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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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• spite (subs.):
      1. 1. līvor (jealous, rancorous feeling): Join: malevolentia et livor, D. Brut. in Cic. Fam. 11, 10: livor et malignitas, Suet. Cal. 34: Tac. Ov.: v. jealousy. (Appy. not used by Cic.)
      2. 2. mălĕvŏlentia (the disposition to wish ill to another): calumny and s., obtrectatio et malevolentia, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15. Join: m. atque invidia, Sall. C. 3.
      3. 3. obtrectātio (ill-natured disparagement): v. slander.
      4. 4. mălignĭtas (that evil and malicious disposition in which jealousy and s. are founded: livor being more directly personal): s. wears a mask of frankness, malignitati falsa species libertatis inest, Tac. H. 1, 1: venomous s., m. multo tincta veneno, Sen. B. V. 18: cf. supr. (1).
      5. 5. also ŏdium may sometimes serve: v. hatred. (Simultas = feud: estranged and bitter feeling.) Phr. in s. of: no exact word or phr.: usu. expr. by verb: Hercules, in s. of all the allurements of pleasure, etc., Hercules, omnibus voluptatum illecebris contemptis, etc., Kr. (not quanquam with part as Kr.): they were slain in s. of the intercession of their fellow-citizens, *civibus nequicquam (pro iis) deprecantibus interfecti sunt: or, quum cives summo studio pro iis deprecarentur, etc.: in s. of the inferiority of his forces he gained the victory, *militum numero inferior tamen victor proelio excessit: or, quum ... esset, tamen, etc.: he retains his opinion in s. of all contrary arguments, *contemptis, neglectis, omnibus adversarii rationibus, in sua perseverat sententia (R. and A.): sometimes perh. per may serve: in s. of dangers, enemies, missiles, per pericula, per hostes, per tela, cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 358. See also although, notwithstanding.
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• spite (v.): by circuml. malevolentia s. malignitate in aliquem uti, etc.: v. spite, subs.
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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• SPITE
1. s. odium occultum, tacitum: simultas obscura (a secret, suppressed dislike or enmity between two parties or persons, especially in political matters; opposed to simultas aperta; Döderlein and Herzog show that simultas alone does not express our “spite”): odium inclusum (Cic., Fam., 1, 9, 54). To cherish spite, odium occultum gerere adversus aliquem (after Plin., 8, 18, 26); occulta simultas mihi cum aliquo intercedit (after Caes., B.C., 2, 25): in spite of, by the prepositions adversus or in; adversus marking opposition and inconsistency between the two things; in expressing the existence of a state, but implying inconsistency between it and the other assertion. Something was done in spite of a treaty, a decree of the Senate, adversus inducias, senatus consultum: stultus est adversus aetatem et capitis canitiem (in spite of his age and grey hairs); sed in hac aetate utrique animi juveniles erant; tamen in tot circumstantibus malis mansit aliquam diu immota acies; or by ablative absolute with contemtus, neglectus, etc. (e.g., in spite of anybody, invito or nolente aliquo): he proceeds in spite of difficulties, licet tot difficultates obstent, objiciantur, tamen incepto suo non desistit: he retains his opinion in spite of all contrary arguments, contemtis, neglectis, omnibus adversarii rationibus, in sua perseverat sententia: you see how poor it is in spite of its fine name, qui tam tanto nomine quam sit parvus vides.
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  • v. To be spiteful [Vid: “to cherish SPITE”].
  • To show spite or ill-will toward anybody, odium occultum habere alicujus rei or in aliquem: to be spited by anybody, esse alicui in odio, or apud aliquem in odio.