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

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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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• offer (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To present for acceptance or rejection:
      1. 1. porrĭgo, rexi, ctum, 3 (to hold out for acceptance): to o. any one the hand, dextram alicui p., Cic. Deiot. 3, 8: to o. any one a sword to kill, gladium alicui p. ad occidendum, id. Mil. 3, extr. (fig.).
      2. 2. offĕro, obtŭli, lātum, 3, irr.: a soldier o.'d a drawn sword, miles strictum obtulit gladium, Tac. A. 1, 35, fin.: they o.'d the spoil to Chrysogonus, praedam Chrysogono obtulerunt, Cic. R. Am. 37, 107: esp. in such fig. exprr. as, offerre se ad mortem (to o. or expose oneself to death), id. Tusc. 1, 15, init., etc.
      3. 3. dēfĕro, 3, irr. (implying superiority in the person offering): Dumnorix had affirmed that the throne was o.'d him by Caesar, Dumnorix dixerat sibi a Caesare regnum deferri, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: to o. the enemy (terms of) peace, pacem hostibus d., Liv. 23, 13, med. (but, excepting in the imperfect tenses, defero is always to bestow).
      4. 4. do, 1, irr.: strictly to give; but capable of being used = to offer, in imperfect tenses.
      5. 5. prōfĭteor, fessus, 2 (to o. freely, cheerfully); he o.s his aid for that purpose, se ad eam rem profitetur adjutorem, Caes. B. G. 5, 38. Join: profiteri atque polliceri, Cic.: v. to promise.
    2. II. To present in worship or sacrifice: offĕro, 3 (late in this sense): Vulg. Luc. v. 14, et pass.: Prud. See also to sacrifice (macto, sacrifico, etc.). Phr.: to o. prayers, worship, to the gods, preces, cultus diis adhibere, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 3.
    3. III. In fig. sense, to present (itself) to the mind: occurro, 3: v. to present (itself).
    4. IV. To make use of, apply: Phr.: to o. violence to any one, vim alicui afferre, Cic. Caec. 21., 61; adhibere, id. Off. 3, 30, 110; specially, to a woman, stuprare; stuprum mulieri inferre, Cic. v. to debauch.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To arise, occur: Phr.: when opportunity o.s, occasione oblata, etc.: v. to occur (I.).
    2. II. To volunteer: prōfĭteor, 2: v. supr. (A., I., 5).