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

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Contents (2 entries · 11 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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• prepare:
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To make ready:
      1. 1. păro, 1: to p. everything necessary, quod opus est p., Ter. And. 3, 2, 43: to p. oneself to learn, p. se ad discendum, Cic. Or. 35, 122. Join: parare et instruere [convivium], Cic. Verr. 4, 27, 62. Comps. (1). praepăro, 1 (to get ready beforehand): to p. land for (a crop of) grain, frumentis arva p., Col. 2, 16, init.: to p. for a journey, profectionem p., Suet. Tib. 38: Caes. B. G. 5, 9 (= make ready previously). (2). compăro, 1 (esp. to bring together resources for an enterprise): to p. resources against every emergency, subsidia adversus omnes casus c., Caes. B. G. 4, 31: to p. oneself (by collecting arguments) to reply, se ad respondendum c., Cic. N. D. 3, 8, init. (3). appăro, 1 (to make careful preparations for): to p. (for) war, bellum a., Cic. Man. 12, extr.: v. preparation (I., fin.). Join: [convivium] ornare et apparare, Cic. Verr. 4, 20, 44.
      2. 2. orno, exorno, ădorno, 1 (to p. by furnishing and fitting out): v. to fit out, furnish.
    2. II. To mix a medicine:
      1. 1. compōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: Col. 6, 4, init.: Plin.
      2. 2. perh. concinno, 1: cf. Cato, R. R. 114, vinum c., ut alvum bonam faciat: ib. 115. Phr. to p. a draught, medicamentum (in poculo) diluere, Curt. 3, 6, med. (N.B.--Medicinam facere [R. and A.] is to practise physic.)
    3. III. To study a speech or other composition: mĕdĭtor, 1: esp. in phr. meditari causam (to prepare one's case, con a brief), Cic. Att. 5, 21, extr.: Ter.
  2. B. Intrans.: to make oneself ready:
      1. 1. păro, compăro, 1 (with pron. refl.): foll. by ad and acc.: v. supr. (A., I.). Also apparo is used absol. (not in Cic.), = apparo me: and followed by infin.: as he was p.ing to cross over from Sicily, quum trajicere ex Sicilia appararet, cf. Suet. Aug. 47, extr.
      2. 2. accingo, nxi, nctum, 3 (with pron. refl. or oftener, as pass. refl.; to gird oneself: chiefly poet.): come, prepare! accingere! Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 4: to p. to take revenge, accingi ad ultionem, Tac. H. 4, 79.
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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• PREPARE
  • parare (to get anything in readiness; also to provide): apparare (to make preparations for; e.g., bellum, convivium): praeparare (provide beforehand; animum or se ad aliquid; aures auditorum: also of food; ova, Mart.): comparare (to prepare for anything by bringing together all that is requisite; also to provide or procure; also of preparing a snare for anybody, insidias alicui or in aliquem): struere: instruere: comparare (to prepare maliciously; plots, sorrow, misfortune): adornare (furnish with what is necessary, equip, etc.; e.g., naves): concinnare (prepare scientifically; as wines, skins, etc.): componere (prepare by compounding ingredients, medicines): moliri (by the application of force; to prepare something bad): machinari (to plot or hatch, by deceit, etc.). To prepare medicine, medicinam parare or facere: medicamentum concinnare: remedium salutare componere; a draught, medicamentum in poculo diluere; a banquet, ornare et apparare convivium; a sumptuous banquet, magnifice comparare convivium: to prepare to answer, comparare se ad respondendum.
  • To get ready for anything, praeparare se ad aliquid: se parare or comparare ad aliquid. (☞ Accingi, or se accingere ad, or in aliquid are not found in Cic. or Caes., but occur in Terence and Livy, and very often in Tac., ; a dative or an infinitive after this phrase is poetical). Often by praeparare or comparare aliquid: to prepare for his departure, praeparare profectionem (Suet.): to give anybody time to prepare, tempus ad comparandum dare; for a journey, comparare se ad iter: to prepare or be preparing for war, bellum parare, apparare, comparare, adornare, instruere; belli apparatum instruere; omnia, quae ad bellum pertinent providere: to prepare a lecture (at college), res in schola explicandas meditari (of the teacher): quae in schola audienda sunt praediscere ac meditari (of the pupil; Vid: Cic., De Or., 1, 32, 147): to prepare one’s self for the university, se praeparare ad studia academica: to prepare one for anything, aliquem praemonere de aliqua re (to warn beforehand): alicujus animum ad aliquid componere or praeparare (to bring one into a due state of mind): I was prepared for it, aliquid mihi non imparate accidit: to prepare one’s self for anything, se praeparare ad aliquid (general term): parare or apparare aliquid (to make preparations for): praeparationem adhibere in aliqua re; animum praeparare ad aliquid; se, or animum, componere ad aliquid (to make up one’s mind to): meditari aliquid (to study or practise beforehand): commentari aliquid (to think over, a speech, etc.).