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

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• application:
    1. I. The act of putting to:
      1. 1. ădhĭbĭtĭo: the a. of cupping-glasses, cucurbitarum a., Marc. Emp.
      2. 2. appŏsĭtĭo: the a. of a cupping-glass, cucurbitae a., Coel. Aur.
      3. 3. expr. by part. of verb: as, he supports the lad's fleeting life by the a. of herbs, pueri animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis, Ov.: to cure by the a. of cupping-glasses, *cucurbitis adhibitis s. corpori appositis, sanare: v. to apply; employment.
    2. II. The thing applied: expr. by phr.: as, the leaves are employed alone as an external a., imponuntur per se folia, Plin.: myrtle wine is useful as an a., myrtidanum prodest appositu, Plin.
    3. III. The act of requesting: pĕtītĭo (esp. for an office): an a. for the consulship, p. consulatus, Caes.: Cic.: I cannot refuse your a., petitioni tuae negare non sustineo, Traj. ap. Plin.: v. canvass, request.
    4. IV. Direction of mind or effort:
      1. 1. stŭdĭum: to bestow a. and labour upon any thing, s. operamque in aliqua re ponere, Cic.
      2. 2. sēdŭlĭtas: Ov.: Suet.: v. industry, devotion, to devote (oneself).
    5. V. Reference, relation: Phr.: what then is the a. of this lengthy speech? quorsum igitur haec spectat tam longa oratio? Cic.: they confirm these things by explaining the a. of each, haec confirmant, interpretando quorsum quidque pertineat, Cic.: the a. of this (a fable) is to those who, etc., hoc dictum est illis qui, etc.; hoc pertinere ad illos dixerim., Phaedr.: so, haec significat fabula, etc., Phaedr.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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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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• APPLICATION
  • use, usus: usurpatio (act of using in a particular instance): a bad application, abusus. To admit of a wider application, latius patere.
  • Application of mind, animi attentio (Cic.). oftener intentio (act of directing the thoughts to anything): (diligentia (care with which one attends to anything: opposed to indiligentia). In Cic. applicatio animi is the attaching of the mind to an object with affection. To make a practical application of any thing, aliquid ita tractare, ut id ad usum transferas. All the applications of an art, omnia, quae aliqua arte effici possunt.
  • Application (= particular use) of a word, must be translated by circumlocution with verbo uti (not verbum usurpare, adhibere): subjicere sententiam vocabulo; vocabulo aliquid significare, declarare. To use a word in a rare application, verbum doctiuscule ponere. “Cic., too, makes a similar application of the word,” item consimiliter Cic. verbo isto utitur. “Cic. uses the word in a contrary application,” contra valet cum Cic. - ita dicit. Vid: Positio dictionis is not Latin.
  • Petition, Vid:
  • Act of applying, circumlocution by participle admotus. “By the application of herbs,” admotis herbis (animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis, Ov.).
  • To make the application (e.g., of a tale), interpretari aliquid.