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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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• occasion (subs.):
    1. I. Opportunity: occāsio: v. opportunity. Phr.: to give o. for doing anything, ansam dare ad aliquid faciendum, Cic. Am. 16, fin.: Pl.: to give o. for suspicion, locum suspicioni dare, Cic. Coel. 4, init. (the use of ansa implies that some one else is on the look out for something to lay hold of: locus, simply that there is room for a thing to be done or looked for: v. room): what an o. (lit. window, or as we say, "door") you are opening for wickedness, quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefacis! Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72: an o. of great glory, materies ingentis decoris, Liv. 1, 39, med.: to give o. for envy, materiem invidiae dare, Cic. Ph. 11, 9, 21: materies (-a) is also used in wider sense: in order not to give Nero any o. (viz. of displeasure or ill-will) against him, ne quid materiae Neroni daret, Suet. Gal. 9. (N.B.--The expr. occasionem captare, occurs Auct. Harusp. 26, 55 = to watch for a favourable opportunity. It cannot be used for to seek occasion against, which may be expr. by, ansam s. materiam [reprehensionis, etc.] quaerere.)
    2. II. Incidental cause: perh. causa adjuvans, antecedens, proxima: Cic. Fat. 18, 41. (Causa proxima is perh. the best expr. for common use.)
    3. III. Emergency: tempus: v. emergency.
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• occasion (v.): expr. by alicui rei ansam or locum dare; materiem (-am) dare or praebere: v. preced. art. (Occasionem dare = to present an opportunity.)
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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• OCCASION
1. s. causa (cause, reason): materia (materials for anything): locus, occasio (opportunity): ansa (PROP., a handle; then figuratively, an opportunity): to give occasion, occasionem dare; ansam dare or praebere (e.g., for blame, reprehensionis or ad reprehendendum): to give occasion to suspicion or doubt, locum dare suspicioni or dubitationi: to be an occasion of war, belli materiam praebere: to give occasion for a letter, argumentum epistolae dare: to be an occasion of laughter, risum movere or concitare: to take occasion, occasionem capere, sumere, or amplecti (the last, willingly or gladly): to seek occasion, occasionem captare: to cut off all occasion, praecidere alicui omnes causas: upon occasion, si occasio fuerit: tulerit; oblata facultate; ut primum occasio data fuerit (Cic.).
2. v. occasionem dare, ansam dare or praebere, rei (dative); locum dare rei (dative) or rei (genitive); materiam praebere (☞ Plaut. and Phaedrus often use concinnare in this sense). Vid: also, CAUSE, v.