was]] der f. Au. im Schilde führe (Schlimmes bringe), Verg. georg. 1, 462. – dah. Partiz. [[cogitatus]] = beabsichtigt, gewollt, vorbedacht, [[facinus]] (Ggstz. [[facinus]] [[perfectum]]), Cic.: furores, Cic.: in [[noverca]] [[commissum]] [[stuprum]] et [[parricidium]] [[cogitatum]], Val. Max.: [[utrum]] perturbatione [[aliqua]] animi, an [[consulto]] et [[cogitata]] fiat [[iniuria]], Cic.: u. Partiz. n. pl. subst., das Gedachte = das [[Vorhaben]], die Absichten, [[cogitata]] patefacere, Nep.: [[cogitata]] perficere, Cic. – β) m. Infin.: [[quid]] [[nunc]] facere cogitas? Ter.: [[qui]] nocere alteri cogitat, Cic.: impeditos in agmine adoriri cogitabant, Caes. – γ) m. de u. Abl.: [[magis]] de [[reliqua]] [[fuga]] [[quam]] de castrorum defensione, Caes.: de parricidio, de alcis interitu, Cic.: de reditu, Frontin.: de nuptiis, Apul.: de [[laqueo]] et suspendio, Val. Max.: de toto senatu trucidando, Sen.: cum de [[pernicie]] populi [[Romani]] et [[exitio]] huius [[urbis]] [[tam]] [[acerbe]] tamque [[crudeliter]] cogitarit, Cic. – v. personif. lebl. Subjj.: cum [[spiritus]] coepit de exitu cogitare, Sen. nat. qu. 6, 25, 1. – δ) [[elliptisch]] (im Briefstil), m. in od. ad u. Akk. od. m. bl. Acc. der [[Städtenamen]] = zu [[reisen]], zu [[gehen]] [[gedenken]] (verst. [[iter]] facere, [[ire]], proficisci), [[inde]] [[cogito]] in [[Tusculanum]], [[deinde]] [[Arpinum]], Romam ad Kal. Iun., Cic.: [[etiam]] [[Lepidus]] [[cras]] cogitabat, Cic.: [[inde]] ad Taurum cogitabam, Cic. – m. in u. Abl. = wo zu [[sein]] [[gedenken]] (verst. [[esse]]), eo die cogitabam in Anagnino, [[postero]] [[autem]] in Tusculano, Cic. – c) so u. so [[denken]] = so u. so [[gesinnt]] [[sein]], m. Ang. [[wie]]? [[durch]] Advv., [[male]] c., Cic. u.a. – m. Ang. [[gegen]] wen? [[durch]] in u. Akk., si [[humaniter]] et [[sapienter]] et [[amabiliter]] in me cogitare [[vis]], Cic. – m. Ang. in [[Betreff]] wessen? [[durch]] de m. Abl., [[male]] de alqo c., Cael. in Cic. ep.: si [[quid]] [[amice]] de Romanis cogitabis, Nep.<br />'''(2)''' cōgito², āre (Intens. v. [[cogo]]), I) [[zusammenziehen]], milites, Treb. Poll. 14, 7. – u. einberufen, [[berufen]], [[quod]] [[iudex]] [[alius]] cogitabatur, Amm. 23, 6, 82 codd. VP (Gardth. cogebatur). – II) = [[ἀναγκάζω]], [[nötigen]], m. Infin., [[num]] praecellit [[vinum]]? [[quis]] [[sic]] cogitat facere, Vulg. 3. Esdr. 3, 24.

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