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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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• objection:
    1. I. A counter statement:
      1. 1. expr. by dīco, 3: the o.s advanced against each philosopher, quid contra quemque philosophum dicitur, Cic. Div. 2, 1, 2: to raise many o.s, multa dicere cur res non ita se habeat; multa in contrariam partem afferre: v. to object.
      2. 2. a quibbling o., captio: to dispose of such o.s, captiones discutere, id. Ac. 2, 15, 46.
    2. II. Difficulty or reluctance about doing something:
      1. 1. expr. to have no o., by non recusare, non repugnare; v. to object (II.).
      2. 2. expr. by per me, te, lĭcet (I, you, etc., have no o.): I have no o. even to your snoring, says he, per me vel stertas licet, inquit, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93: so, non licet per Cratinum, id. Off. 3, 7, 33.
      3. 3. mŏra (strictly, delay; hence, cause of delay, hindrance): nor is there any o. to my marrying her, nec m. ulla est quin eam uxorem ducam, Ter. Andr. 5, 6, 7: there is no o. as far as he is concerned, per hunc nulla est m., ib. 3, 4, 13. (Not Cic. in this sense.)
      4. 4. impĕdīmentum: v. hindrance. Phr.: I have no o. (to that), nihil impedio, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: I have no o. to their being saved, nihil moror eos salvos esse, Ant. in Cic. Ph. 13, 17, 35: what o. is there to (the wedding) being made a real one? quid obstat cur non verae nuptiae fiant? Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 76: there are many o.s in the way of my ..., multa me dehortantur, quominus ..., Sall. Jug. 31, init.: that is no o., *id quidem nihil omnino obstat.
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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• OBJECTION
altercatio (objection made by one party, and answered by the other; ☞ Quint., 10, 1, 35, altercationes et interrogationes): but mostly by circumlocution; e.g., quid contra quemque philosophum dicatur, ex eo libro intelligi potest (the objections against, Cic., Div., 2, 1, 2): to make an objection to, opponere, contra dicere aliquid; obloqui; occurrere (Cic.): to answer objections, quae aliquis contra dicat, refellere. If = hesitation, demur, dubitatio: without making any objection, sine mora; haud cunctanter: to make objection, dubitare; dubitationem afferre, habere: I have no objection, licet; per me licet; per me: nihil impedio, or moror; non repugnabo: 1 shall not listen to any objection, nihil audio (comedy): if you have no objection, nisi quid dicis.