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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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• price (subs.):
      1. 1. prĕtium: (to buy) at a low, high p., parvo, magno p., Caes. B. G. 1, 18: Cic.: to agree on a p. for one's head, p. pacisci pro capite, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107: to fix a p. (as a dealer does), p. constituere, id. Att. 12, 33: p.s are fallen, jacent p., id. R. Com. 12, init.
      2. 2. when price is indicated indefinitely, in such phrr. as, at a high, low p., etc.: use, magni, parvi, tanti, etc.: (to sell a female slave) at cost p., (tanti) quanti empta est, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41; more precisely, tantidem (for just so much), ib. 2, 1, 46: at what p. does Chrysogonus give lessons? quanti C. docet? Juv. 7, 176: so, at a higher or lower p., majoris, pluris: L. G. § 281. (N.B.--The forms magno, parvo, maximo, plurimo, are also common.)
      3. 3. price of corn, annōna (market-price): the p. of corn had risen to ..., ad ... annona pervenerat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52: to raise the p. of corn, incendere s. excandefacere annonam, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, ad fin.: also, a. flagellare (artificially, by buying up the supply), Plin. 33, extr. Also used of other commodities of which there is a regular sale: Juv. 9, 100 (veneni a.): Plin. l. c. Phr.: to be had for a p., venalis, Sall. Jug. 35, extr.: beyond all (estimate of) p., super omnem taxationem, Plin. 7, 12, 56. See also value.
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• price (v.): Phr.: pretium constituere, Cic. Att. 12, 33: also, taxare (not in Cic.), Plin. 31, 5, 27 (of the market price of a commodity; whereas the former phr. refers to a particular case).
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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• PRICE
pretium. To set or fix a price, pretium statuere (Plaut.), constituere (Cic.), alicui rei imponere (Quint.): to set a price upon anybody’s head, mercedem mortis alicujus promittere: the price of estates is fallen, pretia praediorum jacent (Cic.): the price of land falls, pretium agrorum retro abit (Plin.): to fall in price, vilius fieri or venire: corn is lower in price, vilitas annonae consecuta est, annona laxavit: to agree upon a price, de pretio convenire (Quint.): to raise the price, pretium alicujus rei efferre (Varr.), augere (Plin.): to raise the price of corn [Vid: CORN]. Corn does not bear a good price, annona non habet pretium (Cic.): to be at a high price, pretii esse magni; at a low price, parvi; very low, minimi: to sell at a low price, parvo pretio vendere aliquid (Cic.): what is the price? quanti indicas? quanti vendis rem? what is the price of pigs here? quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt? (Plaut., Men., 2, 2, 15).