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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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• instruction:
    1. I. Education:
      1. 1. instĭtūtio (ourse of training): youthful i., puerilis i., Cic. de Or. 2, init.: Suet.
      2. 2. ēdŭcātio, ērŭdītio, etc.: v. education.
      3. 3. praeceptum (that which is conveyed as instruction): v. lesson. (Or expr. by verb: to attend to the i. of one's children, *suis liberis erudiendis atque docendis operam dare: to give i. in any art, de aliqua re praecipere: v. to instruct.)
    2. II. Authoritative command:
      1. 1. mandātum: v. charge (III.).
      2. 2. praeceptum (less freq. in this sense): in accordance with Cicero's i.s, ex praecepto Ciceronis, Sall. Cat. 44, init. (= sicuti praeceptum erat, ib. 45): so, juxta praeceptum, Just. 2, 12, fin.
      3. 3. oft. expr. by praecipio = praescribo, to give instructions: to give i.s to each severally, unicuique praecipere, Auct. B. Afr. 8 cf. supr. (II., 2); to instruct (II.).
      4. 4. praescriptum: to follow one's i.s in everything, omnia agere ad praescriptum, Caes. B. C. 3, 51: Liv.
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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• INSTRUCTION
  • Teaching, institutio: disciplina: ☞ instructio unclassical. To remain under instruction for twenty years, in disciplinā viginti annos manere (Caes.).
  • Direction, command, praeceptum (as direction): mandatum (as charge, etc.). A secret instruction, praeceptum arcanum or occultum. I have received instructions to, etc., mihi mandatum est, ut, etc.: to give anybody’s instructions, alicui mandata dare; aliquem edocere, quae agat; alicui negotium dare, ut, etc.; alicui praecipere, ut, etc. To act according to one’s instructions, praecepta alicujus sequi († Verg.): to follow one’s instructions to the letter, omnia ad praeceptum agere (Caes., explaining the different duties of a “legatus” and a commander- in-chief): to receive instructions fin anybody, mandata accipere ab aliquo: give him exact instructions about all that you wish me to do or get done for you, omnibus ei de rebus, quas agi, quas curari a me voles, mandata des velim: to give anybody instructions as to what he should, etc., alicui mandare, quae illum (agere, etc.) velis.