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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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• contrive:
      1. 1. commĭniscor, commentus, 3 (to devise, invent, make up): to c. a lie, mendacium c., Pl.: to c. a crime, scelus c., Quint.
      2. 2. excōgĭto, 1 (to think out): to make or c. something worthy of a gift of the Gods, aliquid dignum dono deorum aut efficere aut ex., Cic.: v. to invent.
      3. 3. struo, xi, ctum, 3 (always in a bad sense): to c. snares for any one., insidias alicui s., Liv.: to c. any one's death, mortem alicui s., Tac.
      4. 4. māchĭnor, 1 (with ingenuity): musicians have c.d these two things for pleasure, rhythm and song, haec duo musici machinati ad voluptatem sunt, versum atque cantum, Cic.: Lucr. Esp. in bad sense, to c. death for any one, necem alicui m., Liv.
      5. 5. invĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4 (to find out): I lately c.d a certain trick, inveni quandam nuper fallaciam, Ter.: he could not c. how to support his unfounded accusation, ille quomodo crimen commenticium confirmaret non inveniebat, Cic.
      6. 6. mōlior, 4 (implying effort): to plot and c. some calamity for some one, struere et m. aliquid calamitatis alicui, Cic. Phr.: to c. secret schemes, consilia secreta coquere, Liv.: in general, to c. a plan may be expr. by consilium, rationem inire: Cic. (v. plan): to c. deceit, dolum nectere, Liv.: to c. that something may come to pass, facere, efficere ut aliquid fiat, Cic.
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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• CONTRIVE
invenire: reperire (invent; SYN. in FIND): excogitare (think out; contrive as the result of thought): comminisci (devise, contrive, mostly in a bad sense; not used of material objects): machinari (to contrive artificial means; if against a person. in a bad sense; but also used of the contrivances of nature): moliri (something requiring great exertion, extensive combinations, etc., mostly in a bad sense, aliquid mali, insidias or periculum alicui): facere or efficere (to contrive to do anything; with ut, which, in short sentences with facere, is often omitted). Contrive to let me know, facito, ut sciam (Cic.): contrive to be at home, domi assitis facite: he contrived to get a surplus revenue, effecit, ut ex vectigalibus superesset pecunia, quae in aerario reponeretur (Nep.). I contrived to get the first place in the affections of them both, effeci, ut neutri illorum quisquam esset me carior (Cic.): to contrive a plan for anybody’s destruction, ad perniciem alicujus aliquid cogitare (Nep., Dat., 6, 8): to contrive crafty devices, dolos nectere (Liv.), procudere (Plaut.).