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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• cheap: vīlis, e: cheaper provisions, annona vilior, Pl.: corn was cheaper, frumentum vilius erat, Cic. Fig.: our life would be c. in your esteem, tibi vilis vita esset nostra, Liv. Very c., pervīlis, Liv. Phr.: c. provisions, laxa annona, Liv.: things all at once became so c., tanta repente vilitas annonae secuta est, Cic.: to hold a thing c., aliquid parvi facere, pendere: v. to value.
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• cheap, cheaply (adv.):
      1. 1. bĕnĕ: to buy c., b. emere, Cic. (i. e. to buy advantageously; bene vendere is to sell to advantage, i. e. dear).
      2. 2. vīlī (abl. of vilis; pretio being understood): to buy c., v. emere, Pl.
      3. 3. vīlĭter: Pl.: Plin. Phr.: landed estates may be bought c., jacent praemia praediorum, Cic.: to farm the taxes c., vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere, Caes.: I sell my property not more dearly than others, perhaps more c., vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris, Cic.: to live c., *parvo sumptu (parvis sumptibus) vivere: v. expense.
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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vilis (the proper word, opposed to carus): parvi or non magni pretii: non magno parabilis (to be purchased for a moderate sum). Cheap times, vititas (opposed to caritas): vilitas annonae (with reference to the price of corn: opposed to caritas annonae). To be cheap, parvi pre tii esse: parvo pretio vendi. To buy anything cheap, aliquid parvo pretio emere; aliquid aere pauco emere (Gell.): as cheap as possible, quam minimo pretio. Dog cheap, vilissimo pretio. To come off cheap, levi poend defungi, or *leviore quam pro delicto poena defungi.