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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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• please:
    1. I. To give pleasure:
      1. 1. plăceo, 2 (most gen. term: with dat.): Ter.: Cic.: Hor. (pass.). To p. greatly, perplaceo, 2 (rare): Cic. Att. 3, 23.
      2. 2. dēlecto, 1 (stronger than placeo: with acc.): v. to delight.
      3. 3. arrīdeo, si, sum, 2 (with dat.: rare): Cic. Att. 14, 21 (illud tuum, quod valde mihi arriserat, vehementer displicet): Hor. S. 1, 10, 89. (N.B.--An expr. best confined to familiar language.)
      4. 4. expr. by grātus, acceptus, cordi, with sum: v. agreeable, pleasing.
    2. II. To meet the wishes of, be agreeable to:
      1. 1. vĭdētur, vīsum est, 2 (to seem good to: with dat.): if it p.s (you), i. e. if you like, si videtur, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 35: Caes.: v. to seem.
      2. 2. plăcet, 2 (esp. to expr. formal resolutions of deliberative bodies): it p.d (was the pleasure of) the Senate, Senatui placere, Cic. Ph. 11, 12, 30: Caes.: Sall.
      3. 3. lĭbet, 2: v. infr. (IV.). In making a request, please. if you p., sis (= si vis), Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 19: in sim. sense, but stronger, amabo (te) = I shall be obliged to you (parenthetically): p. take care of my Cicero, cura amabo te, Ciceronem meum! Cic. Att. 2, 2: Ter.
    3. III. To give satisfaction to:
      1. 1. expr. by prŏbo, apprŏbo, 1 (gain approval): I am not afraid that my labours will fail to p. M. Servilius, non vereor ne M. Servilio officium meum probem, Cic. Verr. 4, 38, 82: he passed through his term of apprenticeship in the art of war so as to p. Suetonius Paullinus, prima castrorum rudimenta Suetonio Paullino approbavit, Tac. Agr. 5: so, se probare (approbare): Cic. Lig. 1, 2.
      2. 2. grātĭfĭcor, 1: v. to gratify. Phr.: to be p.d with oneself, sibi placere, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15.
    4. IV. To be disposed:
      1. 1. expr. by lĭbet, lĭbuit and lĭbĭtum est, 2 (with dat.): do as you p., facite quod vobis libet, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34: if you p. (if you choose), si libet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45: as you p., ut libet, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 16.
      2. 2. vŏlo, 3, irr.: v. to wish. Esp. in contr. forms, sis (= si vis), like our please: v. supr. II., fin.
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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placere (general term); delectat me aliquid, delector aliqua re (I am delighted with): gratum, jucundum est mihi aliquid (it is agreeable, according to my wishes): probatur mihi aliquid (it meets my approbation): arridet mihi aliquid; amo, laudo aliquid (I am well content with). To please greatly, perplacere (Cic.; ☞ avoid praeplacere, often used by modern writers, but not Latin): not to please, displicere; improbari: non probari: if it please you, si tibi placet, libet, libitum est, videtur, commodum est; nisi molestum est; quod commodo tuo fiat (Cic.); si volupe tibi est (Plaut.): when you please, quando visum fuerit; ubi volueris; ubi magis probaveris (after Cic.): to endeavor to please anybody, laborare alicui probari (Plin., Ep.); gratiam alicujus captare (Cic.): to seek to please everybody, se venditare omnibus (after Cic., Sull., 11, 32): to be pleased with, contentum esse, acquiescere aliqua re; ferre aliquid.