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

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Contents (2 entries · 9 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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• delivery:
    1. I. A setting free, etc.: v. deliverance.
    2. II. Act of bringing forth children:
      1. 1. partus, ūs (child-birth): Cic.
      2. 2. partūra (= partus): Varr.
      3. 3. puerpĕrium, Pl.: Tac.: Gell. (N.B.--May often be expr. by a verb: as, after d., enixa: to have a hard d., difficile, cum magnis doloribus parere: v. bring forth.)
    3. III. Utterance and gesture:
      1. 1. actio: dignity of d., actionis dignitas, Cic.: v. action.
      2. 2. prōnuntiātio: d. is by most persons called action, pr. a plerisque actio dicitur, Quint. (Actio is the more comprehensive term, and includes the entire movement and bearing of a speaker.)
      3. 3. ēlŏcūtio (oratorical d.): Cic.: v. elocution.
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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• DELIVERY
  • Act of setting free, liberatio (setting free).
  • Act of bringing forth children, partus (child-birth): cf., enixus, late, Plin.: untimely delivery, abortio.
  • Act of delivering up, traditio (delivery or surrender to the enemy): deditio (full surrender into the power and disposal of the enemy): proditio (when accompanied with treachery).
  • Manner in which anybody delivers himself (= speaks), genus dicendi; dictio (especially the manner of expressing thoughts by speech): actio (rhetorical delivery in reference to the proper modulation of the voice, the holding and motions of the body, especially in the representation of a theatrical piece): pronunciatio (including both speech and action, as far as the expression of the thoughts is concerned): elocutio (rhetorical delivery with reference to pronunciation, diction, and style, φράσις): a popular delivery, popularis dictio: a delivery full of life or spirit, actio plena animi or spiritus: a good delivery, facilis et profluens in dicendo celeritas (of the readiness with which words are found; the absence of hesitation, etc.): to have a good delivery, bene or commode dicere: a fluent or ready delivery, facilem esse in dicendo; facilem et expeditum esse ad dicendum.