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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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• contrivance:
    1. I. The act of contriving:
      1. 1. excōgĭtātio, inventio: v. invention.
      2. 2. māchĭnātio: there has been given to some brutes a sort of c., data est quibusdam bestiis m. quaedam, Cic.
      3. 3. mōlītio (implying effort): Cic. (N.B. The notion may sometimes be conveyed by means of the plur. of concrete substantives: as, by whose c. was it brought about? quorum artificiis effectum est? Cic.: laying aside c. and deceit, remotis strophis et fucis, Sen.: see L. G. 591.)
    2. II. Thing contrived:
      1. 1. ars, artĭfĭcium: v. artifice.
      2. 2. inventum: all the Gods bring perdition on you, with that c. and project of yours! ut te omnes Dii cum istoc in. atque incepto perduint! Ter.
      3. 3. (in comic writers): strŏpha, techna: v. trick.
      4. 4. māchĭna: I will devise some c. for getting gold, aliquam machinabor m. unde aurum efficiam, Plaut.: Cic.: Quint.
      5. 5. May be expr. with verb: as, O elever c.! O rem excogitatam! Cic.: to hit upon some c., aliquid comminisci atque excogitare: v. foll. art.
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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• CONTRIVANCE
  • as act, inventio: excogitatio.
  • As thing, inventum: res inventa (invention; Vid: Cic., Brut., 56, 205): ars: artincium: machina (trick, artful means; in comedy, techna, stropha, from τέχνη, στροφή): machinatio (contrivance against anybody, in a bad sense). To apply contrivances, adhibere macbinas (ad aliquid faciendum, Cic.): to devise some contrivance, commoliri dolum et machinam aliquem; artificium quoddam excogitare: to ruin anybody by one’s contrivances, machinis labefactare or percellere aliquem (Cic.): The Greeks are adepts in all contrivances for getting money, Graeci omnes vias pecuniae norunt: a peculiar contrivance of one’s own, quod aliquis per se invenit. By anybody’s contrivance, alicujus macbinis (e.g., to be ruined, labefactari): alicujus opera (by anybody’s means or exertions); aliquo auctore. O cunning men! O clever contrivance! O callidos homines! O rem excogitatam! (Cic.).
  • Scheme, plan, consilium: ratio (means, method): machina: machinatio: conatus (malicious, ill-natured contrivance): To adopt, have recourse to, etc., some contrivance, consilium capere, inire: against anybody, in consequence of anything, contra aliquem, de aliqua re. Vid. SCHEME, PLAN.