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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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• readiness:
    1. I. Quickness, activity of body or mind: făcĭlĭtas: r. rather than power, facilitas magis quam facultas, Plin. Ep. 6, 29: Quintil. gives facilitas as the equiv. of ἕξις, 10, 1, 1. Phr.: r. of speech, volubilitas linguae (fluency), Cic. Planc. 25, 62: a prompt r. in replying, prompta et parata in respondendo celeritas, Cic. Brut. 42, 54: r. of speech, facilitas, Cic. Or. 6, 21.
    2. II. The state of being ready, promptitude: to have in r., paratum, expeditum habere, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118; promptum in lingua h., Sall. Cat. 10: what each man had in r., quod cuique promptum, Tac. Ann. 1, 71 (I will speak) what I have in r., quae mihi sunt in promptu, Cic. Acad. 1, 2, 4 to have in r., in promptu habere, id. Off. 1, 30, 105: things are in complete r., paratissima sunt, id. Fam. 4, 13, ad fin.: to have the troops in r., in expedito copias habere, Liv. 36, 16: to have the cash in r., pecuniam numeratam in praesentia habere, Cic. Verr. 5, 7, 17: of the utmost r. in setting forth truth, veritatis exhibendae promptissimus, Gell. 10, 22: with the utmost r., animo lubentissimo, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 9, 25. Phr.: to have in r., ad manum habere, Quint. 12, 5, 1: to have a stock of eloquence in r., tanquam in procinctu paratam habere eloquentiam, Quint. 10, 1, 2: all the money I had in r., omne aurum quod fuit prae manu, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 13.
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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• READINESS
  • State of being ready, habitus (acquired readiness in an art, etc., when one is, as it were, at home in it; Vid: Cic., Invent., 1, 25, 36): facultas (general term, power or ability to do anything): usus (practice and experience in a thing: ☞ not facilitas; i. e., talent for anything; Vid: Cic., Tusc., 4, 12, 28; nor dexteritas; i. e., cleverness, adroitness). Readiness in writing, usus scribendi: readiness in a language, scientia alicujus linguae (thorough knowledge of it, Caes., B.G., 1, 47): readiness in speaking Latin, *promta atque expedita Latine loquendi facultas: to attain a certain readiness in anything, quandam facultatem in aliqua re consequi: to possess readiness in speaking, expeditum esse ad dicendum (by practice): promtum esse lingua (with natural eloquence): commode verba facere (by knowledge of a language, Nep., Them., 10, 1): to stand in readiness, paratum, promtum, promtum paratumque, expeditum esse (of persons; SYN. in READY); sub manibus esse (of servants, etc.); ad manum esse (to be at hand; of persons and things): in promtu esse, paratum or provisum esse, prae manu esse (to be close at hand; of things): to have or keep in readiness, habere paratum, in expedito, in procinctu.
  • Willingness, animus promtus or paratus: facilitas (complaisance): officium (readiness to serve): studium (zeal, good-will): with all readiness, animo promtissimo; libentissime.