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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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• bid:
    1. I. To request, tell: q. v.: jŭbĕo, jussi, jussum, 2: b. him be of good cheer, jubeto habere bonum animum, Pl.: our friends b. us hope, sperare nos amici j., Cic.: I saluted him, then bade him farewell, illum salutavi, postea jussi valere, Ter.
    2. II. To offer (a price), lĭcĕor, lĭcĭtus, 2: when he bids, no one dares to b. against him, illo licente, contra l. audet nemo, Caes.: to b. by raising the finger (the usual way), digito liceri, Cic.: they are thinking of b.ing for your gardens, istos hortos l. cogitant, Cic. Phr.: he bade me defiance, ille inimicitias mihi denuntiavit, Cic.: he b.s fair to do better, spes est eum melius facturum, Pl.: the harvest b.s fair to be abundant, *spes bona est messem largam fore.
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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  • invite, invitare or vocare: to supper, invitare or vocare aliquem (ad cenam): to my house, aliquem invito domum meam.
  • Command, order jubere, imperare, praecipere, dicere, mandare. If you would have done as I bade you, si meum imperium exsequi voluisses. You had best do as I bid you, tu fac ut dixi, si sapis. Do as he shall bid you, quod imperabit facito. Run and bid the woman come hither, curre, mulierem arcesse.
  • To bid at a sale, licere, licitari, licitationem facere. To bid against one, aliquo licente contra liceri: to bid an as, liceri asse. To bid upon, aliquid liceri. FIG., to bid fair, promittere aliquem or aliquid; spem facere, dare alicujus rei; aliquid sperare jubere, bene de se sperare jubere.
  • Proclaim, pronuntiare.
  • Denounce, denuntiare. Bid defiance to a person, provocare aliquem (challenge): contumacem esse in aliquem; alicui resistere: a thing, contumacem esse adversus aliquid (e.g., imperia patris): contumaciter spernere (e.g., imperia validiorum): contemnere aliquid (e.g., omnia jura humana); obviam ire alicui rei, se offerre alicui rei (e.g., periculis).
  • I bid one welcome, aliquem salvere jubeo, alicui salutem do, benigne ali quem excipio. To bid good-morrow, salu to, salvere jubeo.