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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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• bid:
    1. I. To request, tell: q. v.: jŭbĕo, jussi, jussum, 2: b. him be of good cheer, jubeto habere bonum animum, Pl.: our friends b. us hope, sperare nos amici j., Cic.: I saluted him, then bade him farewell, illum salutavi, postea jussi valere, Ter.
    2. II. To offer (a price), lĭcĕor, lĭcĭtus, 2: when he bids, no one dares to b. against him, illo licente, contra l. audet nemo, Caes.: to b. by raising the finger (the usual way), digito liceri, Cic.: they are thinking of b.ing for your gardens, istos hortos l. cogitant, Cic. Phr.: he bade me defiance, ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit, Cic.: he b.s fair to do better, spes est eum melius facturum, Pl.: the harvest b.s fair to be abundant, *spes bona est messem largam fore.