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

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Contents (2 entries · 7 senses)
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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• belief:
    1. I. The assent of the mind induced by evidence:
      1. 1. fĭdes, ei, f.: to give b. to evidence, testimonio f. tribuere, Cic.: the speech inspires b., f. facit oratio, Cic..: foll. by acc. and inf.: Cic.: to pass all b., omnem f. excedere, Suet.: beyond human b., supra humanam f., Plin.
      2. 2. ŏpīnio, ōnis, f. (weaker than fides, but stronger than the Eng. opinion: q. v.): a b. in the immortal gods is found in all persons, op. de diis immortalibus omnium est, Cic.: I believe Romulus to have entertained the b. that the science of augury consists in the anticipation of events, credo Romulum habuisse op., in providendis rebus esse augurandi scientiam, Cic.: the b. in immortality, *op. immortalitatis (based on Cic.).
      3. 3. persuāsĭo (a settled conviction): Quint.: Suet. Phr.: narrations worthy of b., narrationes credibiles, Cic.: v. credible: easy of b., credulus: v. credulous.
    2. II. Opinion: q. v.
    3. III. Theological opinion: relĭgio: v. religion.
    4. IV. Creed, q. v. *formula dogmatis (-um) theologiae.
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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• BELIEF
  • fides (assured belief): opinio (opinion, view): persuasio (firm conviction).
  • Creed, formula Christiana: lex Christiana (the latter Ammianus, of a Christian’s “ride of faith”). An article of the belief, caput doctrinae sacrae (caput or articulus fidei, barbarous): locus doctrinae sacrae. The universal belief about a thing, omnium opinio de re. A belief that poison had been administerd by some one, persuasio veneni ab aliquo accepti. According to my belief, ut ego existimo; mea quidem opinione; ut mihi quidem videtur. The common belief that, etc., vulgata opinio, qua creditur, etc. Easy of belief, credulus. Hard of belief, incredulus. Past belief, incredibilis; incredibile quantum, supra quam credibile est. Worthy of belief, fide dignus, fidus, certus, bonus, locuples, luculentus; credibilis; probabilis: unworthy of belief, levis nee satis fidus (e.g., auctor).
  • In an ecclesiastical sense, fides (belief, faith): doctrina, formula, lex (objectively, doctrine, profession, law), lex Christiana (Ammianus): relirio (religion, generally; as, religio Christiana, Eutropius, Arnobius). Vid :, Krebs, after Muretus, advises the retention of fides Christiana as a technical term. To fight for his belief, pro religionibus suis pugnare (defend it with the sword); pro religionibus suis bellum (or -a) suscipere. Belief in (the existence of) a God, opinio Dei: nobody shall drive me from my belief in the immortality of the soul, nemo me de immortalitate depellet (Cic.): the common belief, that, etc., vulgata opinio qua creditur, etc. (Liv., 40, 29): to have or hold a wrong belief on any subject, non recte credere de re (Cic.): not to deserve any belief (of a thing), fidem or nullam fidem habere.