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

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Contents (2 entries · 9 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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• gratify:
    1. I. To do a favour to:
      1. 1. gratum (aliquid) facio: v. gratification (II., 1).
      2. 2. grātĭfĭcor, 1 (freq. of doing an act of complaisance or partiality: with dat.): they think to g. Pompey, Pompeio se g. putant, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, fin.: cf. Sall. Jug. 4, potentiae paucorum decus atque libertatem g. (to give up in order to gratify): Liv.
      3. 3. mōrem gĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (to comply with any one's desires, be complaisant: with dat.): I will g. your wishes, geram tibi morem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, init.: to g. oneself (have one's own way), g. sibi morem, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 74: v. to humour.
      4. 4. mōrĭgĕror, 1 (= preced., but capable of being used in bad sense): Ter. Fig.: speech ought to g. the ear, voluptati aurium m. debet oratio, Cic. Or. 48, 159.
      5. 5. obsĕquor, 3 (with dat.): v. to comply with.
      6. 6. servio, 4 (stronger than preced., and denoting a habit of mind rather than an act cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8, aliorum amori flagitiosissime s.: with dat.): v. DEVOTED TO (TO BE.)
      7. 7. dēlecto, oblecto, jŭvo: v. to delight.
    2. II. To satisfy a natural desire: expleo, ēvi, ētum, 2: to g. one's inclinations, animum ex. suum, Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: Cic.: v. to satisfy.
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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• GRATIFY
  • To please, gratificari (to oblige, alicui; anybody in anything, aliquid alicui; e.g., cur tibi hoc non gratificer nescio, Cic.): morem gerere alicui (to gratify his wish or humour): delectare: oblectare (to entertain, to amuse): voluptate afficere or perfundere (to affect with pleasant feelings): voluntati alicujus satisfacere or obsequi: aliquem or animum alicujus explere: optatis alicujus respondere (to gratify anybody by fulfilling his wishes). ☞ To do anything for the purpose of gratifying or to gratify anybody, is gratificari alicui aliquid; dare or tribuere alicui aliquid (☞ Herzog, Caes., B.G., 6, 1). You have gratified me very much by etc., gratissimum mihi fecisti, quod, etc. To gratify one’s self, se delectare: se oblectare: to be gratified by anything [Vid: “to derive GRATIFICATION from”]: to gratify one’s passions, cupiditates, libidinem explere; habitually, libidinibus se dare; voluptatibus servire, setradere; corporis voluptatibus (totum) se dedere: to gratify one’s appetite (habitually), ventri obedire. [Vid: To PLEASE.]
  • To recompense; Vid: To REWARD.