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

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Contents (3 entries · 8 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• challenge (v.):
    1. I. To call upon to fight or contend:
      1. 1. prōvŏco, 1 (with some defining word). to c. any one, aliquem ad pugnam p., Cic.: Liv.: he c.s me to a game at dice, provocat me in aleam, Pl.: to c. any one to sing, aliquem cantatum p., Ter.
      2. 2. lăcesso, 3: v. to provoke, TO CALL UPON.
    2. II. To object to a juror (leg. t. t.): rejĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3: the defendant c.d 75 jurors out of 125, ex CXXV. judicibus, quinque et LXX. reus rejecit, Cic.: Plin.
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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• CHALLENGE
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  • v. provocare (absolutely, Liv., 24, 8): any body to a battle, provocare aliquem ad pugnam or ad certamen (especially one out of many): evocare aliquem ad pugnam (to call out one who is in a camp, etc.): elicere aliquem ad certamen (to try to make one fight who is unwilling to do so): lacessere aliquem ad pugnam (to provoke him to fight by attacking him: especially of a body of troops): to a duel, aliquem provocare ad pugnam or ad certamen (ad certamen singulare or pugnam singularem, if it is necessary to express this): to challenge anybody to drink, provocare aliqueni bibendo: to drink bumpers poscere majoribus poculis: do a discussion, aliquem ad disputandum provocare, evocare, or elicere (the first post-Ciceronian; the last, in Cic., always with the notion of resistance on the part of the person challenged).
  • To challenge a juror, judicem rejicere.
  • Claim as due, sibi vindicare or sumere aliquid. [Vid: CLAIM]
  • To challenge contradiction. impugnari non posse; evidentem esse, omnibus probare, etc.
2. s. provocatio.