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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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• gift (subs.):
    1. I. Something given; a present:
      1. 1. dōnum (most gen. term): the law concerning g.s and presents, lex de d. et muneribus, Cic.: wedding g.s, d. nuptialia, Cic.: the g.s of fortune, Cic.: to give anything as a g. (cf. L. G. § 297), aliquid alicui dono dare, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 6: Cic.: to bestow some g. on the commonwealth, aliquod d. reipublicae afferre, Cic. Ph. 1, 13, 32.
      2. 2. mūnus, ĕris, n. (a more poetic word, though found also in prose; acc. to Habicht, etc., munus is a gift which one is in some way bound to give, while donum is a free gift: but the distinction is not observed): the g.s of Bacchus, munera Bacchi, Hor.: the g.s of the earth, munera terrae, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 5: Cic.: v. present, bounty.
      3. 3. bĕnĕfĭcium: v. benefit, kindness.
      4. 4. stips, stĭpis, f. (of a small coin): v. alms, gratuity. Gifts or largesses made by the emperors and others to the soldiery or people, were called dōnāria, congiāria: v. donative.
    2. II. An endowment or faculty of mind or body:
      1. 1. dos, dōtis, f. (chiefly poet.): the g. of beauty, d. formae, Ov. M. 9, 717: g.s of nature and fortune, naturae fortunaeque dotes, Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4: it is my g. to celebrate in song ..., est carminibus celebrare d. mea, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 60.
      2. 2. făcultas: v. faculty.
      3. 3. ingĕnium (strictly the whole of a man's natural endowments) they were not altogether deficient in g.s, but only in that of the orator, iis non omnino i., sed oratorium i. defuit, Cic. Br. 29, 110: as great a g. for invention, tantum ad fingendum ingenii, Cic. Font. 14, 30.
      4. 4. indŏles, is, f. (similar to preced.): v. genius, disposition.
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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• GIFT
donum: munus (a present [Vid: a PRESENT]; both also, general term of that which has been imparted to us by God, by nature, fortune, etc., with or without quasi prefixed): stips: beneficium (a gift to a poor man; a tender, liberal gift = to beg for a gift from anyone, stipem emendicare ab aliquo, Suet., Oct., 91): dos (that which is imparted to us by nature or by fortune; especially in plur., dotes): ingenium: facultas (natural parts or talents for anything; opposed to ars, acquired talent). Gifts of nature, naturae munera (i. e., natural parts or talents; to possess such, naturae muneribus ornatum esse): gifts of nature and of fortune, naturae fortunaeque dotes; bona, quae alicui natura et fortuna data sunt: natural gifts, naturale quoddam bonum (Vid: Nep., Thras., 1, 3): to possess distinguished gifts of mind and heart, *ingenii animique dotibus excellere: to possess in an eminent degree all the gifts of a statesman and general, omnibus belli ac togae dotibus eminentissimum esse: to possess the gift of being able to make one’s self beloved by every one, ars ad conciliandos animos alicui est or inest (Liv., 28, 18, med.): to possess it abundantly, ingenium or ars ad promerendam omnium voluntatem alicui superest (Suet., Tit., 1, in.): to possess dexterity in everything as a natural gift, alicui inest ad omnia naturalis ingenii dexteritas (Liv., 28, 18, med.): to possess the gift of eloquence, bene dicere.
GRG Georges (1)
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Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (8th ed., 1913/1918). Digitized data accessed from latin-dict.github.io and is in the public domain.
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Gift, venenum (im allg., auch bildl.).
virus (giftiger Saft in Natura oder durch Mischung, giftiger Trank).
toxicum (τοξικόν, das Gift zum Bestreichen der Pfeilspitzen).
mit G. angemacht, bestrichen, in G. getaucht, venenatus; veneno illitus (mit G. bestrichen); veneno infectus, tinctus (in G. getaucht).
G. mischen, venenum parare: einen Becher mit G. (einen Gifttrank) mischen, poculum veneno miscere: für jmd. G. (einen Gifttrank) mischen, alcis occidendi causā venenum parare; alcis necandi causā venenum conficere: od. bl. alci venenum parare; venenum in alqm comparare: G. (einen Gifttrank) nehmen, trinken, s. vergiften (sich): jmdm. G. (einen Gifttrank) geben, s. (jmd.) vergiften: durch G. umkommen, veneno absumi od. occīdi od. interimi: an G. sterben, veneno poto od. bl. veneno mori: von jmd. G. (zu trinken) bekommen, venenum accipere ab alqo.
Bildl., das süße G. der Trägheit, blandum venenum desidiae: das ist G., hoc pro veneno est: G. u. Galle speien, ausspeien, spumare ex ore scelus, anhelare ex intimo pectore crudelitatem.