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PLO 
ludere. — To piny often, lusito. — To play 
the part of, officium pm;stare. — To play 
his part well, partes explere; virum se 
prffbere. — Let me see how well you can 
play your part, videamus qui vir sis.— 
To play the part of {on the stage), agere aii- 
quem or alicujus partes; personam ali- 
cujus tueri. — To play a play, fabulam 
agere. — To play the sick man, simulare 
Kgrum. — You have played, your part very 
finely, laute munus administrilsti tuum ; 
rem probe curStsti. — Toplay (as a pendu¬ 
lum), vibrare. — To play the philosopher, 
philosophor. — To play together, collu- 
do. — To play upon one, alicui illudere, 
aliquem ludos facere.— Toplay sweet¬ 
ly, modulor. — Toplay upon an instru¬ 
ment, cano. — Played upon (of a stringed 
instrument), pulsus. — To play (as can¬ 
non on the enemy), displodendo emitti. 
— To play upon a town with cannon, ur- 
bein tormentis verberare ; ignem in di- 
versa loca conjicere. 
Play, s Indus, lusus.— They fear some false 
play from me, a me insidias metuunt. — 
He has left boys’ play, nuces reliquit. — 
To keep an enemy in play, hostem morari, 
Flor. - 9 public play or show, spectacu- 
luin. — Plays, ludi. — Ji stage play, 
fabula. — The world is like a stage-play, 
taumana negotia ludi. — Plays, ludi 
scenic.i; miini. - 9 play-book, fabul®. 
— A play debt, ®s alienum lusibus con- 
tractum. — .9 play-ground, locus quo 
pueri ludendi caustl veniunt. — A play¬ 
house, theatrum. — A writer of plays, a 
Playwright, fallularurn scriptor. — Of or 
belonging to play, lusorius. — A play¬ 
fellow, sodalis ; ®qualis; collusor. — 
Full of play, ludibundus.— Fair play, 
ludus ingenuus or legitimus. — Foul 
play, ludus fraudulentus. — Play-days, 
feri®. — Playthings for children, crepun- 
dia, pi. 
Player, lusor. — A player on an instru¬ 
ment, canens ; fidicen ; citharoedus, etc. 
- 9 stage-player, histrio, fabularuin ac¬ 
tor. — A sword-player, gladiator, lan ista. 
— A puppet-player, gesticulator.— Of or 
belonging to a stage-player, liistricus, 
histrionalis. 
Playful, Playsome, ludibundus; lasci- 
vus; jocosus, jocularis. 
PLEA in law, caus® actio or dictio; de¬ 
fens io ; placitum ( law Lat.). — The com¬ 
mon pleas, placita communia (law Lat.). 
— •• IT (excuse), excusatio ; color. 
To Plead, causas agere, actitare, dicere, 
disceptare, orare. — He prayed you to 
plead his cause for him, te suam rogavit 
ut ageres causain. — He pleaded a cause 
of life and death, causam capitis oravit. 
— To plead a cause for a pen-son, aliquem 
defendere; causam pro aliquo dicere; 
advocare. — To plead against one, ad- 
versus or contra aliquem causam dicere. 
— To plead guilty or not guilty, se crimen 
allatum perpetrisse fateri or negare. — 
To plead an argument, aliquid argumen¬ 
ts or rationibus allatis defendere. — To 
plead by covin, colludo, praevaricor. — To 
plead as an excuse, aliquid excusare; 
alicujus rei exeusatione uti. — To plead 
ignorance, ignorantire se exeusatione 
defendere. — That you may not plead 
ignorance, ne ignorum fuisse te dicas. 
— To plead sickness for an appearance, 
morbum excusare; sonticam causam 
dicere. — Pleaded, allatus, allegatus. 
Pleadable, quod allegari potest. 
Pleader, causarum actor or patron us : 
causidicus ; advocatus; causa; actor or 
patronus. — A smart pleader, satis vehe- 
mens orator. 
Pleading, s. opera forensis (advocacy)-, 
caus® actio or dictio; defensio ; litiga- 
tio.-9 pleading by covin, praevaricatio. 
— A pleading-place, forum. — Of such a 
place, forensis. 
PLEASANT ( agreeable ), acceptus, gra- 
tus ; jucundus, perjucundus ; suavis, 
dulcis, mollis; amnenus, venustus; 
lietus. — Pleasant in discourse, lepidus, 
facetus, festivus. — Pleasant in man¬ 
ners, urbanus. — Pleasant or sweet, sua¬ 
vis, dulcis, delicatus. — Pleasant or 
merry, festivus, ililaris, lietus. — A 
pleasant fellow , lepidum caput or capi- 
tulum ; homo facetus. — Very pleasant, 
perfacetus. — Pleasant weather, ternpes- 
tas lsta; serenum.— A pleasant life, 
vita amcena. — To lead a pleasant, life, 
vitam musice agere. — To grow pleas¬ 
ant (of a person), hilaresco, frontem ex- 
porngere. —- To make pleasant, exhilaro, 
hetiiico, lffititia. aliquem perfundere. — 
Pleasant things, faceti®. — Pleasant 
meats, delici®, cuppedi®, dapes.— 
Very pleasant, amcenissimus ; jucundis- 
sirnus ; perjucundus. - || Compare 
Agreeable, Attractive, Charming, Beau- 
Pleasantly ( agreeably), amnene, jucunde, 
suaviter, liilare, lste. —Most pleasantly, 
amcenissime ; perjucunde. — Pleasantly 
(m speech), festive, lepide; cornice, 
urbane. — Speaking pleasantly, suavilo- 
quens, suaviloquus, (poet.). _ very 
pleasantly, perfacetus. 
Pleasantness (agreeableness), amoenitas, 
hilaritas, jucunditas, lstitia_ Pleas¬ 
antness in speech, facundia, lepor, fes- 
tivitas. — Pleasantness of manners, hu- 
manitas, comitas, urbanitas. 
Pleasantry (wit), faceti®, sales, facete 
dicta; dicteria; dicacitas, lepos: — 
( merriment), hilaritas. 
PLEASE (like), placet, libet, collibet mihi 
aliquid; jucundum est mihi aliquid; 
probatur or arridet mihi aliquid : (will, 
wish), volojjubeo: (delight), delecto, 
oblecto, voiuptate afficere, permnlceo. 
— If you please, si placet_ day thimr 
pleases me, mihi quid vis sat est. — When 
you please, ubi voles. — As you please, 
utcunque animo tuo libitum fuerit. — 
That is as you please yourself, isthuc tibi 
in manu est. — If it had pleased you, si 
tibi ea res grata fnisset. — To please or 
delight one, oblecto, delecto: blandior. 
— greatly, perplaceo, pergratum facere. 
A small matter will please him, quic- 
quid dederis, eo contentus est. — Are 
you not pleased ? non satis habes ? — I 
am not ill pleased with it, non moleste 
fero. — To be pleased with one’s company, 
alicujus consortio oblectari_ with a 
discourse, orationem secundis auribus 
accipere, Liv. — To please one’s self, sibi 
gratum facere, genio indulgere ; volup- 
tatem capere, voluptatibus frui. — To 
please or humor one, morem alicui ge- 
rere ; alicui obsecundare or obsequi. — 
While I seek to please you, dum studeo 
tibi obsequi. — Hard to be pleased, diffi- 
cilis, asper, morosus. — Easy to be 
pleased (appeased), placabilis. — JYot to 
be pleased, implacabilis, inexorabilis_ 
Very wellpleascd, perlubens. — It pleases, 
placet, lihet, lubet. — It pleases not, dis- 
plicet. 
Pleasing, adj. gratus, jucundus, amcenus. 
— Well pleasing, pergratus. -II But 
see Pleasant. 
Pleasing, s. gratificatio. 
PLEASURE (delight), voluptas, jucundi¬ 
tas, delectatio, oblectatio, oblectamen- 
tum, gaudium. — That incident gave him 
a great deal of pleasure, ea res voiuptate 
fllum perfudit. — Your letters gave me a 
great deal of pleasure, liter® tu® incredi- 
biliter me delect&runt. — I never had 
greater pleasure in my life than now, ego 
in vita mea nulla unquam voiuptate 
tanta sum affectus, quanta jam afficior. 
— He gave a great deal of pleasure to his 
auditors, voluptatem audientium con- 
ciliavit. — These are only boyish pleas¬ 
ures, ista sunt delectamenta puerorum. 
— Every man to his pleasure, trahit sua 
quemque voluptas. — With pleasure 
(gladly), libens, lubens. — To take pleas¬ 
ure in a thing, re aliqua delectari, oblec¬ 
tari, voiuptate affici; ex re aliqua volup¬ 
tatem capere or percipere. — To take 
one’s pleasure, genio suo indulgere, ob¬ 
sequi, animo suo morem gerere. — He 
follows his own pleasure, animo obsequi- 
tur suo. — A man of pleasure or one much 
given to pleasure, voiuptarius, homo vo- 
luptarius or voluptatibus deditus_ 
IT (will), arbitrium, voluntas. — Speak 
your pleasure, loquere quid velis. — If 
that be your pleasure, si tibi istud vide- 
bitur, si id tibi voluptati fuerit. — Your 
pleasure is performed, factum est quod 
jussisti. — To consult one’s pleasure (hu¬ 
mor him), alicui or alicujus voluntati 
obsequi, morigerari, morem gerere, ob¬ 
secundare. -IT (service or good turn), 
gratia, beneficium, meritum, officium. 
— To do one a pleasure, alicui gratificari 
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or gratum facere ; aliquerp or de aliquo 
promereri. — You will do me a pleasure, 
gratum mihi feceris. — You will do me a 
singular pleasure in that, id mihi pergra¬ 
tum or perjucundum feceris. — I beseech 
you to do me that pleasure, id a te peto in 
beneficii grati*que loco. — You would do 
me a greater pleasure, if, &c. meo animo 
aliquanto faceres gratius, si, etc. — It 
may hurt him, whom they desire to do a 
pleasure to, obsit ei, cui prodesse velint. 
To Pleasure. (See under the subst.) — 
To pleasure one with a thing, aliquid ali¬ 
cui commodare or accommodare. 
Pleasurable, gratus; jucundus. See 
Pleasant. 
PLEBEIAN, adj. plebeius. 
Plebeian, s. homo plebeius; homo de 
plebe— The plebeians, plebs. 
PLEDGE (pawn), pignus, depositum, hy- 
potheca: (proof), argumentum, testi¬ 
monium : (surety), pr®s, vas; arrhabo 
( earnest-money). 
To Pledge- (lay to pledge), pignero, oppig- 
nero ; pignori dare, obligate, oppunere. 
——IT To pledge (in drinking), propinanti 
vices reddere. — 1 will pledge you with all 
my heart, lubens a te accipio; tibi propi¬ 
nanti l®to animo vices reddam. 
Pledging, pigneratio, Pandect. 
PLEDGET, peniculus, panniculus. 
PLEIADES, Pleiades, pi. 
PLENARY, plenus, perfectus. 
Plenarily, plene, perfecte. 
PLENIPOTENTIARY, legatus plena po 
testate instructus. 
PLENITUDE, plenitudo. 
PLENTY, ubertas ; copia ; abtindantia, 
affluentia ; omnium rerura abundantia, 
affluentes omnium rerum copi® ; opu- 
lentia. — Plenty of corn, magnus fru- 
menti numerus. — of honey, mellis vis 
maxima. — of words, orationis flumen. 
— of gold and silver, magna vis auri et 
argenti. — of fine furniture, multa et 
magnifica supellex. — of leaves, folio- 
rum luxuria. — To live in great plenty, 
in omnium rerum abundantia vivere, 
bonis omnibus affluere. — In very great 
plenty, in summa copia. — To have'plen- 
ty of a thing, summam rei facultatem or 
copiam habere. 
Plenteous, affluens, abundans, copiosus, 
scatens. — To be plenteous, aburido, af- 
fiuo. — To make plenteous or fruitful fe- 
cundo. 
Plenteously, copiose, abundanter. 
Plenteousness, copia, abundantia, afflu¬ 
entia. 
Plentiful, affluens, copiosus ; uber. 
Plentifully, abundanter, copiose, uber- 
tim, large, affluentius ; opulenter. 
Plentifulness. See Plenty. 
PLEONASM, pleonasmus. 
PLETHORY, PLETHORA, humorum 
abundantia; plethora. 
Plethoric, corpus plenum or humoribus 
abundans. 
PLEURISY, laterum dolor; pleuritis. 
Pleuritic (troubled with the pleurisy), la- 
teruin dolore laborans, pleuriticus. 
PLEVIN or Replevin, sponsio, vadimo- 
nium. 
PLTABLE,PLIANT, flexilis, flexibilis, se- 
quax, lentus, cereus; obediens. — Some¬ 
what pliant, lentulus. — A pliable temper, 
ingenium facile, mansuetum, tractabile 
— To be pliant, obsequor, cedo. — To 
grow pliant, lentesco, einollesco. — To 
make pliant, emollio. 
Pliantness, Pliableness, Pliancy, len- 
titia. — Pliablcness of temper, placabili- 
tas ; facilitas. 
PLIGHT, s. (condition), conditio, status.— 
My affairs arc but in a bad plight, res mi¬ 
hi perplex® sunt.-IT Plight of booty, 
liabitudo, habitus. — A bad plight, mala 
corporis or aninii habitudo. — A good 
plight, bonus corporis or animi status. 
— You seem to be in better plight of 
body, and mure plump, corpulentior videro 
atque habitior, Plaut. — In good plight, 
bene curatus. 
PLIGHT one’s troth, spondeo, fidem dare 
or astringere. 
PLINTH (square bottom of a pillar), plin- 
tbus, plinthis. 
PLOD, negotio alicui diligenter incum- 
bere, sedulo alicui rei operam navare. 
— To be plodding at one’s study, libris 
affixum esse or diligenter incurnbere 
