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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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• ransom (subs.):
      1. 1. rĕdemptio: to bring gold for the r. of the girl, aurum pro r. puellae afferre, Val. Max. 4, 3, 1: r. was refused to the prisoners, captivis r. negabatur, Liv. 25, 6.
      2. 2. prĕtium (the money paid for the ransom): to restore the prisoners without r., captivos sine p. reddere, Liv.: to dismiss all the prisoners without r., omnes captivos sine p. dimittere, Curt.: to pay the r. agreed upon for one's life, pactum pro capite p. afferre, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107. Also by phr.: pecuniae quibus aliquid redimitur, Suet. Caes. 4.
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• ransom (v.): rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: to r. captives from the enemy, captivos ab hostibus r., Auct. Her. 1, 2, 2: to r. captives from slavery, captos e servitute r., Cic. Off. 2, 18, 63: to r. those taken by the pirates, captos a praedonibus r., ib. 2, 16, 56.
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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• RANSOM
1. s. pecuniae, quibus aliquis redimitur (Suet., Caes., 4); pactum pro capite pretium (when one purchases his life with it; Cic., Off., 3, 29, 107): from the context, often simply pretium; pecuniae: to restore, receive without ransom, sine pretio dimittere, recipere.
2. v. aliquem pretio or pecunia, redimere (e servitute); aliquem redimere.