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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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• invest:
    1. I. To put in possession of an office: magistratum alicui committere, Cic. Pl. 25, 61; mandare, id. Mur. 35, 74; dare, id. Agr. 2, 10, 26 [so potestatem dare, committere, etc.: v. office]. Sometimes, praepōno, praefĭcio, will serve: to i. with office such as would not offend, praeponere non peccaturos, Tac. Agr. 19 (but the dat. is usu. added): v. to appoint (I.).
    2. II. To surround, grace: expr. by addo, do, etc.: to i. petty things with honour, angustis addere rebus honorem, Virg. G. 3, 290: i. thou my words with imperishable grace, aeternum da dictis leporem! Lucr. 1, 29: she (the goddess) had i.'d his eyes with lively charms, laetos oculis afflarat honores, Virg. Aen. 1, 591: v. to impart, bestow. Phr.: virtue is i.'d with new charms by a comely form, gratior pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, Virg. Aen. 5, 344.
    3. III. To sink or put out money at interest:
      1. 1. collŏco, 1 (that in which, expr. by in and abl., less freq. in and acc.): to i. money in an estate, (pecuniam) in fundo c., Cic. Caec. 4, 11; in emptiones praediorum, Gai. Dig. 17, 1, 2 § 6; at heavy interest, gravi fenore c., Suet. Aug. 39.
      2. 2. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to put out to interest; opp. to religere, to call in): Hor. Epod. 2, extr.
      3. 3. occŭpo, 1 (to lend on interest: also, in gen. sense): cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, 91, pecunias occupârat apud populos, et syngraphas fecerat: to i. money in stock, pecuniam (in) animalibus, in pecore o., Col.
    4. IV. obsĭdeo, circumsĕdeo, vallo et fossa cingo, circumdo, etc.: v. to besiege, blockade.
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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• INVEST
  • Clothe with, (1) PROPR., [Vid: CLOTHE]. (2) With an office, munus alicui dare, mandare, deferre; muneri aliquem praeficere: to invest anybody with the chief command, summam imperii ad aliquem deferre: to be invested with an honorable office, honore affectum esse; with a priesthood, sacerdotio paeditum esse: to invest with full power, infinitam licentiam alicui dare; alicujus arbitrio rem gerendam tradere or committere (the last two of a particular affair).
  • To adorn, grace, etc., Vid:
  • To place money at interest, pecuniam collocare (e.g., to invest it in land, in agris; in the purchase of estates, in emptiones praediorum, Gai., Dig., 17, 1, 2; in an estate, in aliquo fundo, in solo; with anybody, apud aliquem; at a high rate of interest, graviore fenore, Suet.): pecuniam occupare, with or without fenore; apud aliquem or in aliqua re; safely, pecuniam fundare aliqua re (Hor., Ep., 1, 15, 46).
  • Besiege, circumsedere: in obsidione habere or tenere: corona cingere, circumdare: corona moenia aggredi. Vid: BESIEGE.