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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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• task (subs.):
      1. 1. pensum (prop. the wool weighed out for a day's spinning: hence, work assigned): to assign a t., p. imperare, Quint. 3, 7, 6: to perform one's t., p. facere, Pl. Merc. 2, 3, 62: conficere, ib. Pers. 2, 4, 1: peragere, Col. 3, 10, 7: absolvere, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1: to perform a t. scrupulously, p. accurare, Pl. Bac. 5, 2, 36. Fig.: I will recall myself to my duty and t., me ad meum munus et p. revocabo, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119.
      2. 2. ŏpus, ĕris, n. (work to be done): a great and difficult t., magnum o. et difficile, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 84: to have a t. to perform, o. debere, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 21: to appoint the t.s for the whole day, o. in totum diem ordinare, Quint. 1, 2, 12: their toil at their t., operum labores, Virg. Aen. 1, 455: to perform one's t., opus efficere, Cic. Top. 16, 62; conficere, id. Fragm. in Col. 12, 1, 3. Join: efficere et navare, id. Att. 9, 11: this is the t., this the toil, hoc opus, hic labor est, Virg. Aen. 6, 129: v. undertaking.
      3. 3. nĕgōtium (business): to undertake a t., n. suscipere, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: either to finish or relinquish the t., n. aut conficere, aut deponere, id. Att. 7, 5, ad fin.: to assign any one the t. of ..., dare alicui n. ut ..., Caes. B. G. 2, 2: v. business. Phr.: strength equal to the t., vires quae sufficiunt labori, Quint. 10, 3, 3: to take to t., objurgare: v. chide, reprove.
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• task (v.): imponere pensum (alicui), Quint. 3, 7, 6: she t.s her maids, famulas exercet penso, Virg. Aen. 8, 412: to t. the strength of the people so much, tantum oneris plebi imponere, Cic. Verr. 2, 55, 138: v. burden.
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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• TASK
1. s. pensum, pensum imperatum (a day’s work appointed; from the practice of weighing out wool for spinning); opus (work to be done). To set or prescribe a task, pensum imperare: to set one’s self a task, proponere sibi aliquid faciendum: to be equal to a task, operi sufficere: to perform a difficult task, quod est difficillimum, efficere: to take one to task, reprehendere aliquem: castigare aliquem verbis (to reprove).
2. v. pensum alicui imperare. To task one’s self, proponere sibi aliquid faciendum. Vid: also, CHARGE.