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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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• prayer:
      1. 1. (prex), prĕcis, f.: chiefly used in pl., though the abl. sing. is not infreq.: to seek anything with anxious p., aliquid sollicita p. petere, Ov. M. 8, 271: Cic. (= entreaty): to address worship, p.s, to the gods, diis cultus, preces adh here, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, init.; preces admovere, Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 36; fundere (poet.), Virg. Aen. 5, 234: to hear p.s, preces audire, exaudire (v. to hear, III.): to be moved by p.s, precibus flecti, Virg. Aen. 2, 689; moveri, Ov. Her. 7, 3: v. entreaty.
      2. 2. prĕcātio (form of p.): the form of p. used in opening the comitia, sollennis comitiorum p., Cic. Mur. init.: to "have p.s," precationes facere, Liv. 39, 18, med. Also used to denote a particular p. or petition: to offer up the like p., simili p. uti, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 113 (perh. in order to avoid the use of prece).
      3. 3. obsecrātio (solemn public p.): p. was offered up by the people, obs. facta est a populo, Liv. 4, 21, med.: cf. id. 27, 11, med.
      4. 4. supplĭcium (humble p.: rare in this sense, and only in pl.): Sall. Cat. 52. Formula of p., carmen, verba: v. formula. Phr.: having uttered this p., haec ita precatus, Liv. 8, 9, med.
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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• PRAYER
precatio (as an action): supplicatio (humble prayer): preces (the words and form of prayer). To offer or utter prayer, precationem facere; precatione uti; preces adhibere (deo or diis); preces concipere (Ov.); preces mittere (Liv., incassum mittere preces): to reject anybody’s prayers, alicujus preces repudiare: to listen to anybody’s prayers, alicujus preces audire (Cic.); alicujus precationem admittere (Liv.): to be prevailed upon by anybody’s prayers, alicujus precibus cedere (Cic.); alicujus precibus adduci, ut (Caes., Nep.): to gain anything by one’s prayers, precibus impetrare aliquid: ☞ fundere preces; admovere preces; ad preces descendere or decurrere; precibus vinci, frangi, flecti; in preces descendere or demitti; precibus aliquem aggredi; precibus alicujus parere or repugnare, belong to the poets; so also, preces concipere (Ov.); fatigare aliquem precibus. At the prayer of anyone, aliquo rogante; alicujus rogatu; ab aliquo rogatus; alicujus precibus adductus; aliquo deprecatore (at the intercession of anyone): a form of prayer verba sollemnia (the reading of a form of prayer, nuncupatio verborum sollemnium; Valerius, Max., 5, 10, 1): carmen, or sollemne precationis carmen (Vid: Liv., 5, 41: 39, 15): praefatio (especially before a sacrifice, Suet., Claud. 25, Bremi): to dictate a form of prayer, carmen praefari; verba (sollemnia) praeire; to anyone, alicui.