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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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• undertake:
    1. I. In gen. sense:
      1. 1. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to u. a business, negotium s., Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: u. the cause of the senate, suscipe causam senatus, id. Verr. 1, 17, 51.
      2. 2. sūmo, sumpsi, sumptum, 3: sometimes with dat. of person: I u. the study of philosophy, mihi ipse s. studium philosophiae, id. Acad. 1, 2, 7: who u.s to write the deeds of Augustus? quis res gestas Augusti scribere sumit? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 7: the war which the people ordered to be u.n with Antiochus, duellum quod cum Antiocho populus sumi jussit, Liv. 36, 2.
      3. 3. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3, dep.: let us u. some great thing, magnum quid aggrediamur, Cic. Att. 2, 14: with prep. ad: when I u.took the case, quum ad causam sum aggressus, id. de Or. 2, 72, 291.
      4. 4. rĕcipio, 3 (make a bargain to do a thing): the man who had u.n to do it, illum, qui sese facturum recepisset, id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: which thing induced me to u. the case, quae res me impulit, ut ... causam reciperem, ib. 1, 2: see below.
      5. 5. incĭpio, 3 (to begin): they u.took it with this hope, hac illi spe hoc inceperunt, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 20: to think that Aeschinus should u. such a thing! hoccine incipere Aeschinum! ib. 30.
      6. 6. căpio, cēpi, capere, 3: to form or u. a plan, consilium capio, Cic. Fam. 14, 12: in old legal phraseol., to u. an office, magistratum capio, id. Leg. 3, 3, 8: v. to take.
      7. 7. mōlior, ītus, 4 (to plan): you have nothing here to u., hic, quod moliare, nihil habes, Cic. Verr. 1, 51, 133.
      8. 8. ineo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum (enter upon), 4: to u. a plan, rationem ineo, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30: consilium ineo, Ov. Fast. 3, 380: I will u. your duties, tua munera inibo, Virg. Aen. 5, 846.
      9. 9. cōnor, 1 (to attempt): to think before u.ing, prius cogitare quam conari, Nep. Dat. 7.
      10. 10. coepi, def. (to begin): let me first relate what I u.took, hoc, quod coepi, primum enarrem, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 32.
    2. II. To u. a work for pay:
      1. 1. recĭpio, 3: see also above, I., 4.
      2. 2. condūco, duxi, ductum, 3: the contractor who had u.taken to make the column ..., qui columnam ... conduxerat faciendam, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47.
      3. 3. rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: he u. took the quarrels of the society, not his own, societatis, non suas lites redemit, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.
    3. III. To u. a legal case:
      1. 1. causam ăgo: Liv. 37, 54.
      2. 2. c. dēfendo: Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198: v. to dare, attempt.
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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• UNDERTAKE
  • incipere (to begin, especially in a bold or spirited manner): aggredi aliquid or ad aliquid (to attack): sumere (to take in hand): suscipere (to take upon one’s self): recipere (to become responsible for): moliri (to endeavor to accomplish something difficult or laborious; this is construed also with an infinitive): conari (to begin something that requires effort and pain; usually with an infinitive): audere (to attempt something dangerous or hazardous; usually with an infinitive): To undertake a work or labor, laborem sumere, suscipere, or recipere: to undertake a war, bellum incipere, sumere, or suscipere: to undertake a journey, iter incipere, aggredi, or inire (to enter upon): iter suscipere (as a business or charge):
  • Engage [Vid. ENGAGE, intransitively].
  • To undertake the care or charge of, curare: tueri (to keep in one’s sight or care): recipere, suscipere (to take upon one’s self, the latter especially from one’s own impulse; all followed by an accusative). To undertake the charge of anybody, curare de aliquo diligenter (to take care of): prospicere or consulere alicui: consulere et prospicere alicujus rationibus (to consult his good): aliquem tueri or defendere (to protect, defend him): aliquem tueri et defendere, or aliquem tueri eique consulere; suscipere or recipere aliquem; adesse alicui (especially in a court of justice). To undertake the entire charge of anybody, totum aliquem suscipere ac tueri: to cease to undertake the charge of anybody, aliquem abjicere: not to undertake anybody’s cause, deesse alicui (especially in a court of justice): to undertake the care of anything, curam alicujus rei suscipere: tueri et defendere rem (to defend): causam suscipere or recipere; causam tueri (in a court of justice). To undertake the care of the commonwealth, the state, suscipere salutem reipublicae: to undertake the management of anything in good earnest, incumbere in rem (☞ not alicui rei): with the utmost zeal, omni cogitatione curaque incumbere in rem: not to undertake the care of a thing, rem negligere.