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

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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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• pawn (subs.): pignus, ŏris and ĕris, n.: v. pledge, security. To denote what is in p., pignĕrātus, pigneraticius: v. foll. art. For a pawn in chess, perh. latrunculus (miles) gregarius: v. man (V).
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• pawn (v.)
      1. 1. pignĕro, 1: he p.'d a pearl to pay his travelling expenses, unionem pigneravit ad itineris impensas, Suet. Vit. 7: Juv. So comp. oppignĕro: to p. one's books for wine, libellos pro vino op., Cic. Sext. 51, fin.: Mart.
      2. 2. expr. by pignus, ŏris and ĕris, n., with a verb: to p. one's very self, (seipsum) opponere pignori, Pl. Ps. 1, 1, 85: Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 56 (oppositus pignori = mortgaged): pignori dare, Ulp. Dig. 13, 7., 1: also, pignori obligare (to pawn virtually, lay under the obligation of such a transaction, ib.: to receive in p., pignori accipere, Tac. H. 3, 65.
      3. 3. oblĭgo, 1: v. to mortgage; and cf. supr. (2).
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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• PAWN
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  • s. Pledge, pignus: to he in or at pawn, pigneratum, oppigneratum, or pignori oppositum esse: to give anything in pawn [Vid: to PAWN]: to receive or accept a pawn, pignus capere, auferre; anything in pawn, aliquid pignori accipere: not to redeem what one has left in pawn, pignus deserere: an unredeemed pawn, pignus desertum: to redeem a pawn, pignus liberare a creditore; reddere pecuniam et pignus reciperare (Jurisconsulti, as are several of the preceding expressions, which however, are undoubtedly classical; Vid: PLEDGE).
  • (At chess), latro (Ov.); latrunculus (Sen.); miles gregarius; pedes, -itis.
2. v. pignerare (Suet.); oppignerare (Cic.); pignori opponere aliquid (Terentianus); pignori dare, obligare aliquid (Pand.); obligare aliquid pignoris nomine (after Cic., Att., 6, 1, 23): to pawn one’s books for wine, libellos pro vino oppignerare (Cic., Sest., 51, 110): to pawn for so much, by ob or an ablative; e.g., agrum pignori opponere ob decem minas (Terentianus); annulum octo minis oppignerare (Mart.): to pawn anything to anybody, apud aliquem pignori apponere: to pawn anything for a sum of money, accipere sub pignore mutuam pecuniam.