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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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• ready:
      1. 1. părātus: r. to encounter risk, p. subire periculum, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 4: a mind r. for crimes, animus sceleribus p., Tac. Ann. 12, 47: r. with cavalry, infantry, etc., p. peditatu, equitatu, Cic. Att. 9, 13: r. for slaughter, p. neci, Virg. Aen. 2, 334: r. for either issue, in utrumque paratus, ib. 61: all will be r., parata res erit., Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 32: not r., unready, imparatus, Caes. B. G. 6, 30: r.-made arguments, argumenta parata, Cic. Brut. 78, 271: r. for that object, ad eam rem p., Caes. B. G. 1, 5: more r. to encounter dangers, paratiores ad pericula subeunda, ib.: a robber thoroughly r. for everything, paratissimi ad omnia latronis, Cic. ad Brut. 11: ships quite r., paratissimae naves, Caes. B. G. 3, 14.
      2. 2. promptus: to have a thing r. on the tongue, aliquid in lingua promptum habere, Sall. Cat. 10: alert and r. to engage in wars, ad bella suscipienda alacer et promptus animus, Caes. B. G. 3, 19: r. for battle, promptus ad pugnam, Cic. Mil. 20, 54: a r. swiftness in replying, prompta in respondendo celeritas, Cic. Brut. 42, 154: a man r. for a jest, promptus ad jocandum, id. Q. Fr. 2, 13. more r. with tongue than hand, lingua quam manu promptior, Sall. Jug. 44: a most r. man, promptissimus homo, Cic. Verr. 4, 17, 37: of a r. spirit, promptus animi, Tac. H. 1, 23: r. to suffer, promptus pati, Lucan 7, 106: r. to provoke, promptus incessere, Stat. Theb. 7, 208: a soul r. for liberty or death, promptus libertati aut ad mortem animus, Tac. Ann. 4, 46. Join: promptus et paratus: promptus, paratus, expeditus: promptus et alacer: promptissimus homo et experiens.
      3. 3. expĕdītus: active and r. to speak, facilis et expeditus ad dicendum, Cic. Brut. 48, 180: a r. style of speaking, expeditum genus dicendi, ib. 78, 271: the readiest way to heaven, expeditissimus in caelum reditus, Cic. Am. 4, 13.
      4. 4. cĕler: men of r. tongue, homines lingua celeri, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83.
      5. 5. lĭbens: with r. mind, libenti animo, Cic. Att. 2, 4: I am r. to die with thee, tecum obeam libens, Hor. Od. 3, 9, 24.
      6. 6. făcĭlis: the gods r. to accede to your prayers, faciles in tua vota deos, Ov. Her. 16, 280.
      7. 7. prōnus: a r. way to honours, pronum ad honores iter, Plin. Ep. 8, 10: r. for compliance, in obsequium pronus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 10. Phr.: I am r. to marry her: nec mora ulla est, quin eam uxorem ducam, Ter. Andr. 5, 6, 7: v. ready money.
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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• READY
  • Preferred, paratus (having will and power to, etc., ad aliquid, or the infinitive): promtus (close at hand; quick and willing to, etc., ad aliquid, in aliquid, or in aliqua re: ☞ with the dative, past-Augustan). (The words are found in this connection and order.) promtus et paratus; expeditus (not hindered, active). Ready to do anything, paratus facere aliquid or ad aliquid faciendum: to be ready, ad manum esse; praesto adesse, for anything, ad aliquid: to have ready, aliquid expedire (e.g., arma): to make ready, parare, instruere aliquid [Vid: RREPARE]: to keep one’s self ready, paratum promptumque esse.
  • Well furnished or equipped, able to act promptly, instructus: paratus: expeditus (freed from hindrances). Ready for sea, ad navigandum paratus: paratus ad navigandum atque ab omnibus rebus instructus: paratus instructusque remigio. To get a vessel ready for sea, navem aptare ad enrsum, or aptare velis (†), or parare instruereque remigio; navigium instruere armamentis ministrisque.
  • A ready speaker, orator semper ad dicendum expeditus: to make omself ready for anything, se parare, se expedire ad aliquid; parare, comparare, instruere aliquid: to get ready for a tourney, parare iter; parare proficisci; se comparare ad iter, for the next day, in diem posterum: Hence (a) Able to accomplish anything easily and quickly, paratus; promtus: ready with the fist, manu promtus; manu fortis. Ready disputants, promti ad disputandum homines (Cic.): that has a ready tongue, promtus lingua; facundus [Vid: ELOQUENT]: in a ready manner, parate (e.g., dicere). (b) Willing, libens (the proper word): alacer ad aliquid (active): promtus ad aliquid (at hand). (The words are found in this connection and order.) alacer et promtus ad aliquid: proclivis ad aliquid (inclined). To be ready to do anything, promto ad aliquid faciendum esse animo. (c) (of things) Completed, finished, perfectus: absolutus. To make anything ready, perficere; conficere; absolvere; (The words are found in this connection and order.) conficere et absolvere. It is ready, rem absolvi (I have completed it).
  • Immediate (of money): ready money, pecunia praesens or numerata; nummi praesentes or numerati; also simply nummus (especially if in opposition; e.g., praedia locare non nummo, sed partibus): payment in ready money, repraesentatio, with or without pecuniae (☞ Cic., Att., 12, 29 and 31; ad Div. 15, 24, 3): to have ready money, nummos numeratos habere in suis nummis versari: to pay ready money, praesenti pecunia or numerato solvere; pecuniam repraesentare (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 1, 40); to anybody, in pecunia alicui satisfacere; for anything, praesentibus nummis emere aliquid: to sell for ready money, praesenti pecunia vendere; die oculata vendere (Prov. ap. Rlautus, Pseud., 1, 3, 67): he pays ready money for everything, semper Graeca fide mercatur (Plaut., Asin., 1, 3, 47). To have a good deal of ready money about him, secum aliquantum nummorum ferre (Cic., Invent., 2, 4, 14).
  • Ready sale, *facilis et expedita venditio mercium: to find a ready sale, facile vendi: that finds a ready sale, vendibilis.