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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 12 senses)
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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• valid:
    1. I. Strong: vălĭdus: v. strong.
    2. II. Fig.: sound, capable of being supported:
      1. 1. firmus: v. arguments, argumenta f. ad probandum, Cic. Brut. 78, 272: a most weighty and v. argument, argumentum gravissimum et firmissimum, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 37.
      2. 2. justus (sufficient): a v. excuse, satis j. excusatio, id. Pis. 15, 36.
      3. 3. certus (to be trusted): very v. proofs, certissima argumenta, id. Cat. 3, 5, 13.
      4. 4. lēgĭtĭmus (allowed by law): a v. excuse, excusatio l., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14.
    3. III. Of a law or principle, of legal efficacy, in force:
      1. 1. rătus (established): things which cannot be v., quae r. esse non possunt, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 21 r. tribunatus, opp. irritus, id. Prov. Cons. 19., 45: v. wills, testamenta r., opp. rupta, id. de Or. 1, 38, 173.
      2. 2. stăbĭlis, e: a v. right of possession, s. et certa possessio, id. Am. 15, 55. Join: s., fixus, ratus, id. Ac. 2, 9, 27: jussus, ratus, firmus, id. Caec. 33, 96. To be v.:
      3. 1. văleo, 2: the announcement of an adverse omen was not v., nihil v. obnunciatio, id. Div. 1, 16, 30: your excuses are v. in my eyes, v. apud me excusationes tuae, id. Sull. 16, 47.
      4. 2. rătus sum: it will be v. in my eyes, I shall approve, r. mihi erunt, id. Fam. 7, 23, 1.
      5. 3. perh. vĭgeo, 2 (to flourish): whose authority I hear is still v., quem maxime vigere audio, id. de Or. 3, 28, 110. To establish as v., prŏbo, 1: to show that one's case is v., causam p., id. Balb. 21, 49. To regard as v., ratum habeo, opp. rescindo, id. Part. Or. 36, 125: r. duco, Liv. 27, 17, fin.: r. efficio, id. 1, 6, 2: v. to approve, confirm, ratify.
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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• VALID
bonus (good; opposed to malus, bad, or adulterinus, counterfeit): justus (such as it ought to be): idoneus (fit, proper): ratus (confirmed, ratified). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ratus ac firmus (well established): legitimus (conformable to law): firmus ad probandum (that proves, convincing; e.g., argumentum): gravis (weighty; hence also, convincing; e.g., argumentum; ☞ Cic., Rosc., Com., 12, 36, argumentum gravissimum et firmissimum: i. e., the most valid, proof). To be valid, valere (general term); vigere (to be in vogue, to continue in force); ratum esse (to be firmly established; of laws, decrees, compacts); exerceri (to be in force; of laws; Liv., 6, 51): esse (to exist: ☞ obtinere or obtineri is quite unclassical in the sense of valere; Vid: Klotz, Cic., Tusc., 5, 41, 118, and is even wrong in the sense of esse): to admit anything as valid, aliquid ratum habere or ducere; aliquid probare, approbare, comprobare (to approve of it); aliquid accipere, admittere (to accept, allow).