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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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• bill (a document in writing):
    1. I. Legal t. t.: lĭbellus (the most gen. term: v. address, petition): Juv.: Paul. Dig.: to bring in a b. of indictment against any one, aliquem libello citare, Pl.: v. to accuse, indict.
    2. II. A written promise to pay:
      1. 1. nōmen: he owed you a large sum on good b.s, tibi certis n. grandem pecuniam debuit, Cic.: to meet a b., nomen suscipere, Cic.: to draw b.s, nomina facere, Cic.: to assign a b., n. in alium transcribere (?), Liv.
      2. 2. syngrăpha: you advanced him money on his b., pecuniam ei per s. credidisti, Cic.: a b. payable at sight, *s. ex qua praesenti die pecunia debetur. Phr.: an accommodation b., versūra (?): Ter.: Cic.: v. bond.
    3. III. A proposed law:
      1. 1. rŏgātĭo (in the class. authors only of b.s brought before the people): to propose b.s to the people, rogationes ad populum ferre, Caes.: an argument against a b., dissuasio rogationis, Cic.: he spoke in favour of the b., suasit rogationem, Cic.: to reject a b., r. antiquare, Liv.
      2. 2. lex, lēgis, f. (a term applicable to all measures which have passed into law; q. v.): to bring forward a b., l. ferre, rogare, Ulp.: to carry a b., legem perferre, Liv.
      3. 3. plēbiscītum (i. e. a b. passed by the commons): Cic.: Dig.
      4. 4. prīvĭlēgium (a b. affecting a single individual): to bring forward such a b., de aliquo p. ferre, Cic. Phr.: the consuls proposed a b. to the people, consules populum rogaverunt, Cic.
    4. IV. A written (or printed) novice:
      1. 1. lĭbellus: b.s of the gladiators (= bills of the play), gladiatorum libelli, Cic.: Alfenus tears down the b.s (announcing the auction), libellos Alfenus dejicit., Cic.: Suet.
      2. 2. tĭtŭlus: to put up a b. on a house (to show that it is for sale or letting), lares sub titulum mittere, Ov.: Plin.: v. advertisement, placard.
    5. V. An account (rendered) of money due: *ratio (summa) accepti, debiti: Kr: v. account, debt. Miscell.: a b. of lading, tabella (? libellus) rerum vectarum (Ains.): a b. of sale, emptio, Scaev. Dig.: the b.s of mortality, *tabulae mortuorum: (cf. Suet. Ner. 39: "triginta millia in rationem Libitinae venerunt," which is about equiv. to our saying, "the bills of mortality exhibited the number of 30,000 deaths"): to send a b. of divorce to a wife (prop. of persons betrothed), repudium uxori mittere, Suet.: scribere, Tert.: nuntium uxori mittere, Cic. (though a written document is not necessarily implied): v. divorce.