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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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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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• PURCHASE
1. v. emere, redimere (PROP. and figuratively; also = to bribe): mercari, emercari (to obtain by purchase; often in a contemptuous sense; PROP. and figuratively): corrumpere (figuratively, to bribe). To purchase one thing with another, compensare aliquid cum re (Vid: Cic., Fin., 5, 18, 48; but poetically, emere aliquid aliqua re, Hor., Ep., 1, 2, 55): to purchase peace, pacem redimere (aliqua re; e.g., obsidibus, auro): pacem mercari aliqua re (e.g., ingenti pecunia; and this word expresses more forcibly the disgraceful nature of the act): to purchase peace from anyone, pacta mercede ab aliquo pacem redimere: to purchase victory with great loss of troops, victoriam damno amissi militis pensare.
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  • s. Act of purchasing, emtio.
  • Thing purchased, mercimonium.