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

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Contents (2 entries · 2 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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• adjure:
      1. 1. obtestor, 1: I a. you by all the gods to undertake the whole business, per omnes deos te obtestor ut totam rem suscipias, Cic.: I a. and implore all the gods, deos omnes imploro atque ob., Cic.: I beseech and a. you to show this man pity, oro ob.que vos ut misericordiam huic tribuatis, Cic.
      2. 2. obsecro, 1: to entreat and a. any one, aliquem orare atque ob., Cic.: he a.d him by the ashes of his departed brother, eum ob. per fratris sui mortui cineres, Cic. Note, obtestor and obsecro had both orig. a religious force, obtestor always retained this meaning, but obsecro freq. means simply to entreat: v. to entreat: often in combination with obtestor: as, id ut facias obtestor atque obsecro, Cic.
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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• ADJURE
  • impose a prescribed form of oath, jurejurando, or jusjurandum, or ad jusjurandum aliquem adigere; aliquem sacramento adigere or rogare (of soldiers): jurejurando aliquem astringere, obstringere, obligare (bind by an oath): jusjurandum ab aliquo exigere: jusjurandum alicui deferre.
  • Nearly = implore: obtestari (to call God to witness, and implore anybody in a suppliant manner, Dig.): obsecrare (to implore urgently by all that is holy; by all a man holds sacred). (The words are found in this connection and order), implorare et obtestari. By anybody, per aliquem. To adjure by all that is sacred, all you hold dear, etc., multis, omnibus, infimis precibus petere, orare; omnibus precibus orare et obtestari aliquem.