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

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Contents (2 entries · 4 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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• function:
      1. 1. offĭcium (special work): the f. of body (matter), of. corporis, Lucr. 1, 337: the f. of an orator, of. oratoris, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 138: v. duty.
      2. 2. mūnus (task, responsibility): a lofty f., grande m., Hor. Od. 2, 1, 11. In pl., mūnia, only in nom. and acc., occurs in same sense: to fulfil the f.s of a leader, m. ducis implere, Tac. H. 1, 62: Cic.: Liv.
      3. 3. actio (lawful course of procedure on the part of a magistrate): a consular f., Liv. 4, 55, init.
      4. 4. pars, partes: v. past, province.
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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• FUNCTION
actio: negotium (business): officium (duly; part to be performed): ministerium (service): vicis (genitive; nominative sing. not found; duty as performed by a substitute): munia (plur., only in this form; candidatorum, belli, ordinum, consulatus). Anybody’s functions, alicujus negotia, partes, officia, or munia: the functions of the consul, actio consularis: the functions of the tribunes, actiones tribunorum (Liv.): the natural functions of the body, naturales corporis actiones (☞ officium is also used of natural functions in poetry, officium quod corporis exstat, Lucr., 1, 337; and neque pes neque mens satis suum officium facit, performs its functions, Ter., Eun., 4, 5, 3). To perform functions, officiis fungi; officia exsequi; munia facere (Liv.), obire, or implere (Tac.); munia alicujus rei facere (Liv., ; e.g., belli); vice alicujus rei fungi (to serve for it; to serve its purpose); anybody’s functions, munia alicujus implere (e.g., ducis, Tac.); officiis alicujus fungi (Auct., Heren., 4, 34); vice alicujus fungi (the two last of being a substitute for him; doing the work that was usually done by another).