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BEL 
BEN 
IT Behold ! ecce, en, (both commonly with 
the nomin.; aspice (look at), etc. — But 
behold a small, epistle! ecce autein pusilla 
epistola ! — Behold your letter! (see, there 
comes your letter!) ecce liters tus ! — 
Behold him here! eccura adest! — Behold 
the mail I sought! eccum quem queere- 
bam ! — Behold the cause! en causa! — 
Behold the reason why the rest believe! en 
cur ceteri arbitrentur, etc. — Behold 
here he is! en hie est ille ! 
Beholder, qui videt, aspicit, etc.; specta¬ 
tor. 
BEHOLDEN. — To be beholden to one, ali- 
cui obnoxium esse, alicujus beneficiis 
obligation esse. — To make beholden to 
one’s self, aliquem sibi obligare, ob- 
stringere, devincire ; (by something, ali- 
qua re). — lie is beholden to me for his 
life, raihi vitam suam refert acceptam. 
■— Iambeholden to them, bene de me ine- 
riti sunt. —I am very much beholden to 
him, ego illi plurimum debeo. — You 
have made me more beholden to you, obi i- 
gatiorem me tibi reddidisti. —dface be¬ 
holden to no gems, facies nullis obnoxia 
getnrnis. 
BEHOOVE, or BEHOVE. — It behooves, 
oportet, decet, convenit; meum, tuum, 
etc., est. 
Behoof, usus, commodum. — In his own 
behoof, in suam gratiam. — It is of no 
behoof, nihil prodest. 
BEING. See Be. 
BELABOR, aliquem verberibus csdere, 
fusti verberare, aliquem pulsare, pugnis 
contundere, mulcare. 
BELATED, serus, nocte oppressus. — 
You are belated, serus or sero venis. 
BELCH, ructare. — Belch out, eructare, 
ructare. 
Belch, subst. ructus. 
BELDAM, anus, vetula.--IT (hag),ve- 
nefica. 
BELEAGUER, obsidere, in obsidione ha¬ 
bere or tenere, obsidione claudere. — 
To be beleaguered, in obsidione esse. 
BELFRY. See Bell. 
BELIE (counterfeit), imitari, imitando ex- 
primere or effingere; mentiri (poet.) _ 
IT (give the lie to), mendacii coarguere. 
- II (misrepresent), depravare rem 
narrando.-IT (calumniate), criminari, 
de faml or existimatione alicujus detra- 
here. 
BELIEVE, credere alicui or alicui rei, 
fidem habere alicui or alicui rei. — I be¬ 
lieve firmly, mihi persuasum est, persua- 
sum habeo. — I cannot be brought to be¬ 
lieve this, I cannot or can hardly believe 
this, hoc quidem non adducor, ut cre- 
dam ; non facile adducar ad creden- 
dum.— I can hardly believe, that, illuc 
adduci vix possum, ut, etc. — I cannot 
believe, but that, non possum in animum 
inducere, quin, etc. — I am more inclined 
to believe, magis, ut arbitrer (foil, by acc. 
and infin.), inclinat animus. — To be¬ 
lieve in a thing, aliquid esse credere, ar- 
bitrari (to be of opinion, think) ; in a Ood, 
deum esse credere -. — also, credere de re ; 
in ghosts, credere de umbris. — To be¬ 
lieve a person or thing, alicui rei or ali¬ 
cui credere, fidem habere, tribuere ; ali¬ 
cui rei (not alicui) fidem adjungere.— 
dreams, somniis credere, fidem adjunge¬ 
re. — Believe me, quod mihi credas ve- 
lim ; mihi crede, crede mihi. — I believe 
(thrown in between the parts of a sentence), 
credo, opinor, puto. — As I believe, me! 
quidem opinione, ut ego existimo, (as I 
take it ); ut mihi videtur (as it seems to 
me); quomodo mihi persuadeo (as lam 
persuaded). — I believe it (by way of as¬ 
sent), credo. — More than any one will 
believe, supra quam cuipiam credibile 
est.— It is not to be believed, credibile 
non est, incredibile est, fidem excedit. 
— Who can believe it 7 quis credat ? in¬ 
credibile est. — To make believe (cause 
the belief), opinionem alicujus rei prte- 
bere ; (assume, put on), simulare, assi- 
tnulare ; that he is learned, simulare se 
doctum esse, simulate doctrinam; that 
he is sick, simulare aigrum, assimulare 
se tegrum ; I will make believe that I go 
out, simulabo, assimulabo, quasi exeatn. 
——11 (to profess a certain doctrine ).— 
To believe in Christ, Christum or veram 
Christi doctrinam sequi; Christianse 
legis studiosum esse. 
Belief, tides (assured belief) ; opinio 
(opinion, view)-, persuasio (firm convic¬ 
tion). — The universal belief about a 
thing, omnium opinio de re. — A 
belief that poison had been administer¬ 
ed by some one, persuasio veneni ah ali- 
quo accepti. — According to my belief, 
ut ego existimo, mesi quidem opinione, 
ut mihi quidem videtur. — The common 
belief, that, &c., vulgataopinio, qua cre- 
ditur, etc. — Easy of belief, credulus.— 
Hard of belief, incredulus.— Past belief, 
incredibilis ; incredibile quantum, supra 
quam credibile est.— Worthy of belief, fide 
dignus, fidus, certus, bonus, locuples, 
luculentus : credibilis; probabilis_ 1 T(in 
an ecclesiastical sense), fides (belief, faith); 
doctrina, formula, lex, (objectively, doc¬ 
trine, profession, law), lex Christiana ; 
religio (religion gen.; as, religio Chris¬ 
tiana). — To fight for hisb., pro religio- 
nibus suis pugnare (defend it with the 
sword) ; pro religionibus suis helium 
(or -a) suscipere. 
Believer, qui veram Christi doctrinam 
sequitur ; qui alicujus (e. g. Muham- 
medi) doctrinam sequitur. — The Be¬ 
lievers, veram Christi doctrinam se- 
quentes, Christianas legis studiosi.- 
IT (gen.), qui alicui rei fidem habet or 
credit. 
BELIKE, haud scio an, nescio an, quan¬ 
tum opinione auguror, ut opinor, utmea 
fert opinio, credo ; forsitan (with subj.), 
fortasse. 
BELL, campana, campanula (little b.); 
tintinnabulum (door-bell, house-bell) ; in 
many cases a:s may be used. — The bell 
rings, tintinnabulum or les tinnit, so- 
nat; sonat campana, ®s sacrorum. — 
Bell-founder, campanarum fusor. — Bell- 
metal, IBs campanarum. — Bell-ringer, 
agitator campanae (campanula:); qui res 
agitat; (sexton), fedituus. — To ring the 
door bell, agitare tintinnabulum forium. 
— Bell-fashioned, in formam cam panic 
redactus. — Bell-flower, campanula. — 
Bell-wct.lier, vervex dux gregis. — To 
bear the bell, pal mam ferre. 
Belfry, trabium compages, in qua cam¬ 
pana pendet. 
Belman, pneco. 
BELLE, puella or mulier pulchra, formo- 
sa. 
BELLOW, mugire, mugitus edere. — A 
bellowing, mugitus. 
BELLOWS, follis. — A smith’s bellows, 
follis fabrilis. 
BELLY, venter, alvus, abdomen ; uterus 
(womb). — A pot-belly, venter promissus 
or projectus. — A big belly, venter obe- 
sus, ventris obesitas. —• Big-bellied, ven- 
triosus or ventruosus or ventrosus. — 
Belly-pains, belly-ache, tormina ; stro- 
phus; colicus dolor, colon, (colic-pains, 
colic). — That has such, colicus. — Apt 
to have the belly-ache, torminosus. — A 
belly-band, cingulum. — Belly-timber, ci- 
baria. — A belly-god, abdomini suo 
natus, ventri deditus, ganeo, heluo, 
homo profundie gulie, Epicuri de grege 
porcus.- d belly-full, satietas. — Belly- 
bound, alvo dural or astricta. — Belly- 
pinched, fame enectus, confectus. — 
Belly-worm, lumbricus.-IT The belly 
of a cask, dolii uterus or venter. — of a 
wall, muri venter. — Big-bellied, lato 
utero (a cask, for instance). 
To Belly, prominere, turgere, tume- 
re ; tumescere, extumescere; impleri 
vento. 
BELONG to (be the property of), esse ali¬ 
cujus, aliquis possidet aliquid. — This 
book belongs to me, hie liber est meus. — 
‘To whom belong these sheep ? cujum pe- 
cus?— lo Melihccus, est Mehboei.- 
IT (to be the part or business of), esse ali— 
' cujus. — It belongs lo me to do this, me¬ 
um est hoc facere. — That belongs not 
to my office, non est mei muneris. — To 
belong to another judge, ad aliumjudi- 
cem pertinere.-if (to be due), alicui 
deberi ; alicui tribuendum esse. - 
IT (to appertain lo, relate to), pertinere ad 
aliquid ; spectare ad aliquid ; referri, 
referendum esse ad aliquid : (be under 
the dominion of), alicujus juris esse, in 
alicujus ditione esse, subimperio alicti- 
jns esse ; (be one of), esse ex. — to a 
happy life, ad beate vivendum pertinere. 
— to any one’s race, ortum esse ex alicu- 
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jus stirpe. — He belongs among my 
friends, est ex ineis domesticis. — To 
what party do you belong ? cujus partis 
estis?-H To belong (have its place). 
— These vessels belong in the kitchen, hiec 
vasa locum suum habent in culinSl. 
— This belongs elsewhere (to say, &c.), 
hoc non hujus loci est; hoc alienum, 
hoc sejunctum est a re propositi. 
BELOVED, dilectus, arnatus, cams, gra¬ 
tes. 
BELOW, prep, sub, subter, infra. — Below 
the moon all is mortal, infra lunam nihil 
est nisi inortale. — He reclined below Eu- 
trapelus, infra Eutrapeluin accubuit. 
-II (in rank or merit), infra. — To be 
below one, infra aliquem esse, inferio- 
rem esse aliquo, alicui cedere. — in a 
thing, aliqua re ab aliquo vinci. — It is 
below one’s dignity, est infra alicujus 
dignitatem. — the majesty of a prince , 
inferius majestate principis est. - 
II (less in quantity and value), intra; mi¬ 
nor (with abl.). 
Below, ado. infra; subter. — Respecting 
this, see below (in a book), de hac re vi- 
deatur infra. — Further below (lower 
down), inferius ; inferior. — To be situ¬ 
ated on the river further below, ad inferio- 
rem fluminis partem situm esse. — 
They cross over below, infra or inferiore 
parte trajiciunt. — From below, ab in¬ 
feriore parte ; ab into ; ex inferiori loco 
(e. g. dicere).-IT (in the lower world), 
apud inferos. — The world below, inferi, 
loca inferna.-II Here below, his in 
terris; hac in vita.. 
BELT (girdle), cingulum, zona ; cestus 
(magic b. of Venus). -IT (for a sword), 
balteus. 
BEMIRE, inquinare cceno or luto. 
BEMOAN, deplorare, defiere. 
BENCH, scamnum, scabellum (little b.); 
sedes, sedile, (seat, gen.); subsellium (at 
the theatre or the courts) ; transtrum (of 
rowers ; commonly in pi.). -IT (table or 
stand of an artisan), mensa. —• A butch¬ 
er’s bench, laniena. -IT The bench of 
judges, consessus. 
BEND, flectere, inflectere ; curvare, in- 
corvare. — To bend downwards, deflecte- 
re. — upwards, sursum flectere. — in¬ 
wards, inflectere. — backwards, reflecte- 
re or retroflectere, recurvare. — side¬ 
ways, obliquare. — To bend, v. n. flecti, 
se flectere, inflecti; curvari, incurvari, 
incurvescere. — Bent, bending, inflexus, 
incurvus ; backwards, recurvatus, recur- 
vus. — To bend a boiv, arcum intendere, 
contendere. — Easy to bend, flexibilis. 
-IT (move, affect), flectere, movere. 
-IT (depress, break), frangere, depri- 
inere.--IT (direct any whither), dirige- 
re (ad aliquid), convertere (in aliquid). 
- dll eyes are bent on you, omnium ocu- 
li in te sunt conjecti. -H (apply). — 
the mind, the thoughts, &c., to any thing, 
animum ad aliquid attendere, adjicere, 
applicare ; cogitationes in aliquid in¬ 
tendere, omni cogitatione ferri ad ali¬ 
quid.— Bent (intent), attentus, intentus ; 
(resolutely), obstinatus. -IT v. n. -— 
To bend to one, submittere se alicui, 
supplicem esse alicui. — Old age bending 
to the grave, a:tas grandior or declinata. 
— Their hope bending neither way, neu- 
tro inclinata spes. 
Bending (the act), curvatic, incurvatio, 
flexio, inflexio. 
Bending, Bend (as a situation, direction), 
curvamen ; curvitas, aduncitas; curva- 
tura, flexura; flexus ; anfractus ; si¬ 
nus. 
Bent, subst. (See Bend, subst.) -IT (side 
of a hill), fastigium ; declivitas (down¬ 
ward slope), acclivitas (upward slope). 
IT (strain, of the powers), contentio - 
IT (inclination, will), inclinatio animi or 
voluntatis, voluntas, animus, studium, 
impetus animi; consilium, certum con¬ 
silium, animus certus. - IT (turn, 
make, way), conformatio, forma ; natura, 
ingenium ; modus, ratio, consuetudo. 
BENEATH. See Below. 
BENEDICTION, bona omina; sollemnes 
preces. 
BENEFACTOR, beneficiorum auctor. — 
of any one, qui beneficia in aliquem con- 
fert or contulit, qui beneficiis aliquemi 
atfecit, auxit. 
Benefaction, beneficl.tm. 
