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

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Contents (3 entries · 14 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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• discourse (subs.):
    1. I. Conversation on any subject:
      1. 1. sermo, ōnis, m. (most general term): various d., varius s., Virg.: Cic.: v. conversation.
      2. 2. verba (neut. pl.): to indulge in d., v. facere., Cic.
    2. II. A set composition:
      1. 1. ōrātio (dimin. oratiuncula): v. speech.
      2. 2. concio or contio: v. sermon, harangue.
      3. 3. schŏla (of a philosophical kind: σχολή): Cic.
      4. 4. acrŏāsis, is, f. (before a learned body): v. lecture.
      5. 5. lĭbellus (as written): v. treatise.
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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• DISCOURSE
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  • s. Rational power of drawing inferences, etc., ratio, intelligentia. (The words are found in this connection and order.) ratio et (or atque) intelligentia.
  • Conversation, Vid:
  • A discourse = a regular speech uttered or written, oratio (general term); concio (delivered to an assembly of the people, soldiers, etc.): sermo doctus (learned discourse): short discourse, oratiuncula: to deliver a discourse, orationem habere, agere, or dicere (general term); concionari, concionem habere (to the people, soldiers, etc.): to compose a discourse, orationem facere or conficere: to prepare a discourse, orationem meditari or commentari: to read a discourse, deliver a written discourse, orationem de scripto dicere [Vid: SPEECH].
  • Treatise, dissertation, etc., sermo (delivered orally; on any subject, de aliqua re habitus): disputatio: liber: Vid: TREATISE.
2. v. confabulari cum aliquo; sermones serere or caedere (κόπτειν λόγους or ῥήματα, of several persons conversing together, Comic): disputare, disserere (to treat of subjects in philosophy, etc.): to discourse secretly on any dangerous subject, occultis sermonibus serere aliquid (Liv. 7, 39, init.).