Dictionary of Latin Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, and Mottos. by H.T. Riley

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A DICnONARY of Latin Quotations more copious, correct, and complete than any hitherto published had long been a cherished idea of the publisher, and awaited only time and circumstance for its development. Finding in the present editor a gentleman well qualified both by reading and industry to carry out his views, he placed the materials in his hands, and these with large additions, the fruit of further researches, are now laid before the reader.

The present collection differs from its predecessors in being limited exclusively to Latin and Greek quotations, the publisher intending, at a later period, to give French, Italian, Spanish, and German, in a separate volume. This arrangement has enabled him to nearly quadruple the number of Latin quotations given heretofore, and to extend the number of Greek from about twenty to upwards of five hundred; amounting in all to an aggregate of more than eight thousand.

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The translations are throughout either new or carefully revised, and as literal as is consistent with neatness and point. It would have been easy to make many of them more epigrammatic, but it was thought. better to leave this to the reader's own taste.

Authorities are adjoined wherever it has been found possible to discover them, and in a vast many instances they appear for the first time in a Dictionary of Quotations.

_ Many of the nonsensical commentaries have been dispensed with, as in almost every instance, where the translation is correct, the quotation is more intelligible without them. Our only fear is that we have adopted too many.

One new, and it is hoped valuable, feature in the present volume, is the marking of the metrical quantities, which has been done in all cases where their absence might lead to mispronunciation. A quotation, however appropriate, would entirely lose its effect with those who are best able to appreciate its force, if blemished by false delivery. It has been thought unnecessary to mark the final e, because, as the classical reader will know, it is never silent.

The publisher claims little merit for himself in what concerns this volume, save the plan and a diligent reading of the proofs; but he thinks it right to avow the assistance of his eldest son, William Simpkin Bohn,


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who has been a useful coadjutor throughout, particularly in the Greek portion. The printer, too, richly deserves his meed of praise for watchfulness and scholarship.

It remains only to speak of previous collections of the same character. The first and principal is Macdonnel's, originally published in 1796, and repeatedly reprinted, with gradual improvements, up to a ninth edition in 1826. This is the work of a scholar, and praiseworthy as a first attempt, but much too imperfect to satisfy the wants of the present day. The next was Moore's, which, though as recent as 1831, is little more than an amplification of Macdonnel's, avoiding as much as possible, for copyright considerations, the very words of his tran slatlons, but seldom improving them.

The Dictionary of Quotations which passes under the name of Blagden (we say this advisedly, as the work was posthumous) differs so entirely from the plan of the present, as scarcely to be cited as a precursor. It is arranged under English 'common-places,' which are illustrated by lengthy quotations from a few of the Greek and Latin poets, each accompanied by metrical versions selected chieB.y from Pope, Dryden, Francis, and Creech. It is 8 small volume of limited contents, but executed up to its pretensions.

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DICTIONARY

LATIN QUOTATIONS, PROVERBS, AND PHRASES •

.A. botJe majOri cliacit ariire minor. ProtJ.-" The young ox learns to plough from the older." See Ne 8U8, &C .

.4.. capite ad calcem.-" From head to heel." From top to toe . .4.. fonte puro pura Jejluit aqua. PrOfJ.-" From a clear spring clear water flows." A man is generally estimated b, the company he keeps, 88 his habits are probably similar to those of his companions .

.4..forl'iOri.-" From stronger reasoning." With much greater probability. If a pound of gunpowder can blow up a house, a forliori a hundredweight must be able to do it .

.4.. fronte prtI!cipitiwm, a tergo lup1U.-" A precipice before, a wolf behind." Said of a person between the horns of a dilemma.

.4.. liJtlre.-" From the side." A legate a latere is a pope's envoy, so called because sent from his mk, from among his counsellors .

.A. f7Ie1I88 et toro.-" From table and bed," or, 88 we say, "from bed and beard." A sentence of separation of man and wife, issuing from the ecclesiastical courts, on account of acts of adultery which have been substantiated against either party. It is not of so decisive a nature 88 the divorce .A. fJinculo matrUnonii i which see •

.4.. p08terrOri. See.4.. priori .

.A. priOri; a P08teriOri.-" From the former; from the lat-

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ter." "Phrases used in logical argument, to denote a reference to its different modes. The schoolmen distinguished them into the propter quoit, wherein an effect is proved from the next cause, as, when it is proved that the moon is eclipsed, because the earth is then between the sun and the moon. The second is, the quw, wherein the cause is proved from a remote effect; as, that plants do not breathe, because they are not animals; or, that there is a God, from the works of the creation. The former argument is called demonstration a priori; the latter, demon. stration a pOIteriori."

..4. 1'6 aeceaunt.-" They wander from the point."

..4. tenem ungulculi8. CIO.-" From your tender little nails."

From your very earliest boyhood. See Sed prfata, &c., and Amorea de, &c .

.A. verbis legi8 non eat 1'6Cedendum. Coo.-" There must be no departure from the words of the law." The judge must not give to a sta.tute a forced interpretation contrary to the reasonable meaning of the words .

.A. vinculo matrim6nii.-" From the bonds of matrimony."

See ..4. memd, &c.

~ actu ad p0886 valet illatio.-" From what has happened we may infer what will happen."

.A.b alio speete« aleeri quod flcms. Sn.-" As you do to another, expect another to do to you."

.A.b amicis lwnesta pettimus. CIO.-" We must ask what is proper from our friends."

.A.b honeeto tnrttm bonum nihil ileterret. SEN.-" Nothing deters a good man from the performance of his duties."

..4.b inconvenienti.-" From tlie inconvenience." The .A.rgumentum ab mconvenienti, is an argument to show that a proposition will be unlikely to meet tho expected end, and will therefore be inexpedient .

.A.b in'itio.-" From the beginning."

.A.b ovo usque ad mala. HOB.-" From the egg to the apples."

From the commencement to the end; eggs being the first, and apples the last, dish served at the Roman entertainments .

..4.b Urbe c(matta, more usuallr. denoted in the Latin writers bl. the initials A. U. 0., signifies, "from the building of the CIty" of Rome, B. o. 753.


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..4hetmt mu/ra in morel. OVID.-" Pursuits become habits."

Use is second nature.

4J;i in pace.-" Depart in peace."

.4biit flimrt18 ItJlutdto.-" He went away without bidding anyone farewell."

.4hite nummi, ego tlOI _gam, tI8 _gar a tliilM.-" Away with you, money, I will sink you, that I may not be sunk by you."

.4bitiirull illuc quo prWru abiertmt,

Quid mente ctZlcd mi8lrum torquu 8pir'ttum ?

Pibi dieo, tJtIar"___ Pn . .ED.

-" A8 you must ~o to that place to which others have gone before, why in the blindness of your mind do you torment your wretched existence P To you I address myself, miser."

.AJmormi8 I~1!.reftl. HOR.-"Wise without instruction." Natura.lly gifted with a sound understanding .

.Nwacadahra.-A cabalistic word, the name of a deity formerl1. worshipped by the Syrians. The letters of his name, wntten on paper, in the form of an inverted triangle, were recommended as an antidote against various diseases .

.AIJltJfl8 la4rell non erit. PrOtl.-" He who is at a distance will not be the heir." "Out of sight out of mind." .A.1nentem la:dit cum elmo qui lit/gat. SYR.-" He who disputea with a drunken man, offends one who ia absent." The eenses of a drunken man may be considered 88 absent.

--Ab8entem qui radit amicum,

Qui non defendit alto cttlpante; loliitoll

Qui coptat riIuIlwmlnum, famamque dieticilJ; l!inglre qui non wa poted, commi8lta tacere

Quinequit, hie niger est, hunc tu, Romiitl8, catino. HOR. -" He who backbites an absent friend, who does not defend him when another censures him, who affects to raise loud laughs in company and the reputation of a funny fellow, who can feign things he never saw, who cannot keep secrets, he ia a dangerous man; against him, Roman,

be on your guard." .

..4h.que argento omnia fJana.-" Without money all is in" I

vain." "

AhlqlllJ 1wc, &c. Law term.-" Without this," &c. The" technical worda of exception used in pleading a traverse.

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.Ab'qtu 11ItliW~ et labor~ ""llum opra per/ecium eIf.-" With. out sweat and toil no work is made perfect." Without exertion and diligence success is rarely attained .

.Ah8qU~ tali caUld. Law ~.-" Without such cause." .Ab8tinito a fabis.-" Abstain from beans." An admonition of Pythagoras. ~uivalent to saying, "Have nothing to

do with elections.' The Athemans, at the election of their public magistrates, balloted with beans. It is also worthy of remark that the Pythagoreans had a superstitious belief that the souls ot the dead were harboured in the centre of the bean.

A.bmrdum est tit alto, regat, qui ,eip81Jm reger~ 1Ie8cit. Law Marim.-" It is absurd that he should govern others, who knows not how to govern himself." Quoted by Rabalais, B. i. c. 52.

A.bundar18 cauttlo fUm flDcet. COKE.-" Excess of precaution can do no harm ... ·

A.1nmdat duk'finu mtr;". QUINT.-" He abounds with alluring faults." Said in allusion to an author the very

faults of whose style are fascinating. .

A.c "eluti magna in populo cum 8tIpB coorta elf Seditio ; 8a:vitqtu altzmis igniJbil~ vulgus,

Jamqtuface8 et sasa "oI4nt,jwror arm4 mi1listrat. VIRG. -" And as when a sedition has arisen amongst II. mighty multitude, as often happens, and the minds of the ignoble vulgar are excited; now stones, now firebrands fly; fury supplies arms."

.Accedas ad curiam. Law Term.-" You may come to the court." A writ issued out of Chancery when a man had received false judgment in a hundred court or court baron, was so called.

A.ccede ad ignem hunc,jam caleeoe« plU8 ,atis. TER.-IC Allproach this fire, and you will soon be too warm." Said m allusion to the seductive beauty of the courtesan Thais.

A.ccensd domo prorlmi, tU4 qUOIJUB periclitatur. PrOfJ." 'When the house of your neighbour is in flames, your own is in danger." See PronmUl ardet, &c.

--Acceptisaim4 8emper

Munlra mitt, auctor q1Ml pretioea facit. OVID.

"Those gifts are always the most acceptable which our love for the donor makes precious."


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.4.cc'tdit in puncta, ct toto contingit in onno.-" It happens in an instant, and occurs throughout the whole year." Said in reference to those occurrences which are ruled by the uniform laws of nature .

.4.ccrdit in -puncto, quod non contingit in an1'tO.-" That may happen ill a moment, which does not occur in a whole year."

.A.cc'tpe nunc, mctU8 tenuis quid quantiique 8eCllm

Afoot. In primiB oalea« bene- HOR.

-" Now learn what and how great benefits a temperate diet will bring along with it. In the first place, you will enjoy good health."

--Acc'tpe, si vis,

Acc'fpiam tabUlQl i detur nobis 1oCU8, h01"o, Oustodes: ,ildlamU8 vter plU8 8cribere p08sit. HOR.

-" Take, if you like, your tablets, I will take mine: let there be a place, a time, and persons appointed to see fair play; let us see who can write the most."

Acc'ipe, mm6, cape, 8unt verba placentio papllJ.-" Take, have, '/ and keep, are pleasant words from a pope." A medieval .. saying. It may also be translated, "to a pope."

kc'{pere ~fl1cere prtUtat injuriam. Cw.-" It is better

to reeeive than to do an injury." .

kclpio r6fJoctimen-- OVID.-" I accept the recall." Acclinu falsis anlmU8 meliiira reciaat, HOR.-" The mind intent upon false appearances refuses to admit better things."

ACCU8iire nemo 88 debet nisi coram Deo. Law Ma.rim." No man is bound to accuse himself except before God." It is a maxim of our law, that no man can be forced to become his own accuser.

ker et 'l)chbnens bonU8 orator. CIc.-" A good orator is pointed and forcible."

Acerrtma pro.rimarum odia. TACIT.-" The hatred of those most nearly connected is the bitterest of all."

.J.cerr1mU8 e:e omntbU8 nostri8 8BnslbU8 CIt 8enBU8 cidendi. Cro, _co The keenest of all our senses is the sense of sight."

AcrrbU8 initiis, incuNo8o fine. TACIT.-" Zealous at the commencement, careless towards the conclusion." Said of those who commence an undertaking with more zeal than perseverance or discretion.


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AcriOra orerim uc'ttant embammata. COLUH.-" Savoury seasonings stimulate the appetite."

Acta e:deri6ra ind,cant interiiira 8ecreta. Coo.-" The outward conduct indicates the secrets of the heart."

.Actro 1'81'8onali4 'f1I()'f'IWr cum 1'81'80f14. Law ltfazim.-" A personal action dies with the person."

.Actum eat de republicd.-" It is all over with the republic."

The constitution is overthrown.

Actum fie agaB. C10:--" What has been done do not over again."

.ActUB Dei nimlni facit injuriom. Law Marim.-" The act of God does wrong to no man." The word injuty is here used in its primary sense. God, who is the author of justice, cannot do that which is unjust .

.4.ctUB legia nuUi facit injuriom. Law Mazim.-" The act of the law does wrong to no man."

ActUB me invito factUIJ, non eat meUB actUB. Law Mazim. -" An act done by me against my will, is not my act." According to the principles of law, acts dono under duress are void.

ActUB non facit "cum, nm menB rit rea. Law Mazim."The act does not make the crime, unless the intention is criminal." The law requires that evil intention, or malice prepense, should be reasonably proved against the person accused, before he can be pronounced guilty .

.Acum in. metdftZni ~ere.-" To seek a needle in a bundle J of hay." A medieval saying.

T - M calamitiitem quillbet rumor Nlet. Sn.-" Every rumour is believed when directed against the unfortunate." To the same purpose as the English proverb, " Give a dog a bad name and hang him." '

.4.d Calenda8 Gr~CaB.-" At the Greek Calends." As the Greeks, in their division of the months, had no calends, (which were used by the Romans only,) this phrase was used in reference to a thing that could never take place. "To-morrow come never, " as we say.

M c~tandum wlgua.-" To catch the mob." Said of a epecious argument "for the nonce."

Ad connectendaa amicitiaB, tenaci8rimum tnncillum eat morum rimilitiioo. PLINY eluJ Younger.-" For cementing friendship, reeemblance of manners is the strongest tie."


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M conftlium JUt tJCCI!8'w, tmtlrpusm f)()Cm.. Proo.-" Go not to the council-chamber before you are summoned." " Speak when you are spoken to, and come when you are called."

M eundem.-" To the same (rank or class)." GTaduates of one university, when admitted to the same degree in another, but not incorporated 88 members, are said to be admitted ad eundem.

M intlrim.-" For," or "during the meanwhile." A temporary substitute is appointed to act ad interim.

M lllittum.-" At pleasure." In music this term is used to show that the passage may be played at the discretion of the performer .

.A.d mala quiaqus cmfmum reflrat IfUI-- OVID.-" Let each person recall to mind his own mishaps."

.Ad menriram aquam bibit.-" He drinks water by measure." .A.d minOra me demittb-e non recuatibo. QUINT.-" I will not refuse to descend to the most minute details." I will sift the matter to the bottom.

--Ad more« natura recurrie DamniitoB,ji:.ea et muttiri fUJ.citJ.-- Juv.

-" Human nature ever reverts to its depraved courses,

fixed and immutable." .

.Ad 1WmCn fJUltua IUBtuUt illa 8'U08. OVID.-" On hearing her name she raised her eyes."

.Ad nullum conwrgit fYjJU8, cum corplJre languet. GALL." The mind cannot grapple with any task when the body is languid."

.Ad o-mnem libitl'tnem projectU8 lwmo.-" A man disposed to every species of dissipation."

.Ad perflitam .ecUM manubrium ad.ftcb-e.-" To throw the

helve after the lost hatchet." To give way to despair .

.Ad pemiciem 'Olet agi nncmtaB. PHAlD.-" Sincerity is :fre. quently impelled to its own destruction."

M pamitendum propb-at, cito 1"i jwltcat. Sn. -" He hastens to repentance, who judges hastily."

M populum phalb-aB, ego te i"tU8 et in cUtl nooi. PERS. -"Display thy trappings to the vulgar, I know thee in. side and out."

n prte8ena ova craB pulliB 8Uflt meliOra.-" Eggs to-day are better than chickens to-morrow." A meUUevaJ. pro-


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verb, in defective verse, similar to ours_cc A bird in the hand," &C.

M ~ juriB rupcmdlant jutltcu, ad ~/acti rUJ'Ofl4ltmt juratiiru. Law Marim.-CC It is the duty of the judge to decide 88 to the point oflaw, of the jurors to

decide D8 to the matter of fact." .

M fJ!MJ!l domnum. Law Term.-" To what damage." A wnt issued to inquire into the damage that may be SUBtained before the grant of certain liberties.

M referendum.-" To be referred," or, "to await further consideration." .

M rupontlMulum ~.-" To answer the question."

Students at the university of Cambridge, who are about to be examined for their degree in Arts, or in other words, - admitted ad r~ guationi, are thence called quutionim

M ftIfIm 'JfIMIUlW mqvum ut qU(Ntum eutJ call'ttlum. PLAUT. -" It is only ri~ht that every one should be alive to his own advantage.'

M triItem parlMn Itrenua nuplcio. Bn.-" The minds of men who have been unfortunate are prone to suspicion." Much to the same purpose 88 our proverb, " A burnt child dreads the fire."

M turpia tMum honum nulla 'P". ifMJitat. Bn.-cc No expectation can allure a good man to the commission of evil."

M unum corp .. Aumanum .uppZrcia plura quam memllf"a.

T ST. CYPRllN.-" One human body is liable to more pains

('h /(f!.k~than the members of which it is composed."

; . ! /.,'If#.' "Ad utf'UmfJ1M' partitu..-" Prepared for either alternative." .Ad fXIlOrein.-" According to the value." Duties are imposed on certain articles of merchandise, ad "alorem, or according to their value.

M tritrum.-" To the life."

.4.kquanmtjutltcu.-" The judges were equally divided." ..4tldtJ plM"Um PfM'1X), magnu. tlCennu erit._u Add a Jittle to a

little, and there will be a great heap." An adaptation from Ovid .

..4tldtJ, quod inju#um rig'{clo j'IU tlic'ttur MUt1 ; Dtmtur et in mldio tndnlra 8ctJPe foro. OVID.

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sword, and wounds are often inflicted in the midst of the court of justice."

--.A.tJeo in tenlriII c01UI'Ue8cere multum est. VIRG.-cc Of such importance is it to be well trained in youth. OJ "Train up a child in the way he should go," says Solomon, Proe. xxii. 6.

--.&deone /wmlnem immutdn

Ez amOrB, ut flQ1l COffMBCfJ8 liindem eBBB ? TER.

_cc Is it possible that a man can be so changed by love, that you could not recognise him to be the same?"

'&clute, Ii quid mihi restae agenthm._cc If aught remairul to be done by me, despatch." The words of the emperor Severns, just before his death, accor~ to Lord Bacon; but they are not to be found in Dio CasSIUS or Spartianus.

~"ibe'l(la ut in jocaruJo moderatio. CIC.-cc Moderation should be used in joking." A joke should never be carried too far.

~Aibetula eat mtmditia, 1IQ1I oaioBa, neqUIJ ezquuita nimu, tantum tpJ4J.fo9iat agrutem ac inhumanam negligentiam. CIC.-cc We should eXhibit a certain degree of neatness, not too exquisite or affected, and equally remote from rustic and unbecoming carelessness."

--~huc BUb jUdice lu eat. HOR.-" The point is still in dis-

pute before the judge." The controversy is yet undecided. j

.&tlreu eat ipli ad Dmft8B /ac'tlU et permua. CIC.-" He has

free and ready access to every one."

--A1ljiiro fJUfnqtuml eam me deBBrtiirum,

NQ1I ai.capiernlos mihi Bciam BlBe inimicOB DmneB lwminea i ,) ~, COfltingit i COfl1)Miiwnt more« i f7aleon, . ''\ Qui inter niiidi8Cidium f70lunt i ~

MmD. T.n.

_CC Iswear that I will never desert her, even though I were sure that I should make all men my enemies. Her have I desired above all things, her have I obtained. Our humours agree; farewell to those who would set us at variance. Nothing but death shall deprive me of her."

.4t1oleacentem f7erecumlum eBBe decet. PLAUT.-" A young man ought to be modest."

.4JJonujre f7erbiB bene/acta. PLINY the Y lnm9Br .-" To enhance the value of a favour by kind expressions." The best of actions is liable to be undervalued, if done with a bad grace.


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.4.tJIcriptw glebtB.-" Belonging to the soil." Attached to the soil, like the ,er/It and neifo in England so late as the reign of Edward VI., and the greater part of the peasantry of the Russian empire at the present day.

--Ad8it

Regula, peccatillJ1UB pfBfUJ8 irrl1get ~qtl4I. HOB.

-" Let a law be made which shall iri1lict pUDishment commensurate with the crime."

--AduZtmdi gem prvtitmtUmna laudat 8ermonem indocti,faciem deformill, amici. Juv.

-" The crafty race of flatterers praise the conversation of an unlearned, the features of an ugly friend." See the Fable of the Fox and the Crow, in .iEsoP .

.4.ikerlfU IJOlem ne 1o'lultor. Proo.-" Speak not against the sun." Do not argue against that which is as clear as the sun at mid-day.

)EQCU/t in pfBfUJ8 i"1leniOlfU erit. Ovm.-" ~&CUlI shall refine in devising tortures for you."

.2Edijicare in tuo proprio ,010 flQ1l lieet quod alten MCG.

LatD Ma.rim.-" You may not build on your own land that which may injure another." See the same principle in Sic vtere, &C.

--~68cit'lue medendo. VmG.-" He destroys his health by his very anxiety to preserve it."

--Af1r! eomnia vaM. HOB.-" The delusive dreams of the sick man."

.lEgritudinem laudare, "nom rem ma.nme detemibiltwn, fJfM1f"HI' 68t tandem phi1o,oplWrum f CIO.-" What kind of philosophy is it, pray, to extol melancholy, a thing the most detestable of all P"

I .lEgrotat dcrfflwn, monIlchU8 tunc e886 volebat ; J D~n convl1luit, daJmon ut ant6 foit.

" The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil got well, the devil a monk was he." Lines composed in the middle ages .

.lEgrotatiOne, animi, 'luolil elt avaritia, ez eo quod rnagni t88timitur ea rei, ex ~U(J anYmUl ~grotatJ oriuntur. CIO... Diseases of the mind, such 118 avarice, spring from too high a value set upon the things by which the mind becomes corrupted."

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sick man has life, there is hope." A common saying with us, "While there is life there is hope."

.iEmulatio annulatiMlem pm-it.-" Emulation begets emulation." A spirit of emulation excites others to similar exertions.

bAniUU8 8tudiOrum et uwiWum. 010.-" The rival of his pursuits and of his labours."

--JEqud lege fleCfJ8Bito& &rtitur imigtra et imo«. HOB.

-" Fate, by an impartial law, is allotted both to the conspicuous and the obscure."

..£quam memento relnu in arcluil lJertJiire mentem, flOfl 8eCUII in lxmil Ah imolenti temperatam Letiti4-- HOB.

-" In arduouseircumstancea remember to preserve equanimity, and equally in prosperous moments restrain excessive joy."

-jEqua tellul

Paupm reclud'itUf', Regumque pulrU. HOB.

-" The impartial earth is opened alike for the pauper and the children of kings."

.£qurto& enim lucet ipBa per 8e. 010.-" Equity shines by lier own light."

.&pittu ut eorreetio ~ generaliter latctJ IJ1MS rz deftcit. PLOWDEN.-" .t;quity is the correction 0 the law

laid down in general terms, in those parts in which it is deficient." It modifies the rigour of the law, and takes into consideration the cirCtl11l8tance8 of the case .

.IEquo animo paraloque mortar. 010.-" May I meet death with a mind prepared and calm."

--h:tjU'lMn eBt

PeccatU "eniam 'P08centem reddb-e rUf'8U8. HOB.

-" It is fair that he who e~ects forgiveness should, in his tum, extend it to others.' We are also taught by a higher sanction, that, as we forgive them that trespass

against us, 80 may we hope to be forgiven. --?

&a nitent tuU; "em. 1xma fj'UC1J1"i.t wen; . -,

OmuCUflt t'lH'pi tecta relicta situ. OVID.·

_Ii Brass grows bright by use; good clothes require to be


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worn; UDinhabited buildings grow white with nastyl mould." , &figo IIftlmi, rvhigo ingtmii. SBN.-" The l'Il8t of the mindl

is the blight of genius." Said of idleness. •

.&tmtMbiliB uperitmtia 1M docuit.-" Sorrowful experience I

baa taught me." !

.& debrtiirem letJe, grtwita initnicvm ftJCit. LABn.-" AI triffing debt makes a man your debtor; a more weighty i one, your enemy."

.& erat in preIio; clUllybeia ffUJlltJ laUbat; Hew! 'lfltJtn perpetuo debuit illa tegj. OVID.

-" Copper became valuable; the iron ore still lay hid. Alae! would that it had ever remained concealed."

&opo iftg8ntefn .tMfItJtn ponslrtJ .Atftci, ~ collocartmt anern4 in bai,

PalM'B 1onori8 ,cirem fit cuncti f1iMn. PII.&DB.

-" The Athenians erected a lofty statue to ..Esop, and placed him, though a slave, upon an everlasting pedestal, that all might know that the way to fame is open to every one."

4iJBtitnatio delicti prttJter'tti BZ pm facto non crescit. Low .Jf.azim.-" The delinquency attaching to a crime that haa been committed, is not increased by anything that has happened s~ce."

-&tuat "'9tmB

Imo in corde pudor, miztogue inBtinia wctu,

Et PvriiB apitiftu. mnor, tJt conacia ";f"tu.B. Vms.

-" Deep m his heart boils overwhelming shame, and frantic rage, with intermingled grief, and love racked with furious despair, and conscious worth."

&taB ptwBntwn, pBjcr tJf1ia, tulit NOB ne~ea, more datUroa Pf'Og_maem f1itioBiOrem. HoB.

.:» The days of our parents, more dissolute than those of our forefathers, produced us more wicked than they; we, who are destined to produce a more vicious progeny atill."-Horace is here a lavdator tBJ1lfKJ"i8 acti, a praiser of the" good old times."

Batem non te.qrm.t tBmJ'iJrQ.-" Our temples do not conceal our age." "The wriDkled forehead betray. the hand of

time. .


lET-AGN.

~ Prilm Nut~ Longam qu' pvtat u,e, .Marlitiflll, Multum tkc'fprttvr IfIll,tvr~,

Non Me ,,","e ,etl ftta. MAB.

-" He, Martianus, is much mistaken and deceived, who thinks that the life of Priam and of N astor was long: not eristenee, but health, is life."

A!J4tiI cujwqus ftOttmM .."., tiM ."... HOB.-" You must earefully observe the manners of every age." By inattention to this rule, even Sha.kapeare has eommitted I anachronisms.

I ~ ifttM' u tliltJortlimt. TEB.-" They &l'e everlastingly at variance with each other."

~ ~f'B. Pf'Of1.-" To wash a blackamoor white." -&w f'1JMUHIIQ MItro

BtmplicitM- OVID.

-" Simplicity, a thing moat rare in our age." Ovid, like Seneca, sometimes praises a simplicity and self-denial, which he himself faifed to practise.

4Ifectum tlanti8 pemat CtmItWG 7bnanti8.-" The judgment of the Thunderer weighs the intention of the giver." A medialvalline.

4fflOrit Deru Bt tliIliprmttw.-IC God has sent forth his breath, and they are dispersed." In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a medal with the above inscription was struck, to record the destruction of the Spanish Armada.

-.J.ge, libBrlate DectJm1n;,

QvMrtlo ita fItIIjiWu fJOluinmt, vtb-B- HOB.

-" Come, since our forefathers would have it so, use the freedom of December." Said in allusion to the Saturnalia,

I during which the slaves at Rome were allowed a greater latitude than usual •

.J.ge quotl agiI._IC Attend to what you are about "-or, as the clock at the Inner Temple formerly had it, "Be-

I gone about your business."

.J.gh COfIntlerate plum Me ~ eogitaf'B~. CIO.

I -" It is better to act coD81derately than to think wisely." Very similar in meaning to the maxim, PaultHn It!pUlt~. &c., which see.

_~ wan. fJutigio~; VIB6.-CC I recognise

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the remains of my former attachment." A somewhat; similar expression to that of Gray,

"E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires."

..A.gnu. Dei.-" The Lamb of God." A cake of wax stamped with the figure supportin~ the banner of the cross. It is supposed by the Bomish Church to have miraculous powers for preserving the faithful. A part of the mass for the dead is also so called, from the circumstance of its beginning with these words .

..4gr'fcola incurvo terram dim(h,it artitro ;

Hine tmni labor; kine patriam paro08qts6 nBpotu 8u8tlftet: hine fIt'fM1Jta boom, mer'itOBque jUf)eneoB.

VIRG. -" The husbandman cleaves the earth with his crooked plough: hence the labours of the year: hence he supports his country and his little offspring: hence his herds of kine and the steers which have earned his sustenance."

.Api fI()ft. omne.r frugiflri BUnt. CIO.-" All fields are not fruitful." So too ail men are not equally susceptible of improvement.

--.4A miBer /

Quantd laboraa in Oluwybdi,

Digne puer meliOre flammd,! HOR.

-" Into what an aoyss hast thou fallen, unhappy youth! deserving of a more happy flame!" A parallel case to that of Samson and Delilah .

.Ak! nimium factle«; qui tri8tia crimina cfZdiB

Flumine8 tolli p088e puUtia aqua. OVID.

-" Ah! too credulous mortals, who imagine that the guilt of bloodshed can be removed by the waters of the stream. "

.AlbttJ rr: jiliua. Proo.-" The son of a white hen."

Sai of a person extremely fortunate. An eagle is eaid to have dropped a white hen, with a sprig of laurel, into the lap of Livia, the wife of the Emperor Augustus .

.Album calculum addere.-" To give a white stone." In, voting, among the ancients, approval was signified by putting into the urn a white stone j disapproval, or censure, by a black one .

.Aka judiciOrum.-" Chance judiciary." " The uncertainty of judgments j" which too often, 88 it _were, depend on


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the throw of a die. "The glorious uncertainty of the law."

.4.l&itor, quanto in orte en mllior, tanto est nequior. Sn." The gambler, the more skilful he is in his art, the more wicked is he."

.A1ezander .netor tot regwm atque populorum irtlJ IflCcubuit.

SEN.-" Alexander, tho conqueror of so many kings and nations, was himself subdued by anger."

.4.liam ~cum ezci1te.-" Go, shake some other oak." Said by a person who has already shown his liberality to an applicant .

.4.litJ ru ,ceptrum, alia f,lectf'flm.-" A sceptre is one thing, a fiddlestick another. '

.4.lla8.-" Otherwise." Applied to persons who essume two or more names; as A, alia8 B. It also means a second writ, issued after a first writ has been issued to no purpose.

A.llbi.-" Elsewhere." Law Perm. When a person accused of an offence endeavours to prove that lie W88 absent from the place at the time when the crime was committed, he is said to set up an alibi.

--Aliena fl.egotia centum

Per caput, et circa ,aliunt latu&- HOR.

-" A hundred affairs of other people come into my head, and beset me on every side."

-Alieno fl.egotia euro, EzCUll8U8 propriil.-- HOR.

-" I attend to the business of other men, regardless of my own." This quotation may be aptly applied to such busy-bodies 88 £sop met, when carrying his lantern at mid-day. See PluBdna, B. iii. F. 19 .

.4.liituJ nobiI, fI.08tra pZu. aliil placent. Sn.-" That which belongs to others pleases us most, while that which belongs to us is most valued by others." Few men are content with their station: so true it is that-

" Men would be angels, angels would be gods;

Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell,

As1>iring to be angels, men rebel." POPE'S EI,ag on Him. -A1iMuJ opprobria stepe

Ab&rrent 17itiis- HOR.

.:» The disgrace of othe:s often deters us from crime,"


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.&lUnd optImum in,anid frui.-" It is best to profit by the madness of others." A proverb quoted by the Elder Pliny. See Optimum e8t alimd, &C.

_ 4~ .4.Uena tJitia in oculis luihhnUB-a tergo fIOBtra BUnt. ~EN.-

i/ " We have the vices of others always before our eyesour own behind our backs." See Ut nemo in ees«, &C.

Alimd tJ;tJb-s quadra. Juv.-" To eat off another man's trencher." To live at another's expense.

Alieni t1fJP~tens, lUi projU81Ul. SALL.-" Covetous of another's, lavish of his own." Catiline is here described by the historian .

.4.lieni tempOris flores.-II Blossoms of a time gone by."

Flowers that bloomed in other days. --Alieno in loco

Haud 8Mbrk regnwm est. SEN.

-" Over a distant realm sovereignty is insecure."

Alifflos agro8 imgas luis sitientibus. Prov.-" You are watering your neighbours' fields, while your own are parched with drought." Said to an interfering busybody.

Alii 8ementem fiiciunt, alii metent. PrtJl7.-" The one sows, the other will reap."

Alia palriam ~Ul1J'1'Unt Bteb 80k jacentem. VIRG.-" They seek a country SItuate beneath another sun."

AliOrom mltI'tC'U8, ip8e ulceru"u 8cates.-" The physician of others, you are full of ulcers yourself."

A.liquando gratius est quod factli quam quod pknd manu datur.-" Sometimes that is more acceptable which is given with a kindly, than that which is received from 8 full hand." Presents are acceptable according to the spirit in which they are given.

Al'tquem fortUMJ jilium r6f)erentissime colere ac "eneran.

AUST.-" To treat with the greatest reverence and respect a man who is the darling of fortune." To

-" follow that false plan,

That money only makes the man."

AlYquis non debet 6886 jude:c in proprid causa. COKE.-" No man ought to bejudge in his own cause."

A.lis tJolat propriis.-" He Hies with his own wings." He is able to take care of himself. Motto of the Earl of Thanet.


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Altter cittiili longe olent, orUer SUU. PLAUT.-" Puppies have one smell, I_Jigs quite another." All animals have

an instinct by which they recognise their roung. .

Afltur mtium, fJivitque tegendo. VIBG.-" VICe is nourished and lives by concealment."

Alium .ilere quod fJi1leas, primw sil«. SEN.-" That you may impose silence upon another, first be silent yourself."

'.&lma mater.-" A kind," or "benign, mother." A term originally used in reference to the earth, but employed by students to designate the university in which they were educated. It is said to have been first applied to Cambridge.

--Alta 8edent civilis vulnera de:etrtB. LUOAN. -" The wounds inflicted by civil war are deeply seated."

Alt~d manufert lap/dem, alteriJ panem oBtentat. PLAUT." In one hand he carries a stone, while in the other he shows bread." So our proverb, "He carries fire in one hand, and water in the other."

Altlri manu eeabunt; aiterd flriunt. Prov.-" They scratch you with one hand, and strike you with the other." Said of treacherous and deceitful persons.

Alter idem. CIO.-" Another self." See Vena amicu«. Alter ipBe amiCUB. Pr01J.-" A friend is a second self." The thought occurs more than once in the works of Aristotle.

AltlriUII non .it qui SUUl UBe poteBt.-" Let no man be the servant of another, who can be his own master."

--Alterlw eio

Altera pOBcit opem, ,.u et conjiirat amice. HOB.

-" Thus does one thing require the co-operation of another, and they join in mutual aid."

Alter ,.emUl aqUa8, alter mihi ,.adaf, arenas. PBOP.-" Let one of my oars skim the water, the other touch the sands." By acting thus, we shall not find ourselves out of our depth.

Alter ri:eatur de lan4 .ape cap rind,

Propugnat nugi. armtitUl.- HOH. .

-" Another raises a dispute about a lock of goat's wool, and aas recourse to arms for trifles." Potentates, as well as wolves, have often acted upon this principle, when they have deemed it to their interest to "pick a quarrel."

.&itwBrma fjUdJque jlumrfUI m"tnlmo BOM lalnmtur. CUBT."The deepest riven How with the least noise." Of o


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similar application to our proverb, "Empty vessels make the greatest sound."

..t. M. for .LI.rtium Magi&ter.-" Master of Arts." The highest University degree in Arts. See also .LI.mw Mundi, .Ante meridiem .

.A.ma ta1UJ.uam orif'U8. OdlriB tanquom MrUJtiirull. PrOfJ."Love as though you might hate. Hate as though you might love." Be prepared in either case for a change of circumstances; and neither make your friend acquainted with your failings and weak points, nor make it impossible that your enemy can ever become reconciled to you. Cicero, with considerable reason, dissents from the first

-f part of this adage. See .LI.micum ita, &c .

.LI.mantium WfB amOris integratio est, TER.-" The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love." So our old proverb, "Old pottage is sooner heated than new made."

.LI.mdrB et 8aplrB vi:& fleo concMltur. LABER.-" It is hardly granted to a god to be in love and to act wisely." ), .. .4.marB juveni fructU8 ed, crimen 8eni. SYR.-" It is proper

~ J for a young man to be in love, a crime for an old one."

AmbrguaB in ""lgum Bpargi1rB ooce«, Adapted from Virgil."To spread ambiguous reports among the populace." .LI.mblguum pactum contra venditifrem interpretandum est, Law Mazim.-".A doubtful agreement is to be interpreted against the vendor."

Amici probantur rebu8 adverm. CI0.-" Friends are proved by adversity."

.LI..mici vitium n; feraB, produ tuum. Sn.-" Unless you can put up with the faults of your friend, you betray your own ;" you show that either the ties of friendship are easily relaxed, or that you are put out of temper by trifles,

Amicitia 8emper prodettt, amor ct nocet. LABER.-" Friendship is always productive of advantage, and love of injury." This dictum seems to be stated in rather too general terms.

Amiciirum, mogi& quam tuam ipBiU8 laudem, prtet1lca.-En!&-ge upon the praises of your friends rather tban on. your own."

AmiC08 r88 opimfB panunt, adver8fB probant. SYR.-" Prosperity begets friends, adversity proves them."

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-" Live with your friend as if you knew that he mi~ht become your enemy." This maxim, though inculcating caution, a considerable virtue, is better adapted to the political world than to the sphere of private friendship. See .A.ma tanquom, &C.

--.A.micum

Mancipium diJmYM et frugi. HOB.

-" A servant faithful to his master, and true."

Amicum perdlre eat da17lflOrum ma.rl'mum. SYB.-" To lose a friend is the greatest of losses."

Amicm eertu« in re incerld cern'ttur. ENNIUS.-" An undoubted friend shows himself in doubtful circumstances." Very similar to our proverb, " A friend in need is a friend indeed."

ArnieUII cuntIJ. Law Term.-" A friend of the court." A member of the bar who makes a suggestion on any point of practice as to which the judge is in doubt 18 so called.

AtniCtU magU neceasaNUil quam ignis aut aqua.-" A friend is more needful than fire or water."

.J.miCUII Plato, amiCUII Socratea, sed magis amica "erYt08. CIC. _u Plato is my friend, Socrates is my friend, but truth is a friend I prize above both."

AmiCUII UIIqUl! ad a'l"08.-" A friend to the very altar." .J.mi88Um quod nescltu'l" non amittltu'I". SYB.-" The loss that is not known is no loss." Similar:o our saying, "What the eye don't see the heart don't gneve." So also Gray's line, "Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise."

Amittit merlto p1'apr'tum qui alienum appetit. PHED.-" He who covets that which belongs to another, deservedly loses his own." Covetous men not unfrequently fall into the pit which they have dug for others.

--.A_mar omnibu« idem. VIBG.-" Love is in all the same." A.mar et melle et felle est fecundis8'mus. PLAUT.-u Love is ""A.

most fruitful both in honey and in gall." \ J

A.mar tUilsillgue f&()1I celantu'I".-" Love and a cough cannot be 'f-

concealed." A proverbial saying. I

Amore nihil molliUII, "ihil tJiolentius.-" Nothing is more ten- y

der, nothing more violent than love." , <,

-.A..mcrea

De ttmlro metlittitur rmgui. HOB.

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_" She plans amourS from her tenderest ye~." --AmOto quaJ1'am1U sena ludo. HOR.-" Joking apart, let us give our attention to serious matters."

--AmphOra eapit

ITUItifui; currente 1'018 cur ureeu8 e:cit? HOR.

-" A fine jar is intended to be made; why, when. the wheel goes round, does it come out a humble pitcher P" A figure taken from the potter's wheel. It has the same application as the Fable of the Mountain in Labour.

J.-Ampliat (J!tiiti8 8pat'ium sibi "ir bonus i boo ed

--, Vivere bi8 vil8 posse priore frui. MAR.

-" The good man extends the period of his life; it is to

live twice, to enjoy with satisfaction the retrospect of our past life."

An boni quid 1Uquam est, quod qui8quam uti p088it

Sine malo omni; aut, ne lahorem caplQ8, cum illo uti fJellu.

- PLAUT.

-" Is there any good whatever that we can enjoy wholly

without evil, or where you must not endure labour when you would enjoy it P"

An dives nt omnes qU(J!1'unl, nemo an bon1U.-" All inquire whether a man is rich, no one whether he is good." A translation from EURIPIDES.

--An erit qui "elle recuset

Os populi merui8se, et cedro digna IocullUl

Linqulre ?-- PERS.

-" Will there be anyone to disown a wish to deserve the people's praise, and to leave words worthy to be preserved 10 cedar P" Presses for books were made of cedar, and the paper was steeped in oil of cedar, that wood being esteemed for its antiseptic qualities.

I An neeci« lonqa« reg'iblUJ use manus ] OVID.-" Knowest thou not that kings have long arms P" that they can reach you at a distance even?

An potest quidquam esse absurdilUJ, quam qU{) minus "iaJ restat, eo plus viat'lci qU(J!1'ere? CIC.-" Can there be anythi,ng more absurd, than to be making all the.greater :{>rovision, in proportion as the less of your journey remams to be performed P" A reproof of covetousness in old age .

.4n qui8quam ut al'l1U liber, nisi ducere vitam

Oui licet, fit "olllit !-- . PERS.


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_CC Is any man free, but he who is at liberty to spend his life in whatever manner he may please P"

.A.ncepll remedium e8t meliwt quam nullum.-CC A doubtful remedy is better than none."

.A.nguillam cauda tenes. Proo._CC You hold an eel by the tail." You have got to deal with a slip,Pery fellow, and if you do not hold him fast, he will slip through your fingers .

.A.mma eltt amica amanti, PLAUT.-cc His mistress is the + very life of a lover."

..4.nrma magill eet ubi amat quam ubi anYmat. AusT.-u The + soul is more where it loves than where it lives." --.A.n7mtlllque in tnllnlre ponunt; VIRG.-" And they leave their lives in the wound."

..4.nrmi cultwt qUtllli quidam humanitiitill cibU8. CIC.-cc Cul-

tivation is to the mind what food is to the body." /-

.An'lmo t1Jgrotanti metll.CU8 est oriitio. Proo.-" Words are as Ja physician to an affiicted spirit." See Sunt verba, &c.

--A.nrmoque 8Uper8Unt

Jam pope post animam. SIDON. ApOLL.

_u They display spirit even though they have all bnt breathed forth their spirit." There is a play upon the resemblance of the words animU8, "courage," and anima, " soul."

--.A.ni11U5rum

ImpuUu, et cQ!cd magndque cupidine ducti. Juv.

-" Led on by the impulse of our minds, by blind and headstrong passions."

bimilf.a, vagula, blandilla!- "

Hoepe«, CDmesque corpi'Jris- 'I

-" Dear, fluttering, fleeting soul of mine, thou guest and companion of the body." The beginning of the address

of the emperor Adrian to his soul, composed in his lnst moments, and preserved by the historian Spartianus, as expressive of his uncertainty 88 to a future existence. The idea of Pope's "Dying Christian's Address to his Soul," was suggested by these lines, which are replete with exquisite beauty.

--.A.nrmum nunc hue cell rem, nunc divrdit illuc. VIRG."Now this way, now that, he turns his wavering mind." hTmum pictiir8 ptlllcit inani. VlRG.-" He feeds his mind


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with an empty picture." He amuses himself with unsubstantial anticipations. See the stories of the Barmecide's Feast, and of Alnaschar and his brittle ware, in the Arabian Night8.

--An'mum rege, qui tWi paret

Imp"&at.-- HOR.

-" Control your temper, for if it does not obey you, it will govern you."

AnlmU8 m'luU8 optImum e8t tm'UfIIntB conJimentum. PLA.UT."A patient mind is the best remedy for affiiction."

AnlmU8 eat in patlni8. TER.-u My thou~hts are among the saucepans." I am thinking of something to eat.

AnlmU8furandi. LaID Term.-" The intention of stealing."

It is the animU8, and not the act, that constitutes an offence.

An'imU8 homlni, quicquid libi implrat, obtlnet.-" Whatever it resolves on the human mind can effect."

AnlmU8 MmTni8 ,emper appiltit ag;;"e aliquid. CIO.-" The mind of man is always longing to do something."

An'imU8 memrnit prtBteritorum, prlUcntia cernit, lutura prmti£tlet. CIC.-" The mind remembers past events, scans the present, foresees the future."

--An'tmU8 quod perd.rdit optat,

Aeque in prtBteritd, ,e totu« imagine ver,at. PETRON.

_u The mind still longs for what it has lost, and is wholly intent u'p0n the past." The contemplation of lost opportunities has a kind of fascination, which at the same moment both invites and repels.

--.A.nzmU8 Ii te non rJeftcit mquU8. HOR.-" If your aqua.~ nimity does not fail you."

/Anno Domrni.-u In the year of our Lord;" for brevity, A. D.

Anno Mundi.-u In the year of the world;" for brevity, A. K. Anno Urbie cond'ttm.-u In the year from the building of the city." See Ab urb«; &c.

Ann08am arbarem trafUlJJlantiire.-=·" To transplant an aged tree." Said of a person late in life quitting an employment in which he has been long engaged, for a new one.

AnnO,a vulpea laud cap'itur llUJueo. Prov.-" An old fox is not to be caught with a springe." U Old birds are not to be caught with chaff."

bnu. miriililli8.-u The year of wonders."


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Ante barbam Jocu sene«. Prov.-" Before you bave got a beard you are for teaching the aged."

Ante diem claU80 companet VIl8pe1" Olympo. VIRG.-"The evening star will first shut the gates of heaven upon the day."

Ante mare, et fellm, et qucd tegit omnio cczZ1Im, Unu« erat toto naturfB vv.ltua in orbe,

Quem duire Chaoa; rudi« indigeataqU6 moles. OVID.

-" At first the sea, the earth, and the heaven which covers all things, were the only face of nature through the whole universe, which men have named Chaos; a rude and undigested mass.

ble merUllem.-" Before noon," or "mid-day," generally denoted by the initials A.. M •

.dille ocido« errant domu«, urb«; et forml.J IocOrum;

8ttccrduntqU6 8ttiB nngiila facta locie. OVID.

-" Before my eyes flit my home, the city, and each wellknown spot: and then follows, in order, each thing, as it happens, in its appropriate place."

Ante atmectutem euraw, ttt bene fJivifrem; in atmectiite, ttt bene moriar. SEN.-" Before old age, I made it my care to live well; in old age, to die well." St. Jerome Tanked Seneca among the writers of Christianity .

.dnte tubam trepldat.-" He trembles before the trumpet BOunds."

.J.nte fJictori.am canertJ triumik1lm.-" To celebrate the triumph before victory." Similar in meaning to our expression, "To count our chickens before they Ill'e hatched." .J.nte fJictOriam nil canas trittmpkum.-" Don't sing your triumph before you have conquered." So we say, " Don't halloo before you are out of the wood."

bte t1idemm fo1fJ1"ratiOnem quam .Dn1lm attdiiimm. BEN."We see the lightning before we hear the thunder." .4.ntekac puttibMn te kabere cornua. Prov.-" Till now I thought you had horns." Said to a blusterer, who, at the last moment, is found defective in courage.

bleqfIMJJ iftc'fplaa eoneulto, et ubi conBttlulriB facto ~ ut. 010.-" Before rou begin, consider, and when you have considered, act.'

.J.ntjqu4 1wmo tMeiite ac fide. TEB.-cc A man of the virtue ana. fidelity of the olden time."


ANT-AQU.

AntiquUas stllcilU jtlfJentua mundi.-" Ancient time W88 the youth of the world." An aphorism of Lord Bacon, for which, according to Hallam and Whew ell, he is indebted

to Giordano Bruno. .

hus Bimia eero quidem. p,.oo.-" The old ape is taken at last." Of the same meaning as our saying, "The old fox is caught at last."

--.A.perit praICordia Liher. HOR.-" Bacchus opens the heart."

.Aperte mala cum eat mulier, tum demum eat bona. STR. -" When a woman is openly bad, then she is good." This paradoxical expression implies that less injury results to the world from open dissoluteness, than from the hypocrisy of those who conceal profligacy under the guise of sanctity and virtue.

--Aperto vivere ooto, PERS.-" To live with every wish revealed." The motto of the Earl of Aylesford .

.A.pio opus eat. Prov.-" There is need of parsley." Said when a sick person was past all hope of recovery. The Grecians sowed the graves of the dead with this herb.

AJlPartitus belli.-" The materiel of war."

..1pptirent ran nantes in gurg'tte VaBto. VIRG.-" A few are seen here and there, swimming in the boundless ocean." Virgil here describes the shipwrecked sailors of the Trojan fleet .

.A.ppet'itua ratiOni parlato CIO.-" Let your passions be obedient to reason." Employed as the motto of Earl Fitzwilliam.

Aquam perdo.-" I lose my time." Time was measured by the ancients by means of water running in the clepsydra, 88 in more modern days by sand. A certain portion of time was allotted to each orator to plead his cause; whence the present expression, which literally means, "I am losing the water."

.A.quam plorat cum lavat fondlre. PLAUT.-" He weeps at throwing away the water in which he was w~hed." Said ofa miser.

Aqulla non capit musCQ./I. Proo.-" The eagle does not stoop to catch flies."

Aquiltll eenecta. Proo.-" The old age of an eagle." Applied to aged topers-as the eagle was supposed, in its latter years, to live by suction only.


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.tJp_ eoliN ka. PrOfJ.-CI You are for teaching an eagle how to fiy." "You are teaching your grandam," &c. ~ 'ltmgtwr._CI The watery weakness." The dropsy. 4.rtMtetinlm lew tezlre.-" To weave a spider's web." Meaning, to support an argument by fine-spun sophistry, or to engage in a frivolous pursuit.

4.rliiter bibendi.-" The arbitrator of drinking." The master of the feast among the ancients gave directions when to fill the cups. See the SticlafU of Pla'UtfU, A. iv. so. 4.

bhTter Bkgcmtitirvm.-" The arbitrator of politeness." Commonly used in reference to the person whose duty it is to decide on any matter of taste or form; a master of the ceremonies.

--Arliitet" laic IVmM dB litIJ joc088. OVID.-CI He was chosen umpire in this sportive contest." Said of Tiresiaa, who was chosen umpire in the contest between Jupiter and Juno.

bhtJrB tleject4 qui wlt ligna colltgit. PrOfJ.-" When the tree is thrown down, every one who pleases gathers the wood." The meanest may, and often do, triumph over fallen majesty. See the fable of " The aged Lion and the Ass," in PluziJrtR, B. i, F. 21.

bhtJru f1UJ91kIJ diu cructmt, un4 laor8 ~tur. CUBT... Great trees are long in growing, but are rooted up in a single hour."

.bbOru ,erit tliltgen8 ~la, qruwum tI8'piciet nunquam tp.e hoecMn. C10.-" 1'he industrious husbandman plants trees, of which he himself will never see a berry." In imitation of him, we must not confine ourselves to good works, the fruit of which is to be immediately gathered.

-4.rcil.tle8 Mnho

Et cantarB ptWU, Be relponilirlJ ptwdti. Vms.

-" Both Arcadians, equally s1illled in the song and ready for the response."

.bedM implrii._CI The mysteries of governing." State secrets.

.ht:timHn ~ let11ft BhriltM.-CI Frantio cirunkenneae ~veals every secret. '

ArDin.",. fI6!ltIe tu ,cndtihlriB ullifU Uflqutam, Ommiuumque tegu Bt moo toriw et ir4. HOB.

-" Enquire not into the eecreta of others, and conceal


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what is intrusted to you, even though racked by wine and anger."

bctum anniilum 116 gestiito. PrOfJ.-" Do not wear too tight & ring." Do not by imprudence waste your property .

.A.rcum inteMio frangit, animum remi&8io. SYR.-" Straining injures the bow, relaxation the mind." This maxim is in words not unlike that taught in the Fable of " ...Esop at Play," except that he warns us against giving, not too much, but too little, relaxation to the mind. See Plucdrua, B. iv. F.14.

+ bcllat ipla licet, tormentiB gaudet amanti8. J uv._CC Although she herself may buru, she delights in the torments of her lover."

bdentia verba.-" Words that glow." Expressions full of warmth and ardour.

--.drdua cervi:&

bgiitumque caput, brevia alvlt8, obeBat]tUJ tlJrga,

LUzurintqtUJ tfJ'I'iB anmwaum pectUB-- VIRG.

.:» Lofty is his neck, and his head slender, his belly short, his back plump, while his proud chest swells luxuriant, with brawny muscles." A fine description of what a horse should be.

bdUIS molimur; ,ed nulla "iii ardUIS mrtUl. OVID.-" I attempt an arduous task; but there is no merit but what is to be secured by arduous means."

bena line calee. PrOfJ.-" Sand without lime." If sand is used too plentifully, the mortar will not adhere. This saying was used by the emperor Caligula with reference to the desultory works of the philosopher Seneca.

bifnm mandaa ,iJmi1l4. PrOfJ.-" You are sowing your grain in the sand." You are labouring at an impossibility . .A.re,cit gramen fJenitmte autumno.-" The grass withers &8 autumn comes on." Applicable to the sear and yellow. leaf of old age.

bgentum accryi, dote imperium vtJ1Uitdi. PLAUT.-" I received money with her, and for the dowry have sold my authority."

.drgilld quidviB imitiiblri8 tuM. HOR.-" With moist clay you may imitate. anything IOU please." Early impreesions are most indelibly fixe


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~ ael klJmrnem.-" An argument direct to the man." An argument which admits of a personal application.

bgumentum ad igtwrantiMn.-" An argument to ignorance."

An argument founded on the ignorance of your adversary. bf!U!"entum ad juclicium.-" An argument by appeal to the

Judgment." .

bgumentum ad "erecuncliam.-" An argument to decency." bgumentum haculinum.-" The argument of the stick."

Club law.

--ArgUto. inter Btrepit amer oWru. V:mG.-" He gabbles like a goose among the tuneful swans."

..4ntuJ eeredlia, - "The arms of Ceres." Implements of husbandry, of which Ceres was the goddees.

--Arma tenenti

OmnitJ dot, qui.ituta negat.- LUOAli.

-" He who refuses what is just, grants everything to his opponent when armed." Coneciousnese of rectitude inBplJ'88 us with that confidence which so greatly conduces to success.

4r. eat celare ariem.-" The great object of art is to conceal art." The perfection of art is attained when no traces of the artiSt are to be seen.

b. ut riM art«; cujua principium eat f1UJfttin, medium 10- OOrtire, et finiB mencliciire.-" The art is devoid of art, whose beginning is falsehood, its middle labour, and its end beggary." The character of the delusive science of alchemy.

b. longo, mta brBfJia.-" Art is long, life is short." A translation of the first of Hippocrates' Aphorisms. -A.r, miAi non tanti eat. OVID.-" The art is not worth 80 great a pe~alty to me."

b. "aria fJUlpiB, aat tma eehino madttna. PrOfJ.-The fox has many tricks; the hedgehog only one, and that greater than all." The hedgehog effectually defends himself by rolling himself up in a ball. See Multa fI()f1it, &C.

4rlem quterM alit terra.-" Every country nurtures some art."

btia 1IIIIfiiatra nece.ittaB. PLIl'IY tM Y0lmfler.-" N eceB8ity is the mistress of the arts."

4.alnum BUb frreno cwrrertJ tlocirtJ. PrOfJ.-" To teach an


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ass to obey the rein." A task which was considered by the ancients to be "labour in vain." See.Ai iii cog'lliit08, &c •

.A.itnua aitno, et 8U8 mi pulcher.-" An ass to ass is a beauty, a swine to a swine." Somewhat similar to our saying, "E\"ery Jack has his Jill." A fortunate feature in the harmonious system of nature.

blnua inter BimiaB. Prov.-" An ass among apes." Said of a fool among ill-natured persons who make a butt of him. .

.A.itnua in unguento. Prov.-" An ass among perfumes."

Said of a person" out of his element."

.A.8plr~ facetim, ubi nimu e» "era trazGre, acrem mi ~ mbriam relinquunt. TAOIT.-" Cutting jokes, especially when based too much upon truth, leave a bitter remembrance." The truth of this is experienced by those who prefer to have their joke, and W8e their friend .

..bpM-rtaa agreBtu et inconcinno gravUque. HOR.-" A clownish roughness, churlish and ill at ease."

A1tpifriUII nihil ell humrli cum attr.qit in altum. CLAUD." Nothing is more unendurable than a low-bred man, when he attains an elevated station." We have a proverb to the same effect, "Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the devil."

.A.8plce curvtitOB pomiirum pondere ramog. OVID.-" Behold the branches bending beneath the weight of apples."

--baidw labuntur tempiJra motu--

Non seeu« tIC jlumen. NeqU6 enim comi&tere jlumen, Nec leoi« hora pote8t-

-" Time glides on with a constant progress, no otherwise than as a flowing stream. For neither can the stream nor the fleeting hour stop in its course."

hmmpllit. Law 1mn.-" He engaged to pay." An action of Q88Uf11pllit lies on the promise to pay, which the law implies on the part of every man who buys of another. -A,t alii,n

Et pluru, uno conc'ltimant ore-- Juv.

-" Six others, fly more, with one voice assent."

htf'a regunt /Wminu, .etl regit a,tf'a IJtJU8.-" Tho stars govern man, but God governs the stars." The belief of the astrologers.


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~ coeCYg~. PrOfJ.-" More crafty than the cuckoo," who lays her eggs in the nest of another bird.

JfJ dtmnon lWm'ini quum ,fruit allquid malwm, Pert1erlit illi primlt1U mentem guam.

EURIPIDES, a8 lJuoted by Athenagora8. -" But the dsemon, when he devises any mischief against a man, first perverts his mind." Bee QU8m Deu«; &c., and Quem Jupiter, &c .

.& Nee etiam ,ert1i8 ,emper libera foirunt, timirent, gatr tlerent, tlolerent, guo potiru quam altlfrz1U arbitNo. 010." Slaves, even, have always been at liberty to fear, to rejoiee, to grieve, at their own pleasure, and not at the will of another."-The body may be "cribb'd, cabin'd, and eonfin'd," but the mind cannot be chained.

JfJ jam non 00m1U accipiet te lo:ta j neqUB w:or Optima, nee flulce8 occurrent 08cUla nati

PrtBrlpere, et tac'ttd. pect'UII dulcetlrne tangent. Lnoa,

-" No longer shall thy joyous home receive thee, nor yet thy best of wives, nor shall thy sweet children run to be the first to snatch thy kisses, and thrill thy breast with silent delight." See the similar lines in Gray's Elegy.

JfJ pulchrum 68t digito monatrtiri et dicier, Hie est, PERS."It is a gratifying thing to be ,Pointed at with the finger, and to have it said, That is he.' Of course this applies to a man who has become fM1lO1U, not notorio1U .

.& redrtw jam qUUqUB 8U08 amat, et aibi quid ait

Utile, ,olicitu IUppiliat artlculu-- OVID.

.:» N OW-a-daY8 every one loves his own interests, and reckons, on hIB anxious fingers, what may turn out useful for himself,"

--At ecio, quo tl08 801eatil pacto perplezarler j

Pactum non pactum elt; non pactum pactum 681, quodtlobil

lrdJet. PLAUT.

-" But I understand the fashion in which you are wont to equivocate; an ~ement is no agreement, no agreement is an agreement, Just as it pleases you."

.JJ Ii cognato" nullo natura labQr~

Quos tibi riat, retiner~ eeti«; 'ert1areqUB amic08, Iflfiliz oplfram peraa., ttt ai quu a8ellum

In campo Mclfat parentem currere framu. HOR.

-" If you think to retain and preserve as friends the raIa,.


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tives whom nature gives you, without taking any pains, wretched man I you lose your pains just as much as if a person were to train an ass to be obedient to the rein, and run along the plain." See Ag'tnum BUb, &C.

At t1indicta bonum t1itd jucundiw ipBd.,--

Nt!1TIpe !WC indocti.- Juv.

-" But revenge is a blessing more sweet than life itself. Yes, fools think so."

Atque deos atque astra f)ocat cruailia mater. VIRG.-" Both gods and stars his mother charges with cruelty." A description of the grief of Daphnia on hearing of the death of her son.

Atque utlnam hill potiw nugiB tota illa dediBBet

Tempora Btl!Vlt~ Juv.

-" And would that he had devoted to such trifles as these all those days of cruelty." Said of Domitian.

Atqui "ultw erat multo et pr~clara minantiB. HOR.-" But you had the look of one that threatened many and excellent things."

Atria regum homln'buB plena BUnt, amiciB fJaCUa. SEN.-" The halls of kings are full of men, empty of friends." Kings have many followers, but few real friends.

--Audiicem fic&at ipee timor. OVID.-" Fear itself had made her bold."

Auctor pretioBa facit. OVID.-" The giver enhances the value of the gift." See AcceptiBBi11la, &C.

AudticeB fortuna juvat tim'iaoaque repellit.-" Fortune favours

, 'the bold, and repels the timid."

._J_ Auda:& ad omnia fremlna, q~ f)el amat "e1 odit.-" A wOo f man, when inflamed by love or by hatred, will dare everything."

--Audax omnia perp~ti

Gena numtina roit per vetitum et nefa8. HOR.

-" Bold to perpetrate every species of crime, mankind rushes into everything that is wicked and forbidden." These words may be appropriately applied to vice and refined dissoluteness, but they were used by Horace as a censure upon what we should now call "the march of progress."

Aude allquid brlvibUI (}yam et carcere dignum

Si via eue al't'luiB. Prob'ita8 laudattW et ~et. JUT.


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-" Dare to commit some act worthy of the little Gyara or the gaol, if you wish to be somebody. Virtue is praised and shivers with cold." The Romans used the island of Gyara in the 1Egean Sea as a place of transportation for criminals.

AtMktuio magnra tegltur ti11U)f'. LuoAN.-" Great fear is concealed under a show of courage."

Audtmdu-m est, ut jllwtrilta ver'ttM patlat multique a perjuno liberentur, LAcTANT.-" We must make the attempt to set forth the truth, that it may be seen, and so be rescued from the mischiefs of peIjury."

--.Auclentem Foraque Venraquejuvant. OVID.-" Fortune and Venus befriend the bold."

AvdentufQrtrlnaju"at. VIRG.-" Fortune favours the brave." .A.udi alteram partem. Prov.-" Hear the other side." Listen to what each party has to allege, before you give your decision.

--.Awli,

Nulla unquam dB morttJ h?fmYnu C1I'fICtiitio langa eat. Juv. -" Listen! when a man's life is at stake no delay can be too long."

Avtli, vide, taee, Ii vU v,v;trB in pace.-" Listen, look on, and hold your tongue, if you would live in peace." A Leonine line of the middle ages.

AuJiet pug_, oitio parentum,

Bara juventua-- HOR.

-" Our youth, thinned by the vices of their fathers, shall hear of these battles."

Autlire, atqUIJ togam jubeo componlrB qvi8quu AmbitWne ma14, aut Mgenti pallet amiirB,

Quuquis lururid-- HOR.

-" Whoever is pale through foul ambition, or the love of money, or luxurious living, him I bid sit still and listen."

.A.udire eat opertIJ pretium. HOR.-" It is worth your while to listen."

Auditd quereM. Law Phraae.-" The complaint of the defendant having been heard." The name of a writ by which a defendant appealed against a judgment given against him.

--Auditque vociiitu Apollo. VIB6.-" And Apollo hell1'8 when invoked."


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--Auflrrmvr cuZtu. OVID.-" We are captivated by dress." .4.1IfIuriU," patrum et prilcIJ,jormitl'tntJ ,acrum. TACIT.-" (A grove) hallowed b1. the auguries of our forefathers, and by ancient awe." Like a fly in clouded amber, this hexameter lies concealed in the prose of the historian. It is probably a quotation from some Latin poet, but baa been overlooked as such.

A1IfIurium ratio eat, et conjectiira /utiri :

Hac di"inatn, 'Mt'ttiamque tuli. OVID.

-" Reason is my augury, and my estimate of the future; from it have I made my prediction and derived my knowledge."

Aula regiB.-" The court of the king." A court which, in the middle ages, accompanied the king wherever he went, and in which originated the present Court of King's Bench .

.4.ura popuUria.-" The breeze of ;popularity." A man who has the populace upon his side, 18 for the moment wafted on by the aura popuZaria. See V'wtua repulatIJ, &C .

.4.urea ntJ credaa fj1StIJC1SfUJ.ue BiteBcere cemia.-" Think not that everything that shines is gold." "All is not gold that glitters." Trust not to outside appearances.

Aurea nUM "ere 81Sfit 'tlJci1Za, plurimUl auro

Venit MM': auro conciliatur amor. OVID.

-" Truly this is the gOldCfi age: the chief honours accrue through gold; with gold love is purchased."

.4.urea prima ,ata 68t tlJtaa, qUtIJ viBd'tce nullo,

Sponte a-u4, line lege,fidem rectumque colebat. .

ptIJM metuaque aberant-- OVID.

-" The golden age was first founded, which without any avenger, of its own accord, and without laws, practised faith and rectitude. Punishment, ,and the fear of it, did not yet exist."

Auream quiaquia mediocritlitem Dil/git, tutUl caret ob,oleti Sord'ibua tecti, caret inf1identU

80briUl auld. HOB.

-" Whoever loves the golden mean, avoids in safety the squalor of an old house, while, in the enjoyment of moderation, he escapes the cares of splendour."

Aureo piacd" hamo. Prov:-" To fish with a golden hook,"


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To spare no BUDl however large in obtaining the object of our pursuit. A saying much used by Augustus Cresar.

Am sacrafam_ VIRG.-" The cursed greed of gold."

See Quid Mn morialia, &C.

Aurllnu tffllo lllpum. TER.-" I hold a. wolf by the ears.':

If I leave go he will destroy me, yet I shall not be able long to retain him. Somewhat similar to our English phrase of "catching a Tartar." An Irish soldier, under Prince Eugene, called out to his comrade, in a battle against the Turks, that he had caught a Tartar. " Bring him along then," said the other. " He won't come," was the reply. "Then come yourself." ~'But he won't let 'me," was the answer.

Auro contra cedo modeatum amatiJrem. PLAuT.-"Find me ~

a reasonable lover against his weight in gold." , I

.duro loquent« niAil pollet qucn:ia ratio. Prov.-" When gold speaks, no reason is of the slightest avail."

AurD pule« jidea, auro "emilio jura,

Aurum le» 8eq1iitur, mo» ntuJ lege pudor. PROP.

-" By gold good faith is banished, the laws are put up to sale for gold, the law follows gold, and before long will modesty lose the protection of the laws."

.durum e stercare.-" Gold from a dunghill;" said of a thing which lies concealed where least expected .

.durum infortii1k1. inf7ffiltur, natiira ingifnium bonum. PLUTo -" Gold is met with by luck, a good disposition is found

by nature." !

.durum omnea, f1ict8 jam pietate, "olunt. PROP.-" All men ,j now long for gold, piety being overcome;" in other words, /. " Money DOW only makes the man."

Aurum per mldios ire 8atellrtea

Et perrumplre amat 8oza, potentius

Ietu folmrnlo-- HOR.

-" Gold delights to make its way through the midst of guards, and to break through stone walls, more powerful than the thunderbolt." The poet alludes to the story of Jupiter and Danae.

Aut amat, aut odit muller; nil est tertium. SYR.-" A / woman either loves or hates; there is no third part."

.dut b'ibat, aut lJbeat.-" Let each one drink or begone." The ,~ man who passes the bottle without helping himself may

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possibly take advantage of the unguarded expresslOns of those who are drinking more freely .

.Aut Otuar aut nullus.-" Either Clilsar or nobody." I will attain supreme eminence, or perish in the attempt. A saying of Julius Clll8ar .

.dut MC quod proaun te,tium ,an8 elt, aut nihil 8atiB."Either this testimony which I have brought is sufficient, or nothing will suffice."

.dut wanit homo, aut tier-BUB facit. HOR.-" Either the man is mad, or is making verses."

.dut fIQ1l tentariB, aut perflce. Onn.-" Either try not, or persevere."

" Fain would I climb, but that I fear to fall,"

were the words written by Sir W. Raleigh on a pane of glass:

" If thy heart fails thee, why then climb at all?" was Queen Elizabeth's rejoinder .

.Aut p~tiB, aut urge8 ruitiirum Si'YPM, 8aztmJ. OVID.-" You, Sis:rphus, either pursue or f,ush forward the stone that is destined to fall back again. '

.Aut fOtentior te, aut imbecillior lasit : Ii imbecillior parcs ill. j 8i potentior tihi. SEN.-" He who injured thee was either stronger or weaker: if weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself."

.Aut prod688e tlolunt aut delectiire poittB,

.Aut limul et jiicuntJa et itlrmea dicere mtte. HOR.

-" It is the wish of :poets either to instruct or to amuse; at the same time to inculcate what is agreeable and what is conducive to living well."

.Aut regem aut fatuum naaci oportuit. PrOfJ.-" A man . ought to be born a king or lit fool." Idiots were in former times, and still are, in the East, held in the highest resl;lect. The fools, or jesters, of kings and nobles, both in ancient times and the middle ages, were allowed the utmost licence; . and it was a common saying, that " Fools are fortunate."

--.Aut virtUB nomen iniine 68t,

.Aut decus et pretium reele petit ezperien8 w. HOR.

ce Either virtue is an empty name, or the wise man rightly seeks it as his glory and reward."

.dutumnua-Lihiti1kZl quutuB acer-bl8. HOR.-" Autumn-the


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harvest of the direful Libitina." Autumn W88 in ancient times, as now, accounted a sickly season, and Libitina was the patron goddess of the pollinctorell, or undertakers .

.&.uriliIJ Aumilia.firma C01I8eMIU facit. LABEB.-" Concord gives strength to humble aids." Union imparts strength. '&'"aNUl, nisi cum mor'ttur, nil recte facit.-" A miser, until he dies; does nothing right." His heir, at all events, is apt to think, that his dying was the best action of his life .

.&."itJ Pilridum perii[l'"o loca, nulliUII ante Prita 11010, jutJat Wi!l'"011 accetlere f0ntei8

~qufJ kaurire.-- LUCBET.

-" I wander through the retired retreats of the Muses, untrodden before by another foot; I delight to approach their untouched fountain, and to drink thereof."

Avitia elt pericuU. ¥irtUII, et quo tendat non quid pall8iira Bit cog,tat. SEN.-" Virtue courts danger, and considers what it may accomplish, not what it may Buffer."

'&'fitclUi tuZtilra parum CIIt. SEN.-" The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy man."

--.d."itUII apto

Dum lore fundu8. HOB.

-" A farm inherited from my ancestors, with a suitable dwelling." Horace here describes his Sabine farm.

B.

BaM~,mtuZ,VenUllc~tMry~a~i Sed fJit4mfaciunt balnea, tnfUJ, J'enUII.

Epitaph in Gruter'lI Monumenta. -" Baths, wine, and Venus cause our bodies to decay: but baths, wine, and Venus make up the sum of life."

" Wine, women, warmth, against our lives combine,

But what were life without warmth, women, wine P"

BarbflJ tenUII lliipientCII. Proo.-" Philosophers 88 far 88 beard." Ironically said of persons who, by assuming grave manners, wish to P88S themselves off for men of learning.

Balltarclull nulliUII eIIt /iliUII, autfiliUII }lOpi1l;'. Lau: Marim." A bastard is the son of no man, in other words, the son of the public." .A. bastard, not being bom in wedlock, his JI~


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father is not recognised as such by the law; but, as an individual, the public laws protect his life and property.

Beati nnmacultiti in vid.-" Blessed are the undefiled in the war" The commencing words of the 119th Psalm.

Beata monoculi in regiOne C(1Jcorum.-" Happy are the oneeyed in the country of the blind." All things ought to be jndged of comparatifJely j and, whatever may be the extent of our misfortunes, there will still be found something for eoneolation.

Beatis81mla is e8t, qui eat aptua e» 888e, quique in se uno IltUJ ponit omnia. CIO.-" He is the most happy who is self-prepared, and who centres all his resources in himself."

Beatua ilk qui procuZ neflotiis,

Ut prieo« gena morltillum, Paterna rura bobu« e:rercet auia. &Ziitua omni f(1Jnlire.· HOR.

-" Happy the man who, remote from business, after the manner of the ancient race of mortals, cultivates his paternal lands with his own oxen, disengaged from all usury."

Betitua qui eat, non intelllgo quid requirat ut ait betitror.

CIC.-" I do not see why he who is already happy, needs seek to be happier."

Bella! horrrda bella! V IRG.-" War! horrid war !"

Bella 'lTWtribua dete8ttita. HOR.-" War, so detested by mo-

thers." .

BeUa-nulloa luzbitura triumpk08. LUCAN.-" Wars which will leave no cause for triumph." Most truly said of civil war.

Bella BlacipienJa aunt ob eam oausas», ut aine injuriA in pace vivtitur. ClC.-" Ware are to be undertaken in order that we may live in peace without suffering wron~."

Belle narrtJI.-" You tell a very pretty story." S8J.d ironically.

Bellua multOrum caprtum.-" The many-headed monster."

The mob.

B811um ita Blacipititur, ut nihil I1liud niai pa:r qU4J8ita f1i.. tletitur. CIC.-" War should be so engaged in, that nothing but peace should appear to be aimed at."


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Bellum MC timemJum MC pr()f)()candum. PL1liY the Yotvllger." War ought neither to be dreaded, nor provoked."

Bem dormit, qui non .entit quam male dormiat. SYRUS."He sleeps well who does not perceive how badly he has slept."

--Bene en cui Deus obtulit ParM quod .atis eBt manu. HOR.

-" Happy for him, to whom God has given enough with a sparing hand."

Bene ferre magnam Disce fortunam. HOR.

-" Learn to support your good fortune with moderation."

Bene merenti bene projulrit, mal« merenti par erit. PLAUT. -" To the well-deserving God will show favour, to the ill-deserving will he give like for like."

Bene ftummatum decorat Suadila VenUBque. HOR.-" Love and eompliance+ favour the wealthy suitor."

Bene Ii amico ficlriB, M p'1geat feciese,

Ut potiU8 pudeat Ii nonficeris. PLAUT.

-" If you have conferred a favour uron your friend, repent not of having done so; rather fee that you would have been ashamed had you not done so."

Benefacta maze loosta, malt;facta arbitror. CIC.-" Favours injudiciously conferred I consider injuries." Nothing is more injurious to the common good, than indiscriminate charity, or profuse indulgence.

Benejici4 iJare qui ne.tcit injU8te petit. BYR.-" He who knows not how to bestow a benefit, is unreasonable if he expects one."

Beneficia plura ree'fpit qui .cit re(Jdere. SYR.-" He receives most favours, who knows how to make a proper return."

Beneficia UBque eo ltcta BUnt dum "identur ex.olvi po.se; ubi 11lulturn anttnJenire, pro gratitl odium reddUur. TACIT." Benefits are only acceptable so long 88 we think we may ~uite them; but when they exceed the possibilitr of so domg, hatred is returned instead of gratitude.' This maxim, it is to be hoped, is not of general acceptation, but applies to the exception, and not the rule, If universally acted on, the world would soon be a dreary wilderness. Bee .& debitormn, &C.

• SIMJIkla, or SuGda, the goddess or persuasion.


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BEN-BIB.

Beneficium accipb-e libcrwtem '''mdere ut. LAllER.-" To accept an obligation is to barter your liberty."

Beneficium digniB ul» deB, omne« obligu. SYR.-" Where you confer a benefit, worthy of it, the obligation is extended to all."

Beneficium invito non datM. Prov._cc A benefit conferred on a churl is no benefit." The phrase may also mean

that a benefit conferred with an ill grace is no benefit. I

Beneficium meminiBBe debet iB, in quem collociita BUnt; non commemoriire qui contulit. CIO.-" He ought to remember benefits on whom they are conferred; he who confers them ought not to mention them."

B~um non in eo quod fit aut datur conBtltit, Bed in ipso facientiB aut dantiB anImo: anYmua ut enim qui beneficiiB dat pretium. SEN.-" A benefit consists not in that which is done or given, but in the spirit in which it is done or given j for it is the spirit which gives all the value to the benefit."

Beneficium Bcepe dare, aocere ut readere. SYR._cc Often to confer a benefit is to teach how to make a return." In giving to others, we teach them to be charitable.

Beneflcu« est ~ui non BUi, ,ed altmUl/ caUl/ii benigne facit.

CIO.-U He 18 beneficent who acts kindly, not for his own sake, but to serve another." Disinterestedness is the soul of benevolence.

Benignior ,ententia in 'Vcrm. generiillbUB ,eu dubiiB m prtl!ferenda. COKE.-" In cases where general or doubtful words are emfloyed, the more merciful construction is to be preferred.'

BenignztaB qU4!J comtat e:& Oper8 et industri8 lwne8tior utt et latiUl patet, et prOdeBBfJ fotut plurlbUB. CIC.-" That bounty, the essence of which is works and industry, is more honourable and more extended in its results, and has the power of benefiting more largely." The distinction between active charity and the mere bestowal of money.

Benignus etiam dandi caUl/tim c0!l.Ytal. ProtJ.-" Even the benignant man takes into considerasion the grounds of his liberality." Indiscriminate bounty is 88 baneful as avarice. See Benefacta male, &c.

BiberfJ papiiUter.-u To drink like a pope." A medimval expression.


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Bi« dat qui cito iJat. ALCIATUS.-" He gives twice who gives in time." The value of a service depends very mnch npon the grace and promptness with which it is done. See Inopi beneficium, &c., Gratia ab, &C.

BiB est gratum quod opUB est, n ultro q/fira8. SYR.-" That is doubly acceptable, which is spontaneously offered when we stand in need." ".A. friend in need is a friend indeed."

BiB interlmltur fjui lUia armia perit. Sn. -" He dies twice who perishes by his own arms." Misfortunes are doubly bitter when caused by ourselves.

BiB pecciire in bello non licet. Proo.-" It is not permitted to err twice in war." Errors in war are often irretrievable, and leave no opportunity for a repetition.

BiB fueri 8tme8. PrOfJ.-" Old men are twice children."

Said in reference to the years of dotage. " Once a man, twice a child."

Bia "incit qui ee ""neit in tJictorid. BYR. - " He conquers twice, who, when a conqueror, conquers himself."

BI41uk meniJacia lingum.-" The lies of a flattering tongue." BCEotum in cra88ojuriire8 alrlJ Mtum. HOR.-" You would swear he was born in the dense atmosphere of Breotia." The inhabitants of Boeotia, in Greece, were said to be remarkable for extraordinary stupidity. Their country, however, produced Pindar ana Epaminondas.

BomMlio, clangor, stridor, taratantifra, mUNIHW.- Words descriptive of a hubbub, or cnarivari.-" Oh what a row, what a rumpus, and a rioting!" as the song sa.ys.

BOfIQ blmia contingunt.-" Blessings befall the good." Bon4.fide.-" In good faith."

Bona mali. parla non IUnt, IJtiam pari numero; nee ktJfttia ulla mlnlmo fTUBf'OrIJ pBnlaniJa. PLINY the Elder.-" The blessings of life do not equal its ills, although even in . number; nor can any pleasure compensate for even the slightest pain." The sentiment of a melancholy mind, which looks on the dark side of things.

BOM nimlni hora e,t, ut non alIcui lit mala. BYR.-" There is no hour good for one man but that it is bad for another." "One man's loss is another man's gain."

BOM notabilia. Law ~.-" Known goods." Goods beyond the value of five pounds left by a person deceased, in any other diocese than that in which he died.


BON.

B~nm 'legu malis e» mi"JN~tu procreantur. MAOllO:U.-U Good , laws grow out of evil acts."

Bonarum rerum C01/.8'l#Jtiido pu.rma ut. SYR._U The constant enjoyment of good things is most hurtful" Habitual indulgence in luxuries is prejudicial; by constant repetition the taste becomes cloyed, and all sense of enjoyment lost.

Bon. nullo emolumento impelluntur in fraudem, improbi stepe parvo. CIO.-" Good men are never induced to commit mud by any gain whatsoever; the bad often by a very little."

Bon. pfUWris ut tondire pecru non ,u!Jlubere. SUETON.-u It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to flay them." A saying of Tiberius CIilBar, in reference to excessive taxation.

Boni "ffldtiJris ut pluru ferfU cllplre non ~nes.-" It is the business of a good sportsman to take much game, not all." From Notes to HORACE, by NANNIUS.

Boni mn DmnU f1!quitritem ipaam amant. CIO.-" All good men love justice for its own sake."

Bonis avtbu,8.-" With good omens."

Bonis inter bono. quaai necuaaria ut bentJf'oZentia. CIO." Between good men there is a necessary interchange, as it were, of good feeling."

Bonis flocet fjuisquia pepercmt malia. Su.-" He injures the good, who s:{lares the wicked." Misplaced sympathy is an injury committed agl\inst society.

Bonia quod benl.fit /wud perit. PLAUT.-" A kindness done to the good is never lost." Good deeds are never illbestowed.

Bono ing,nio me e .. e tWniitmn, quam lIurO multo maoolo.

PLAUT.-" I had much rather that I was adorned with a good disposition than with gold."

Bonum ego quam betitum me e88e nimio tlici matJolo. PLAUT. -" I would much rather be called good than fortunate."

Bonum eat fugienaa tJBpic,re in alimo malo. SYR.-" It is well to see what to avoid in the misfortunes of others."

Bo-num ut, pauxillum amrire .ane, wane non bofIum ut.

PLAUT.-" It is good to love in a moderate degree; to love to distraction is not good."

Bonum magia carendo quam fruentlo sentitur. PrOtJ.-" A


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good is more valued when we are in want of it, than when we enjoy it." The value of good health is only truly estimated by the sick man.

--Bonum mmmum quo tetuffmw Dmfle,. LUCRET.-" That

ultimate good at which we all aim." .

B()1IUI anrmUl in maId re dimidrum eBt mali. PLAUT.-" Good courage in a bad case is half of the evil got over."

Bonw orator agricultiiJne ,e oblectat, cultv ,mpe clifatigatur, cult;;ra ditescit. CIO.-" A good husbandman takes delight in agriculture; he is often wearied with his labours, but by culture he gets rich."

--BonUl atque jidUl

JuJe:& 1wnutum prtllUlZit uftli. HOR.

.:» A good and faithful judge prefers the honest to the expedient."

BonUl duz bonum reddit milrtem. PrOfJ.-" A good general makes good soldiers."

Bonw judez ,eCUfldum tIlquum et bonum judrcat, et t1Jquitiitem ,tricttll legi prtt!j'erl. COKE.-" A good judge gives judgment according to what is equitable and right, and prefers an equitable construction to the strict letter of the law."

BOI alienw ,ubinde pt"orpectat forae. PrOfJ.-" The strange ox repeatedly looks to the door." Significant of that love of home which pervades the animated' creation.

BOI fortiw fatigritUl jigit peclem. PrOfJ.-" The wearied ox treads the surest."

BOI in lingu4.-" An ox on his ton~e." Said of a man who had been bribed, 88 the Athemans had money stamped with the figure of an ox.

BrBN tempw dJtritu ,am en longum ad bene lwne,teque fJi"endum. CIC.-" A short life is long enough for us to live well and honestly."

Brern manv.-" With a short hand." Off-hand, in a BUmmary manner.

-Brern. er,e laboro, Ob,cUrw fio.-- HOB.

-" While I endeavour to be brief, I become obscure." Said of authors who, aiming at conciseness, give their readers credit for knowing too much. The exclamation of Thomas Warton, on accidentally snuffing out a candle.


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BRE-CAL.

BrBt1i8 ;paa mea eat, aed f1UJlia lit longior. Sn.-" Life itself' is short, but it may last longer than your misfortunes." Somewhat similar to our proverb, "It is a long lane that has no turning."

Brevia f101uptaa fMJ7 doloria eat plWtm8.-"Short-lived pleasure is the parent of speedy sorrow."

Brutum folmen.-" A harmless thunderbolt." Bi~ words ; the groans of the mountains when they were delivered of the mouse.

_ t.--ctJ-l~:.._ ~- II t·.1 r,o;-- ~ ,~- .

CacoetMa.-" A bad habit." This is a Greek word Latinized, which hOB been adopted in other la.n~ages.

Cacoethea earpendi.-" An itch for finding fault," or " carping at."

Cacoithea acribendi.-" An itch for scribbling."

Cadi# qUllJlltio. .A p-",.aa6 in Logic.-" There is an end of the question." The matter requires no further investigation. See (hnu qU<e8tioftia.

Omea invidia eat, nee ~ aliud acit quam tletrectare mrtutea. LIVY.-" Envy 18 blind, and knows not how tQ do aught but detract from the virtues of others."

Cteci aunt iieuli, cum anlmm rea IJUaa agit. SYR.-" The eyes are blind, when the mind is intent upon something else."

Ctectu tUm iudleat tie colOre.-" A blind man is no judge of colours.'

~lJrem portrra, et forliMII ejm.-" Thon earnest CIllBar and

his fortune." Said by 01ll8al' to the pilot in the tempest.

Omtera tleaunt.-" The rest is wanting."

Ctetlra quia ,.eaait! Ovm.-" The rest who knows not P" Calam'ltaB qtdriJltJ eat et auperba felicltaB. CURT.-" Ad-

versity is complaining, and prosperity proud."

Oalamito8tl8 eat anImus .tutti" MZiur. SEN.-" The mind that is anxious about future events, is miserable." --Camp08 tdJi Troja foit. Luo.A.N.-" The fields where Troy once stood."

Oallrtlos e08 appello, fJfUH'fII'II tanqvam fMfhU Opere aic anlm"" UIU concalluit. 010.-" I c&ll those experienced, whose minds become strengthened just as the hands are hardened by labour."


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Calumniare forlreer, aliquid adhdJribit."-" Blander stoutly; some of it will stick."

Calumniti" n quu fJUtem floluerit,

Quod arbOre8loquantur, non tantumfertlJ; Eicti« iOCa" tI08 memrnlritfiibulu. PRED.

-" But if anyone shall think fit to cavil, because not only wild beasts, but even trees speak, let him remember that we are disporting in the language of fable."

" 'Tis clear that birds were always able

To hold discourse, at least in fable." COWPER.

ClJmiltu JuitllrQ1Ul eome« etiam aure. perdldit. ProlJ."The camel begging for horns lost its ea.rs 88 well." We should be thankful for the faculties with which Providence has endowed us, and not wish for those which are inconsistent with our condition.

CamillU 8altat. PrOfl.-" The camel is dancing." Said of a person doing something quite repugnant to hill ordinary

habits. .

Candida me capiet, capiet me jlafla puella. OVlD.-" The blonde will charm me, the brunette will charm me too."

CandIda pa:& lwmYnea, tru» deeet ira feraa. OVID.-" Fair peace becomes human beings, savage fury wild beasts."

Candida, perpetuo rtarde, concordia, leeto, Jamque f.oN 8emper ait VenUB tl!qfUJ iugo :

Diltgat .Ila 8enem f!U01!dam; 8ed et ipsa flIQrito,

Tunc quoque cum jiHJrit, non cideatur anUB. MAR.

_cc Fair concord, ever attend their bed, and may Venus ever prove auspicious to the well-matched pair; may she at a future day love her old man; and may she, even when she is so, not appear to her husband to be aged."

CandldUB in MuM turpi,8 color: tl!qviJria tmdd

Debet et a rlldiu 8idi!ria eaae niger. OVID.

-" A fair complexion is unbecoming in a sailor; he ought to be swarthy, from the spray of the sea and the rays of the

sun."

Candor dat fliNbua alas. - II Candour imparts wings to strength."

Ome.t 80cium in culin8 ft.lltJm tMnant. PrOfl.-" Dogs love no companion in the kitchen." Bee J!i9"lIU, &c., and Una domru, &C.


CAN-CAP.

Chnes ((midi !le'1tementiru latrant qUam mordent. Q. CURT " With cowardly dogs, the bark is worse than the bite."

Chtlinafacundia.-" Dog eloquence." Mentioned by Quintilian as that kind of eloquence which distinguished itself in snarling at others. See Littera can ina.

Chnis fcstinans CtIJCOS pant ciitiilo8. Prov.-" The bitch, in making too much haste, brings forth her whelps blind." Said of persons who are in too great 8. hurry to put the finishing stroke to what they have undertaken.

Chntabit vacuus coram latrone !lintor. Juv.-" The traveller with empty pockets, will sin~ in presence of the robber." He who nILS nothing to lose IS in no fear of being robbed.

Oantantes lieet usque (minus ma ledet) iftimus. VIRG.-" Let u.s sing as we travel on, the journey will be all the Iesa tedious."

Chntat, et ad nauta« ebria "erN jacit. OVID.-"He singa aloud and cracks his drunken jokes upon the sailors."

Chntat vinctus quoque comptde fossor,

Indilcrli numero cum grave 'I1UJllit cpwt.

Oantat et inniten« limo81l1 pronus ariin<B, .Adverso tardam qui trahit amne ratem, OVID.

-" The miner, chained with the fetter, sings as he lightens his heavy labours with his untaught numbers; and the man sings, who strives as he bends forward on the oozy sand, while he drags the slow barge against the tide."

Chntate Domino=:" 0 Bing unto the Lord (a new Bong)."

Beginning of the 98th Psalm.

Oantilinam eantlem canis. TER.-" You are singing the same tune." Like our expression, " You are always harping on one string."

Oifp7aB. Law ~.-" You may take" the body of the defendant, under either a

Od-plaB ad r68pontlendum. Law Term.-" You may take him to make answer." A writ issued to take the defendant and make him answer to the complaint,---or a

OifpiaB ad satisfaciendum. Law Term.-" You may take him to satisfy." " A writ of execution On a judgment obtained, commanding the officer to imprison the defendant until satisfaction is made for the debt recovered against him."

Oaptantu capti BumUS.-" We catchers are caught." " The biter is bitten."


CAP-CAR.

CapUtrum maritale. Juv.-" The noose matrimonial." Capita aut mzvem 1-" Head or ship?" Or as we say, " Head or tail." "Cross or pile?" The copper coins of Rome had on one side the double head of Janus, on the other the figure of a ship.

Ci1p'i~i8 nioes, HOR.-" The snows of the head." White hall'.

Captum te nidare BUlB putat ille culilltB. Juv.-" He thinks he has caught you with the fumes of his kitchen." He thinks that you will submit to anything for a good dinner.

Caput artU eat, decere qU()d fiiciaa. Prov.-" It is the perfection of good management, to let all that you do be becoming." Every one should endeavour to act in a manner becoming to his age and position.

Caput flWrtuum.-" The dead head." A term used in chemistry, meaning the residuum of a substance that has been acted on by heat. By punsters the term has been applied to a blockhead.

Caput mundi.-" The head of the world." The designation of ancient Rome in the days of her splendour. It is still applied, by Roman Catholics, to modem Rome, 88 the see of the head of their religion.

Cara fuit, conjuz, primtB mini cura juventtB

Oognrta j nunc ubi Bit qumrltia 1 Urna tegit. OVID.

-" I once had a dear wife, known 88 the choice of my early youth. Do you 88k where she is now P The urn covers her." Lines full of pathos.

CarbOne fUJtare.-" To mark with charcoal." To place a black line against the name of a person was to signify disapproval.

-Caret i1UlrdiiB nomi'num, quia mitia, Arrumlo. OVlD."The swallow is exempt from the snares of men, because it is gentle."

Caret pericUlo, qui etiam cum ut tut'U8 cavet. SYR.-" He is secure against danger who, even when in safety, is on his ~d." This caution must however be used, without bemg over anxious about the future. See" CalMnitoBUB uf," &c.

om BUnt parenteB, caM liMri, propinqui, familiiirea j Bed Ofnnu omnium cantateB pafria una complexa eat. CI0."Dear are our parents, dear our children, our relatives,


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our friends; but our country in itself embraces all of these affections. "

Oaritate benet;olentidq~ BUblata, omnil elt e tJit8 BUblata jucuntlftal. CIO.-" Charity and benevolence removed, all the delights of life are withdrawn."

Carmen triumpluile.-" A song of triumph."

OarmYno nil prOBUntj nocuiirunt carm/no quondam. OVlD."Verses are of no use; verses once did me harm."

CarmIne fit ";'1)4.1: tJirl1l8 ; ezper8que 'epulcri,

Notitiam 8ertIJ p08teritatil hohet. OVID.

-" By verse is virtue made immortal j and, secure from death, it thereby obtain a the notice of late posterity."

Carni "ale.-" Adieu to flesh." Hence the Carnival of the Romish Church, the be~g of Lent.

Carpe diem quam minrme creaula poatero. HOR.-" Seize upon to-day, trusting as little as possible in the morrow." The poet says this in confornuty with the Epicurean maxim, " Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow we die j" but it may admit of a more extended and more useful application, and teach us not to put off till to-morrow what may be done to-day.

Caaeua eat nequam !{uia concoquit omnia ,ecum. Med. Aphor. -" Cheese is injurious, because it digests all things with itself." The saying is at the present day, that cheese digests all things but itself.

Caat!1l8 eat ,a1l1l8 quem a4t a"ara manus. AphorUm of the &hool of Health at Salerno.-" Cheese, when given with a sparing hand, is wholesome."

CaB';" tutiBalf1l4 tJirlus.-" Virtue is the safest helmet."

Motto of the Marquis of Cholmondeley.

Caata ad virum matrana parendo imperat. SYR.-" A virtuous wife, by obeying her husband, gains the command over him."

Caator gaudet equiB, ovo prognatus eodem

--PugniB.- HOR.

-" Castor delights in horses, he that was born from the

same egg, in boxing." All men have their own peculiar tastes.

CaaUl belli.-" A cause for war."

CaBus in eventu eat. OVID.-" The result is doubtful."

Caeu« omieeu«. Law Term.-" A case omitted." A case for which provision was not made in the statute under con-


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sideration, either from neglect, or from the fact of its antecedent improbability.

l&u.t qlUUtiimil.-" Loss of question." In Logic, this means the failure to maintain a position. This is most probably what is alluded to in a passage of Shakspeare, which h8a 80 puszled his commentators,

" As I subscribe not these nor any other, But in the loss of question."

MeQ81W6 for Meamre, A. ii. s. 4.

arm. quem 8flfJ'6 transit, aliquando mfJenit. SYR.-" He whom misfortune baa often passed by, is by it at last assailed." Good fortune, however long continued, is no pledge of future security. "The pitcher that goes oft to the well gets broken at last."

Ccuvs tlbique fHJlet; 8emper tibi penaeat Aamus.

QIIO minrme credas !J1Wgrte, pucis erit. OVID.

-" Chance is powerful everywhere; let your hook be always hanging ready. In waters where you least think it, there will be a fish."

Oato mira" 86 mihat, tJ1IOd non ridiret aruspe:& arusplcem cum tndiret. CIO.-" Cato used to say that he was surprised that one eootheayer could keep his countenance when he saw another." In allusion to the barefaced manner in which they imposed upon the credulity of the multitude.

catiA~ Jomrnas imitaftte8. PrOfJ.-" Puppies imitating their mistresses." Said of servants affectmg the state and grandeur of their masters, and acting "high life below stairs."

Cat'" amat _fis.CCB, 8ed non vult ti"!f.ere plantas.-" Puss loves fish, but IS loth to wet her feet.' It wisely "lets 'I dare not' wait upon ' I would.''' A medireval adage.

Caudts pilos equino paultitim oporlet CfJellere. Prov.-" You must pluck out the hairs of a horse's tail one by one." Many things can be effected by patience and perseverance, which are proof against the efforts of violence and precipitation.

Causa lata, cis est fIOtissrma. OVID.-" The cause lies hid, the power is most evident." The evil is unseen, but its mischievous effects cannot be overlooked.


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OA"C-CED.

--Caruam hano jU8tam esae in an7mum induclte,

Ut altqua para lahiirU minuiitur miki. Tn.

-" For my sake come to the conclusion that this request is fair, that so some portion of my labour may be abridged."

Cautue enim m.etuit Foveam lupUB, accipiterque Suepeetoe li1queoa, et opertum miluU8 Mmum. HOR.

-" For the cautious wolf dreads the pit, the hawk the suspected snare, and the fish the concealed hook."

Caoe a aigniitis.-" Beware of those who are branded."

Avoid bad comJ?any.

Oave fUJ quid atulee, fUJ quid temlre, dieaa aut faciaa contra potentes. CIO.-" Beware that you neither say nor do anything rashly against the powerful."

Oave aia te aupertire aervUf1l airia faciendo bene. PLAUT." Take care that you do not let your servant excel you in doing well."

Cave tibi a cane muto et ~ ailenti. PrOfJ.-IC Have a care of a silent dog and a still water."

Caveat emptor; qui ignortire tum tlebuit quoil jU8 alienum emit. Law Mazim.-" Let the buyer be on his guard: for he ought not to plead i~orance that he is buying the right of another.' He 18 bound to take all reasonable precautions in such a case, and will be supposed to have seen all patent defects.

Cavendum est fUJ Q8atmtatiiribua patefacitimU8 aures. CIC." We must be careful not to give ear to flatterers."

. Cavendum est fUJ major pama, quam culpa, ait; et "6 iisdem de caw alii plectantur, alii fUJ appellentur quidem. CIC. _IC Care must be taken that the penalty does not exceed the fault, and that some are not punished for the same offences for which others are not so much as called upon to answer."

Oetlant arma togtIJ, concitlat lauretJ lingUtlJ. 010.-" Let the sword give place to the gown, the laurel yield to the tongue." Let violence give place to law and justice, the sword of the conqueror to the eloquence of the orator.

Oetlant carm'inlbU8 reges, reg'!'!.'f.ue triumphi. OVID.-" Let kings, and the triumphs of kings, yield to verse." --Oetlat uti con"iVtJ aatur- HOR.-" Like a well-filled guest, let him depart (from life)." See Our fIQfI, &C.


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Oeae Deo. VIRG.-I< Yield to God." Submit to the decrees of Providence,

OecJe rep1l1l1umti; ceJendo fJictor abibU. OVID.-" Give way to your opponent; by yielding you will come off victorious." A prudent concession will often secure for us greater advantages than an obstinate assertion of our rights.

O:dite Romani ImptOre" ceiltte Graii. P:aoP.-" Yield, ye Roman writers; give way, ye Greeks:" ironically applied to a conceited scribbler, such for instance as Zoilus, the

sour critic of Homer. .

OellUl'lt !l"MMTUltici, mncunerw rhetOrel. Juv.-" The grammariana give way, the rhetoricians are vanquished."

--Oez,tB !l"mnfJr6 CaJIIS Declaunt turres, HOB.

-" Lofty towers fall down with the greatest crash." The greater the elevation, the heavier the fall.

Centum doctam hom/num eonsllia sola MC devincit cJea Fortuna. PLAUT.-" This goddess, Fortune, unaided, prevails over the plans of a hundred learned men."

--Centum .olatia czertB

Et ruB, et ciJmltel, et via longa Jabunt. OVID.

-" The country, and companions, and the length of the journey, will afford a thousand solaces for your cares."

Cepi corpus. Law Term.-" I have taken the body." The return made by the sheriff upon a capiM, or other similar process.

Cirlrem pro fnJf1'lnu, LiMrum pro vifIQ, Neptiinum pro mari, Our/am pro ,enatu, Ca-mpum pro eomttii«, togam pro pace, arma tIC tela pro bello appellare eolent, CIO.-" They are in the habit of using the word 'Ceres' for fruits, 'Bacchus' for wine, 'Neptune' for the sea, ' Curia' for the senate, 'Campus' (Martius) for civic elections, 'Toga' for peace, and ' arms' and 'weapona' for war." Examples of the figure Metonymy.

cereus in fJitiumjlecti, monitOrilnu uper. HOB.-" (Youth), pliable lIB wax to the bent of vice, rough to its reprovers."

Cern;', ut igniifJUm corrumpant otia CorpUl ;

Ut ciJpiant f)ltium, ni '11WVeantur, aljUtlJ. OVID.

-" You see how ease enervates the slothful body; how water contracts a taint if it remains unmoved."

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Cem"fte aim qu41ia; qui modo qU41ia eram. OVlD.-" Behold what I am; and what I was but a little while ago!"

Cernuntur in agenda mrtute8. CIO.-" The virtues of a man are seen in his actions."

Certa amitt'lmm, dum incert4 petlmm. PLAUT.-" We lose what is certain, while we are seeking what is uncertain."

Oerta sunt pauci8.· Prov.-" There is certainty in few words."

This, however, may admit of some doubt.

CertlJ ego jeci8sem, nee sum sapientior illo, OVID.-" At all events I should have done so, and I am no wiser than he."

Certe ignoratio jutur6rum malorum utilior eat quam acientia.

CIO.-" Assuredly the ignorance of future evils is preferable to the knowledge of them." To much the same effect as onr proverb, " What the eye don't see the heart don't grieve." " Where ignorance is bliss," &c.

Oertioriiri. Law Term.-" To be made more certain." A writ from the Court of Chancery, or Queen's Bench, com. manding the judges of the inferior courts to certify or to return the records of a cause pending before them.

Certi« rebus certa Bigna precurrunt, CIO.-" Certain signs precede certain events." This reminds us of Campbell's line, " Coming events cast their shadow before."

Certum est quod certum reddi poteet. COKE.-" That is certain which is capable of being made certain."

--Cerfum ooto pete flnem, Hon.-" To your wishes fix a certain end."

Cervi, luporum prada rapiicium, Seetdmur ultra, qUQB i1pimm

Fal[.;fre et ifugpre est triumpRm. HOR.

-" We, like stags, the prey of rapacious wolves, follow of our own accord those, whom to deceive and escape would be a signal triumph."

Oeseant« causa, cessat et ifectm. Coo.-" The cause removed, the effect ceases also."

Chim diJmin'Um emit." Prov.-" The Chiao buys himself a master." This adage was used in reference to those who bring calamities on themselves. When Chios was conquered by Mitbridates, he delivered the inhabitants into the hands of the slaves, whom they themselves had imported.

Clzriste eleison.-" Christ have mercy upon us." Latinized


CHR-CLA.

<heek, used in the service of the Romish Church. See K!lne ekilOn.

(J4ronYca Ii penge8, cum pugnont Ozonieme.,

Pod pauco. mMl8I, fXJZat ira per Angligi1U!nl8l.

-" If you examine the chronicles, when the Oxford men fall out, within a few months the strife will fly throughout all England." A monkish Leonine \>roverb in reference to the numerous strifes and dissensions which arose at Oxford during the middle ages.

OircuitUl oerbiirum.-" A round-about expression." A rambling story.

OitiUl quam tllpa,.lJgi cofjuuntur. Pr(X).-" Quicker than you could cook asparagus." A proverb frequently used by the emperor Augustus, when he wanted anything to be done instantly.

Cit;UI "enit pericUlum cum contemnrtur. ST:Il.-" When danger is despised, it overtakes us all the sooner." An enemy despised is the most dangerous enemy of all.

Vito matiirum cUo putr'tdum.-" Soon ripe, soon rotten." A proverb in dispraise of precocity. See Odi puerulo8, &c.

Oieo IC'ribendo non fit fit bene .cribiitur, bene ,cribendo fit ut cito. QUUTIL.-" In writing readily, it does not follow that you write well, but in writing well, you must be able to write readily." See Sat eito, &C.

Citra pulrJ"em.-" Without dust," i. e. "without labour."

The ancient wrestlers, after anointing themselves, sprinkled their bodies with fine dust, to stop the pores and prevent exhaustion by too great perspiration.

CifJe' magiatratibUI ptireant, magiatrdtUl ~gibUI.-" Let the citizens obey the magistrates, the magistrates the laws."

Oj11TtDI ea autem in lihertate est pOIIYta, fj'IMI lUi, ,tat vir'tbu.. fJOfJ e.:& alihw arbitrio pendet. LIVY.-" That nation ib in the enjoyment of liberty which stands by its OWl' strength, and does not depend on the will of another."

Olamiito, MeUI est hie ager, ilk ttlUl. OVID.-" Cry aloud, 'This is my land, that is yours.'"

--Clarwm et "enerabik fJ017UJ'1J

GentihUl, et multum fJOItrm quod prodffllt urhi. LUOA.N. -" A name illustrious and revered by nations, and one that has advantaged our city much." Said of Cato of Utica.

(J/audicanti. COfIrJer,fliWne utetJII, ip'" quolJuc ciaudiclWe d;'C8I.

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Proo.-" Associate with the lame and you will learn to limp." To the same effect as the line quoted by St. Paul from the Greek, " Evil communications corrupt good man. ners." We have a very similar proverb, "Tell me your company, and I will tell you what you are."

Olaud/te jam "V06, .at prata hiberunt. VIRG.-" Now close your streams, the meadows have imbibed enough." Al. luding to irrigation of the fields, but figuratively meaning, "Cease the song," or "conversation," as the case may be.

Claruum fregit. Law~. -" He broke into my enclosure." An action of trespass committed on lands or tenements.

(Jlavam extorquh'e Herculi. Proo.-" To wrest his club from

r. Hercules." To attempt to do a thing which is far beyond

[l'I"t"IA~Our capacity.

. '" t \.. OlericUB, oe] addiscem.-" Either a clerk, or learning to be

'. one." A medimval expression, used with reference to a

h.'I.""" h . h to k"

. \ man w 0 WIS es appear very nowmg.

" \ l\,' Cl{)diUJJ accUsat mcecho«: Proo.-" Clodius accuses the adul-

terers." Clodius himself was one of the greatest profligates of his age. Hence these words became a proverb, like our saying, "The devil rebukes sin."

Callo tpgitur qui Mn habet urnam.-" He is covered by 1!he

heavens who has no urn." .

Callum ipltUm pet'{mUJJ .tuZtitid. HOR.-" We aim at heaven even in our follr." Said in allusion to the Fable of the Giants attemptmg to seize heaven, and the restless spirit of man.

Callum Mn animum mutant qui trans mare curnmt. HOR. -" Those who cross the sea, change their clime but not their character."

Calpigti mlliUB fJ,UQIf1I, dUlnisj ultima primil Cedunt: distnmile.ltic oir, et ille pucr. OVID.

-" With more honour didst thou begin, than thou dost close; the last scene falls short of the first: how unlike the present man and the child of that day!"

CkEtw Julcu, "aute!- CA.TUL.-" Happy meetings, fare ye well!"

Oo!lenda mens ut tit incipiat. SEN.-" The mind must be excited to m.a.k.e a beginning." The great difficulty ill


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most things is how to make a beginning, hence the saying, "A thing begun, is half done."

Cogi qui potest nucit mori. SEN.-" He who can be compelled knows not how to die." A man who, upon compulsion, will do that which is dishonourable, is afraid to

meet death, the other alternative. .

Cogittito, rnus pusilllU quam sit si1pic1Ul bestia,

.d!Jtatem ~ui uni cubili nunquam committit mMn. PLAUT. -" Consider the little mouse, what a sagacious animal it is, for it never intrusts its life to one hole only." •

Cogniitio flWl)ct infitdiam. Prov.-U Relationship gives rise to envy." Weare more apt to envy the good fortune of our relatives than that of strangers.

CogninJit actiOnem. IAw Tcrm.-u He has confessed the action." The case is so called where a defendant confesses the plaintiff's cause against him to be true, and suffel'll judgment to be entered against him without trial.

Collectumquefreme1Ul volvit sub nliribus ignem. VIRG.-" And snorting, rolls the volumes of fire beneath his nostrils."

CoIKbram in sinu fovffe.-u To cherish a serpent in one's bosom." To admit into your confidence a false friend, or as we call him, "a snake in the grass."

Cornu jucundus in vilZ pro vchiculo est. SYR.-" A pleasant companion, upon a journey, is as good 88 a carriage." Because he will shorten the journey by beguiling the time.

Com;' et kumlinus erga alio«. CIO.-" One courteous and humane towards others."

Comu in w:&rem--- HOR.-" A man attentive to his wife." CornUas inter gentes.-u Comity between nations." Courtesy in their intercourse, and consideration for the interests and feelings of each other. It is this comity that renders sacred between belligerents the flag of truce.

f1nnmOdvm ez injtvrid BUd nemo habere clibet. IAw Ma:&im."No man ought to derive advantage from his own wrong." - OommoM fervet plebecula bile. PBRS. -" Its anger moved, the rabble is excited."

Commune bonum.-" A common good."

Oomm'lne periciilum eoncordiam parit.-" A common danger produces unanimity."

O1RlflUine naufragium omnIbus tJ8t comol.Uio.-" A general


COM-CO~.

sbipwreck .is a consolation to all." A general calamity, when all row in the same boat, is borne with more firm. ness of mind, bv each individual, than a similar misfortune would have been, had it happened to himself alone.

Commune fJitium i" magnis libifrisque cifJitatilnu 1d inviclia come, gloridJ lit. CORN. NEP.-" It is a common vice in great and free states, for envy to be the attendant upon glory,"-especiaIly in Athens, where Aristides became hated, because he had deserved to be caIled "the J ust,"

Communia propri8 dicere. Adapted from HORACB, De hte Poet.-" To express common-place things with propriety."

Communilnu annis.-" One year with another."

Communis utilitlJl ,ocietatis mazimum vincillum est. LITY."The common good is the great chain which binds men together in society."

Communiter negl'lgitur, quod communiter pOlliditur.-" That is neglected by all, which is possessed by all.'' "Every man's business is nobody's business."

--Oompiinltur orbis

Regi8 ad exemplum; nec lie inflect"e ,ennu Humii1lOl edicta fJalent, quam vita regenfis. CLAUD.

-" The manners of the world are formed after the example of the king; nor can edicts influence the human understanding. so much 88 the life of the ruler."

OompiJlitum mirac,'IU caUld. TACIT.-" A story trumped up for the sake of exciting wonder." Much like what we call a "cock and bull story."

00mp0l mentis. Law Lat.-" In the enjoyment of his understanding."

Oonciliat anlmOl CMnYtM qffabilitalque ,errnenis. CIC."Courtesy and affability of address conciliate the feel. ings."

Cotu:ordia discor,. LUCAN and OTID.-" A discordant eoncord." Expressive of a harmonious union of things of different natures.

Ooncordi8 res parvtl1 Cf"escunt, discordi8 mazl11ldJ dilabuntur.

SALL.-" WIth concord, from small beginnings things in. crease; with discord, the greatest advantages are frittered away." The former part of this quotation is the motto of the corporation of the Merchant Tailors.

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store and lay by things which I may be enabled one ciay to draw upon." In my hours of study I gain knowledge, which is to be useful to me in after-life.

ConfiNlUlt U8Um qui tollit abiimm. Law Marim.-" He confirms the use of a thing, who takes away the abuse."

Ctmjiteor, Ii q_uid Fode8t delicta faUn. OVlD.-" I come. m., errors, if it 18 of any use to acknowledge them." am~um "ocat, hoo prtEtent lIOmlneculpam. VIRG.-" She it wedlock, bv this name she glosses over her fault."

The unfortunate Dido is not the only one who on such an occasion has laid the same" flattering unction to her soul."

0mBci6 fIIt!fUI recti famtE mendacia nnt i

&cl_ in "itium creJiila turOO BUmU8. OVID.

-" Her mind, conscious of integrity, laughed to scorn the falsehoods of rer0rt; but we are, all of us, a set too ready to believe ill.'

OmBcientia mille teste«: PrOfJ.-" The conscience is as good 88 a thousand witnesses."

OmBcientia rectt/J fX>luntdtiB martma COfUOltitio en rerum illcomtlWdarum. CIC.-" A consciousness of good intentions is a very great consolation in misfortunes."

0mBt!1J8U8 facit ligem. Law ltfarim.-" Consent makes the law." Two parties having made an agreement with their eyes open, and without fraud, the law will insist on its being carried out.

CJon&entientu Bt agentu pari pam4 plectentur. Coo."Those who conseat to the act, and those who commit it, should be visited with equal punishment." See Qui facie, &c.

OonIentirB non fJiJetvr qui Brrat. Law Mazim.-" He who is under a mistake is not considered to consent." No one, in law, is deemed to consent to that of which he had not a previous knowledge. But every man is supposed to know the law, and "ignorant"' legiB tum UCU8at." See Nil fX>litum, &c.

fJoMlliajirmiiwa BUnt de dWinu loci8. PLAUT.-" Advice is given with higher sanction from holy places."

CotuiT", qui dant pram caw Iwm,nilnu,

Be perdunt Operam Bt diridentur turplter. PRED. -"Those who give bad advice to disCreet persons, both lose their pains and, to their disgrace, are laughed to ecorn."


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Oonitlium Pompeii plane Themistoelium ut; putat enim, 'lui f1UJri potitur, cum rerum patin. CIC.-" The plan of Pompey is clearly that of Themistocles; for he thinks that he who gains the command of the sea, must obtain the supreme power."

-Oomprcit areem,

I"1Ieniis, f>p'llnuqtMJ, et filta pace mrentem. OVID.

-" She looks upon the citadel, flourishing in arts, in wealth, and joyous peace."

OonltMUl et lenis, tit re, e:rpoltulet, esto. CATO.-" Be firm or mild, 88 circumstances may require."

--Ootutiterant hinc TlJisbe, P!lriimtul illinc,

Inque victim foerat eapttittul anMlittul oris. OVID.

-" They took their stations, Thisbe on the one side, and Pyramus on the other, and the breath of their mouths was mutually caught by turns."

Oomtructio legis 11M facit injuriam. Coo.-" The construction of the law does no injury."

CMltMJfacere alrqUtJm IUd spoote reete facere quam aUeno metts.

TER.-" To teach a person to act correctly of his own accord, rather than through fear of another."

OonItMJtiidine an'tmtul rur8tul te hue indiieet. PLA.UT."Through habit your inclination will be leading you to do it again."

Oo11Iuetutlinem benignittitis, largitiOni munerum antepano.

HlSe eIt gramum hom!num atqtMJ magnOrum; illa quaBi tJI,entatOrum populi, multitiidinis lefJitritem f)olupttite quari titillantium. CIC.-" I prefer much the habit of courtesy, to the bestowing of contributions. The one is in the power of men of eminence and high character; the other ,belongs to the flatterers of the populace, who in a manner tickle and delight the multitude thereby."

Oo11Iuetido ut altera natiira. CIO.-" Use is second nature." Oo11Iuetiido e8t altera le». Coo.-" Usage is a second law." OomfUJtiido elt opflflltul interpru legum. Coo.-" Custom

is the best interpreter of the laws."

Oo11Iuetiido pro lege 'tJrf)titur. Law Mcu.-" Custom is held aslaw." Usage from time immemorial is the basis of ota' common law.

Oon8i1le de gemmil, de tinctd mririee land, Oonrik de ftcie corplirllnuqtMJ diem. OVlD.


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.:» Consult the daylight about gems, about wool dyed in purple; consult it about the face and the figure as well. II OoMummatvm tJIIt.-" It is finished."

Contemni ut grtWita dvltitid1 quam percilti.-cc To a foolish man, it is more bitter to be treated with contempt, than to receive a blow."

Contemni 88 impatienter ferunt princ'tpu, qvippe qui coli conavevinmt. TA.OIT.-" Princes, because they have been accustomed to receive homage, can ill brook being treated with contem.J?t."

Omtemmmtur ti qui nec mn, nec altlri JI1WII"'t, vt dic'itur; in qvibva flullta lahor, nulla indUlltria, flvlla cura ut. CIO. .:» They are to be despised, who neither profit themselves nor others, as the saying is; in whom there is no exertion, no industry, no thought."

amtemporanea ezpMtio tJIIt forlilsinno in lege. La'UJ MfJr&."A contemporary exposition prevails in law." A precedent drawn from the established practice of the time, when the law was promulgated, being made in accordance with the then prevailing notions and usages, ought to have the most force.

Contiglmta portvm, quo miTai CUf"1IfU erato OVID.-" I have reached the harbour, to which I steered my course."

amtl'nuO culpam ferro CMnptJllce, priUllqvam

DWa per incardvm ,erpant contagia fJUlguB. VIRG.

-" Instantly repress the mischief with the knife, before the dire cont~on has infected the unthinking multitude." Even among civilised nations, we see life sacrificed for the common good.

amtra lJono. moru._CC Contrary to good manners," or morals. Contra malum morliI, fIQn ed medictimm in kortie. Ked.

ApTaor.-" Against the evil of death there is no remedy in girdens." A Leonine line.

amtra ,timulum ealea«. TER.-" You kick against the spur."

So in .Actl ix. 5, "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks r" The meaning is, that you only injure yourself by resistance.

Contra fJeroo,OII fIOli contend1rtJ f)erbitt ;

&rmo dotu,. cvnctiI, animi 'apiefltia pavcil. CATO.

-" Strive not with words against the contentious; speech ia given to all, wisdom to few,"


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Oontu,m;liam Ii dic~, audiu. PLAUT.-" If you utter affronting speeches, you will have to hear them."

Convffliens vit(JJ mor, foit uta 8U(JJ. OVID.-" That waa a death conformable to his life."

Conventio prif)tJiiirum non potm publico juri ilerogare. COKE. -" An agreement between private persons cannot derogate from the rights of the public."

Oonviv(JJ ceree tui dicant, BibamfU, morienJum m. SEN." Your guests are for saying, no doubt, 'Let us drink, for die we must.''' See 1 Cor. xv. 32.

--ConvwtJt0ri8, uti Juci8, ingenium r81 AJiver8(JJ ",uJare ,olent, celare ,ecuntlm. HOB.

-" Untoward circumstances usually bring out the talents of a host, as they do those of a general; while everything goes on well, they lie concealed."

Cor nt, edrto. Prov.-" Eat not your heart." A figurative expression, meaning, " Do not consume your ~e with cares."

Coram ®mlno rege.-" Before our lord the king."

CortJm nobi8. Law Lat.-" Before us." Before the court.

Before persons invested with due authority.

Coram non juJrce.-" Before a person who is not a judge."

Before a tribunal which has no jurisdiction.

Corni:J: 8corpium riJpuit. Prov.-" The crow seized a scorpion," and was stung to death. Mischief recoils on its author. See Neque enim, &c.

CorOfult virtuB cultOr88 8U08.-" VIrtue crowns her votaries." CorpOra knee tJUfl88cunt, cito ezti"Funtur. TAOIT.-" .All bodies are slow in growth, rapid m decay."

CorpOra 'I1ItJfIntJnrmo ,tJii8 81t proatrd,aae leani :

Pugnts auumjin.em, cumjtJCet lwatUJ, luihet. OVID.

-" It is sufficient for the noble-hearted lion to have brought the body to the ground: the contest is over when the enemy lies prostrate." The poets give the lion a better character than he really deserves.

OorpOri ttJmum inJuigea8 qutJntum bOfl.(JJ fHJletudini 8tJtUJ ut.

SBN.-" Indulge the body only so far as is necessary for good health.' Be moderate in pleasures although harmless in themselves.

CorpIJ.ria et jortiift(JJ bonOrum tit milium ji",;" BIt. Omnia tJrlIJ occ'tdunt, et aucttJ 8eneacunt. SUL.-" Of the bless~ of health and fortune, as there is a beginning, so there 18 an


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end. Everything, as it is improved hy art, hurries onward to decay, and increases only to become old."

Oorptu ad/HUl Echo, non ~ erat: et tallltm tuUm Gamla non iilium, quom nunc "abet, oriI Webat;

Betld1re de multia ut verba twtJiul1ll4 JIOB,et. OVID.

-" Echo was then a body, not a mere voice; and yet the babbler had no other use of speech than she now has, to be able to repeat the last words out of many."

Cbrpw delicti. Law p"rfJ8e.-" The body of the offence." 1II1e sum and substance of the crime.

Oorpw DmnIJ nve Mum in pukifrem, nve in humOr81'n ,olv'ttUll', vel in cinhem comprimitUll', vel in nidorem tenUlitur, mbtJucltur fION; ,ed Deo elemtmtiWum CtIItode ruenxitur. MIlfUOIUS FELIX.-" (When death ha.ppens) every body is reduced to dust, dissolved into fluid, converted to ashes, or wasted away by evaporation, and so withdrawn from our sight; but it is preserved in the hands of God, the guardian of the elements."

-Corptu OfttIItum

HuttJrni8 vitiil anlmtlfll fJUOqw p".llfJat una. Hos, _u The body, oppressed by the debauch of yesterday, weighs down the mind as well."

C1orpu.I qUOli fJfJ8 8It aut alIfJUOf! _rmi receptaculum. CIO."The body is a vessel, as it were, or receptacle for the soul,"

Oorpu nne pecMre.-" A body without a soul." A lump of ifesh without spirit or animation. Bee Sine pectore corptll. Corrumprmt bono« more, colloquia praDa. Pf'OfJ._U Evil com-

mumcations corrupt good manners." From the Greek.

Corrupti mot'81 mnt depraviitique admiratiime tlifJinarum. CIO. _u Manners become corrupted and depraved through the hankering for riches."

Oorruptio optlmi pe,iima.-" The corruption of the best produces the worst." Nothing is so pernicious both in example and results as the rebound from very good to very bad. So our old proverb, " The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar."

Corruptialimd in repuhlic8 plurifMI leg8l. T.A.oIT.-" In the state which is the most corrupt, the laws are always the most numerous." Such a state·of things neceeaitatee a multiplicity of laWL


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008 ingeniOrum.-" A whetstone for the wits."

Crall credimUll, "odie ni"il. PrQV.-" To-morrow we will believe, not to-day." Let us wait and see what will happen to-morrow; for the present we will sleep upon it.

--Credat JudteuB Apello. HOR.-" Let Apella the Jew believe it." An expression used in derision of the Jews, who were held in the greatest contempt among the Romans, e\'ery vice or weakness being imputed to them.

Crede mihi bene qui littuit, bene tJirit, et intra

Fortunam debet quisque manere auam. OVID.

-" Believe me, he who has the good fortune to escape notice, lives the happiest life, and every one is bound to live within his means."

Crede mihi, miBer08 prudentia prima relinquit. Ovm.-" Believe me, prudence is the first thing to forsake the wretched."

Grede m.ihi, mult08 hiibeall cum dignUll amicos,

Nonfoit e multis quol:ibet ilk minor. OVID.

-" Believe me, although you deservedly have many friends, he out of those many was inferior to none."

Orede mihi, rea eat ingeniiiaa dare. OVID.-" Believe me, it is a noble thing to give."

Crede quod eat quod via; ac dUine tuta f)ereN;

Deque fld« certd Bit tibi certa fide«. OVID.

-" Believe that that is, which thou dost wish to be; cease to fear for what is secure, and have a certain assurance of undoubted constancy."

Orede quod habea, et habea.-" Believe that you have it, and you have it." This is not universally true-witness the unhapp'y termination of Alnaschar's reverie, whose story is told ill the Spectator and the Arabian Nights.

Credebant hoe grande nefall, et morte pi4ndum,

Si jUf)eniB f)etulo non a-BBUf'rexerat.-- J uv.

-" They used to hold it to be a heinous sin, and one that death alone could expiate, if a young man did not rise to pay honour to an elder."

--Cret1£te, posteN! HOR.-" Believe it, Posterity !" Credo puaicitiam, &turno rege, mortitam

In terriB.-- J uv.

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age" of the Romans. Juvenal is speaking of the almost universal corruption of the Roman females in his day.

Or~.dilla ru M1I()f' ut-- OVID.-" Love is a credulous thing."

--Oredula f'itam

Spes fm:et, ao mllius C'rt18 fore ,emper ail. TI1IULL.

.:» Credulous hope cherishes life, and ever tells us that to-morrow will be better."

Orucentem ,equltur cura peciiniam, ltfaji'wumqu.efamu. Nulta pelentibus, Duunt multa. Bene ut cui Deus obtulit

P(Wca quod ,atis est manu. HOR.

.:» Care attends accumulated wealth, and a thirst for still greater riches. They who require much are always in want of much. HaJ>PY is he to whom God has given a s'lfficiency with a spanng hand."

Drucit amor nummi quantUm ip,a peciinia C're,cit :

Et minUs kane optat, qui 11011 kabet-- Juv.

_co The love of money increases as fast as our wealth, and he who has none wishes for it the least."

Orucit indulgtJfJ8 sibi dinu hydrop,. HOR.-" The fatal dropsy nursed by self-indulgence increases apace." This figure is here used in reference to the" greed for gain."

Orucit BUb pontllre tJirlus.-" Virtue grows under every weight;" shines forth with renewed lustre under every trial. The motto of the Earl of Denbigh.

Oru,8 ne careat pulchra dies nota. HOR.-" Let not a day 80 joyful be without its mark of Cretan chalk."

Orela an carbOne 1Wtandum. HOR.-" To be marked with cbalk, or with charcoal." The Romans thus distinguished their lucky and unlucky days.

OrelA twftire.-" To mark with chalk." To place a white line against the name of a person was to sigriify approval.

Oretizantlum cum arete. Prov.-" A man mUst be a Cretan with the Cretans." We must do at Rome as Rome does.

Or~frunt et ope" et opum furiostJ cupido :

Et cUm pouideant pZlH'lma, plura "oZune. OVID.

.:» Both wealth has increased, and the maddening lust for wealth: and though men posse88 ever so much, they

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Crimen l<eltIJ f'lUJjuUti8. Law ~.-" The crime of lesemajesty," which involves the guilt of high. treason:

C/rimen quod mihi dabiitur, crimen non erato 010.-" That which was imputed to me as a crime was no crime."

CrimIna qui cernunt alwrum, non ItfUI cernrmt, Hi sifpiunt aliis, desipiuntque ailn.

-" Those who eee the faults of others, do not see their own; such men are wise towards others, and fools to themselves. "

--Orim'tne ab UM

Disee omnes- VIRG.

-" From one offence learn all."

Orine ruber, niger Me, brevis pede, lumrne ~:

Rem magnam prt&tas, zqrle, Ii bonus u. MART.

-" With red hair, and tawny features, short of one foot, and blind of an eye-you do wonders, indeed, Zoilus, if you are a good man."

--Ortnum, quem vozjustifacutula &lOnis Reap/cere ad longce juslit spatia ult'iffUJ vittIJ. 1uv.

-" Crceeus, whom the eloquent voice of the righteoua Solon bade look upon the closing scene of a long life." See Herodotus, b. i. c. 32.

Orudelem mifdicum intemperaM mger facil. SYR.-" A disobedient patient makes' an unreeling physician." Because he is obliged to have recourse to harsher measures to effect a cure.

--Orud~lis ubique

Luctus, ubioue paVM, et plurYffUJ mortis imago. VIRG.

-" Everywhere is cruel sorrow, terror on every side, and death in a thousand shapes."

Cruz.-" A cross." Anything that frets or annoys us, a difficulty or stumblingblock is so called. Thus, cruz eNticorum, "the cross of critics;" cruz medicOrum, "the cross of physicians;" cruz ffUJtAematicOrvm, "the cross of mathematicians."

Cucullus non facit monilchum.-" The cowl does not make the monk." Trust not appearances.

Cui bono 1-" For whose beuetit P" .A mazim of CASSIUS, the judge, quoted b!l Cicero (Pro Milo7le). It is generally Used as signifying, " What is the good of it P"


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-Cui famultitur max7mWl orbU P

Dioa potens rerum, tkmltri:&que pecunia fati. <J

-" She to whom the great world is obedient, that goddess

who rules mankind, money, the controller of fate."

Oui licet quod moju« non debet quod minu« eat non licertJ.

Law Max.-" He who has the greater right, ought not to be without the lesser one." Thus, in the transfer of property, a conveyance of the rights incident to it is always to be presumed.

Cui malo !-" To what evil?" What harm can result from it?

--Cui mtm8 di"inior atque 0'

Magna ,cmatUf'Um tle8 nOmInis Aujug konorem. HOR.

-" To him who is divinely inspired, and has a command of lofty language, you may grant the honour of this title." Said in allusion to the true poet.

Gili ftikil ,atis, kuic etiam nihil turpe.-" Nothing will be base to him for whom nothing is enough." The man is troubled with no scruples, who covets unlimited wealth.

Cui non con"ifniat IJUO res, ut calceus olim,

Si pede major erit, ,u/n;ertet; Ii minor, uret, HOR.

-" To him who is not satisfied with his fortune, it is as ,nth a. shoe j if it is too large for his foot it will upset him, if too small, it will pinch him."

Oui placet alteriue, 8ua lIimirum eat odio sors. HOR.-" 'Vhen a man is captivated with the lot of another, no wonder if he is discontented with his own."

Oui placet, oblioiscitur ; cui dalet, memYnit.-" He who is pleased at a thing, forgets it j he who is grieved at it, bears it in mind."

Cui proMat scelu», is fecit. SEN.-" He who profit,s by the villany, has perpetrated it." This is true in reference to the share of criminality which attaches to the "accomplice after the fact," but is not of universal applicatiou.

Ouicunque a"quia quid conceait, concMifre oidetur ei ill, sine quo rea ipsa esee non ;poteat. Law Max.-" He who makes a. grant to another, IS held to have granted that as well, without which the thing so granted cannot be enjoyed." A house or land, for instance, cannot be sold without right of ingress to it, if in the vendor's power to grant it.


CUI-CUM.

Cuil'tbet in arle aul1 pi'rito ilst creilendum. COKE.-" Every man ought to have credit for skill in his own art."

CuifJi8 dolOri remedium est patientia. SYR.-" Patience is the remedy for every sorrow."

--au}us co7Uit'ibus obstat

ReB angusta domi- HOR.

-" Whose efforts are frustrated by the narrowness of his means." The fate of too many!

auJus est solum, ejus est usque ail crelum. Law Max.-" To him to whom the soil belongs, belongs everything over it, even to the sky." The building of no man, for instance, may project over the land of his neighbour.

au}us summa est.-" Of which the sum and substance is."

This is the long and short of it.

Ou}us tufidem in peCllnid pertpexilris,

Verere ei verba credere r TER.

-" Do you fear to trust a man with your secret, of whose honesty in pecuniary matters you have had experience ? "

Ou}us vita desplcitur, restat ut ejus f;,rIBilicatio contem7Uitur.

ST. GREGORY.-" When a man's life is despised, it follows that his preaching must fall into contempt." The necessity

of supporting precept by practice. .

OIl}US vllltiiris hoc erit eaddoer / }\fART.-" To what vulture's share shall this carcass fall?"

Oujueltbet. rei simulator atque dissimulator. SALL.-" A man who possessed the power on every occasion to seem to be what he was not, and to conceal what he really was." The character of Catiline, a finished hypocrite, as portrayed by Sallust.

Oujusvis Mm/nis eet erriire, nullius n1$i insipienti« in errOr" perseoeriire. CIC.-" Every man is liable to err, but it is

only the part of a fool to persevere in error." .

oulpa sua damnum eentiens, non intelllgUur damnum pal;'.

LaIO Max.-" He who suffers a loss by his own fault, is not considered (by the law) a sufferer."

Culpam prena premit comes. HOR.-" Punishment follows hard upon crime."

Oultaque JudIBO septima sacra S!/ro. OVID.-" And the seventh day kept holy and observed by the Syrian Jew."

Cum domu« ingenti silbUo mea lopea ruind

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-" When my house came suddenlr. down, and fell in ruins with a tremendous crash upon Its master's head."

--Cum corpOre mentem

Orucere lentimWl, parUerque leneacere.- LUORET.

-" We feel that the mental powers increase with tho. of the body, and, in like manner, grow feeble with it."

Cum dubia et frCWi1iB Bit nobiB mta tributa,

In morte alten", apem tv tibi pcmlre noli. CATO.

-" Seeing that life has been given us precarious and full of uncertainty, fix not thy hopes on the death of another."

CUm dIU) inter Ie pugnantia reperiuntvr in teltamento, tlltr. mum ratum elt. - COKE.-" When two clauses are found in a will, repugnant to each other, the last holds good." But in deeds, the first holds good.

Cum duplicantur liitlrel fJenit MOIel.-" When the tale of bricks is doubled, then comes Moses; "-to the rescue of the Israelites. A medimval proverb, meaning that, " when things are at the worst they will mend."

Cum elt concupita pecii.nia, nee ratio lanat cupidittitem, wtit mcwinu anlmi eiqu« morbo nomen eat avaritia. CIO." When money is coveted, and the desire is not cured by reason, there IS a disease of the mind, and the name of that disease is 'avarice.'"

Cum ftriunt unum, non unum folm'tna terrent, OVID."When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it alarm."

Dum fortuna manet, wltum lervtitil amici;

Gum eedit, turpi oertitie orafugd. PETRON. ARB.

-" While prosperity lasts, you, my mends, give me your countenance; when it fails, you turn away your faces in disgraceful flight."

<Nm fortuna perit, nuliUl amicUl erit.-" When fortune fails UB, we shall have no friend left."

Cum fuml feliz, qUdJ BUnt adverla cavito ;

Non el1dem curBU reapondent ultima primiB. CATo.

-" When you are enjoying prosperity, provide against adversity; the end of life will not be attended by the same train of fortunate circumstances as the beginning."

Cum furor haua dubifUl, cum Bit manifuta phrenUi8,

Ut lOci1pkl mOriariB, egentiB f)iverefato. Jv ...

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-" Since it is undoubted madness, manifest insanity, to live the life of a beggar that you may die rich."

Oum grano ealie. Prov.-" Wlth a grain of salt." With something which will help us to swallow it; with some latitude or allowance. Said of anything to which we are unable to give implicit credence.

Cum laroi« luctdri. Prov.-" To wrestle with ghosts." To speak ill of the dead. See De mortuis, &C.

au", lieet juglYre ne fjU4Jre litem. Prov.-" "When you can escape it, avoid a law-suit."

--Gum lux altera tJenit,

Jam eras hesternum conawmpitmUl; ecce aliua cras

Egifrit hoe anno8.-- Pus.

-" "When another day arrives, we have consumed the morrow of yesterday; behold, another morrow comes, and so wastes our years." .A. censure against procrastination, "the thief of time."

--Cum magM male auplfre8t audacia caustB,

CrMltur a 'I1Iultisfidiicia-- Juv.

-" When a bad cause is backed by great impudence, it is believed by many to be the boldness of innocence."

--Cum magnis virtiitwus qffer8

Grande supercilium.-- Juv.

-" With thy high virtues thou dost bring great superciliousness. "

Oum m!1ritur dives concurrunt unitfqfU cieee , Pauperis ad funUl t1i:& est e mill'ibus unus.

-" 'Then a rich man dies, the citizens flock together from every side; at a poor man's funeral there is hardly one out of thousands." Medimval Leonine lines.

Oum multi» alii«; qUtB nunc per8criblfre longum est.-" With many other things which it would now be tedious to set forth in writing." .A. line often used in an ironical sense. To whom does it belong P

Oum pl~ sint pote, plus potiuntur QfjUtB.-" The more water is druD.k, the more is desired." See QU() plus, &c. --Cum prostrdta 8opore

Urget membra quia, et mens sine pondere lullit.

PETRON. ARBITER. -" When repose steals over the limbs, extended in sleep, and the mind disports without restraint."


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CWm pulchru tunlci8 8WI1Iet nooa ctmlilio 6t 'Pu. HOR."Happy in his fine clothes, he will adopt new plans and cherish fresh hopes."

Gum surges abitiira domum, surgemuIJ et omnes. OVID."When you rise to go home, we will all rise too."

Cum tiibiilu anl'mum censons sumat honesti. llon.-" Let him, with his papers, assume the spirit of an honest critic."

Gum tmt"ibu4 ,evere, cum remisei« iucunde, cum S81l1bU8 gri1- ",ter, cum juventiite comlter oioe. CIC.-" With those who are of a. gloomy turn, be serious; with the idle, be cheerful; with the old, be grave; and with the young, be gay."

Cum roZet illa diu, qUdJ nil nin corporil! hujUB

J",. lw.bet, incerti spatium mihi f'iniat cet,·i. OVID.

-" Let that day, which has no power but over this body of mine, put an end to the term of my uncertain life, when it will."

Ormcta pi",. tentata: ,ed immediciib'tle vulnu8

EMe rlcidendum, tie par, Bincera traMtur. OVID.

_u All methods have been already tried; but a wound that admits of no cure must be cut away, that the Bounder parte may not be corrupted."

--Ormctando rtJ8tituit rem. ENNIUS. -" He saved the state by delay." Said in praise of Fabius, who saved Rome by avoiding an engagement with Hannibal.

Owncti adBint, Mlritleque ezpectent premia palm«. VIRG. .:» Let all attend, and await the reward of well-earned laurels."

Otmctu 'erDawrem liberatYremque acclamantibus=:" All hailing him as their saviour and deliverer."

Cupido dominandi cuncti« qffecffbu8 fiagrantiar est. TACIT. .:» The desire of rule is the most powerful of all the affections of the mind."

--Our ante tuham tremor occupat artus? V IRG.-" Why does tremor seize the limbs before the trumpet sounds?" Tha.t is, before the signal for battle.

Our in thhitrum, Gata ,evere, f)cniBti I l\hRT.-" 'Why, Cato, with all thy gravity, didst thou come to the theatre P" On the occasion of the indecent celebration of the Floralia, when he only came that he might be seen to depart. See b Uleo, &c. (App.)

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--Our ina.ecm-e, in limlM primo

DeJiclmUl1-- VIRG.

-" Why faint we inglorious at the very outset P"

Our me querelis e:&animaa tuis1 HOR.-" Why worry me to death with your complaintsP"

Our mlJriiitur homo, cu, ,alvia creacit in horto 1 Karim of tM &hool of Health. at SALERNO.-" Why should the man die in whose garden sage grows P "

" He that would 0 live for aye,

o Must eat s~e in Mar.."

Sage is a good stomachic, and Its medicinal qualities were highly valued in former times. It is said to have derived its name from the Latin ,alfJU8, "safe," or "healthy."

Our mlJriiitur Iwmo qui ,_it rk cinamOmo 1 Mazim of tM School of SALERNO. -" Why should the man die who takes cinnamon P "

Our M8cire, pud.en8 1"'a"6, quam discere malo 1 HOR."Why do I prefer, through false modesty, to be ignorant rather than learn P "

Our non, u.t pl.enUl cit(/} con"i"a, recedis 1

£quo anrmoque capis 8eciiram, 8tulte, quiUem. LUCBET. -" 'Vhy not, fool, like a well-filled guest at life's banquet, withdraw, and, with contented mind, take a repose that is removed from every care P"

Our opu, qjfectas, ambitw8e, fI(IfIUm. OVID.-" Why, in your ambition, do you attempt a new task P"

Oura e88e quod audis.-" Take care to be as good as you are esteemed to be."

Oura ut "aleas.-" Take care of your health." •

Oura pii Dis BUnt- OVID.-" The good are the care of the gods."

--Our(/} eat 8Ua cuique fJOluptCIB. OVID.-" His own gratification is the object of each."

Our(/} leeee loquuntur, ingentea Btupent. SEN ._cc Light griefs find utterance, deeper ones are dumb."

Ouras tolle gravea, irasci ered« 1"'ofontlm.-" Dispel anxious cares;. consider it ;profane to be angry."

Ourlitio funeri8, cond,tio '6pultiir(/}, pomptB ezequilirum, magis BUnt rnvOrum 80latia, quam BUlJsidia mortu.5rum. Word« of tM Emperor AUGusTuB.-"The arrangements of the


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funeral, the place of burial, the procession and tho ceremonial, are rather a consolation to the living, Lhan of importance to the dead."

Oiria adfJiBtire vult. Law Latin.-" The court wishes to advise thereon." The entry made when the court takes

time to deliberate before giving judgment. .

Oiiria pauplribU8 clausa est ; dat censu« honsre«: OVID.

-" To the poor the senate-house is close.d; wealth con- . fers honours." C ... cu. ... ;~/JI. '.'....,._ r";~~ Ourrente ciiliimo.-" With a running pen." The ancients (I.~Vr>o. r· ...... c. ' sometimes wrote with a reed, whence this 'phrase. Equi-

valent to our English term, " off-hand."

CUrrU8 booem trahit, Prov.-" The chariot is drawing the ox." " The cart is put before the horse." Said of anything done preposterously, or out of place.

(}urldJ neecio r&d semper abed rei. HOR.-" There is 8

something, know not what, always found wanting in

every man's too meagre fortunes."

0U8t0s morum.-"The guardian of morality." A magistrate is so called.

0U8t0s regni.-" The guardian of the realm." A person appointed to perform the sovereign's duties in his absence. 0rin0ll rotuliirum.-" The master of the rolls." The principal justice of the peace in a county is also so called.

Olltem gmt laceratam canu mordas. Prov.-" A snapping • dog wears a tom skin."

"Those who in quarrels interpose,

Must often wipe a bloody nose." GAY.

0uti8 fJUlpifUJ consuenda est cum cute leiinU. PrOfJ.-" The fox's skin should be sewed to that of the lion." Where the strength of the lion fails, the cunning of the fox may

prevail. .

~ini ,ectiif'elJ. Prov.-" Splitters of cummin-seeds," or, 88 we say, "splitters of straws." An expression borrowed from Aristotle. Learned triflers, like many of the lIChoolmen of the middle ages.

D.

D. D. for Dono tletlit.-" Has presented," or .. has given." D. D. D.-In presentation copies of books, these letters are


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inserted after the name of the giver, meaning either donum fiat, dicatque, "presents (this book), and dedicates it;" or else, Jat, donat, dicatque-" gives, presents, and dedicates (this book)."

D. M. for Dis Manwus.-" To the divine Manes," or" shades of the dead." The usual commencement of Boman sepulehral inscriptions.

D. O. H.-See Deo optimo mazimo. D. Yo-See Deo oolente.

Do juranti viJniMn.-" Pardon the oath." Forgive me for swearing.

Da locum meliOrilnu. TEn.-" Give way to your betters."

The same maxim of modesty is inculcated by our Saviour,

l'- . I . in Luke xiv. 8 .

. Ja.. "...,'h-'I Da mihi mutuum teBtimOnium. CIO.-" Give me your testi..

(!vrf-Uk'l mony, and 1'11 do as much f'br you." "Claw me, and I'll

~ tf,:t:;,.. claw thee."

r!'t 1I1'f1 Do modo lucra mihi, dafacto gtmdia lucro i

./1 (k _ .. J.! . Et face ut emptUri verba dediBlle juvet. OVID..

c- t, ytU- -" Do but grant me profit, gIve me the delight that arises from making a bargain, and grant that it may prove to my advantage to have imposed upon my customers." The prayer of a fraudulent tradesman to Mercury.

Do, Pater, augustam menti, comcendere Ileikm; Do fantem lustrare boni i da, luce repertd,

In te eonspieuo« animi defigere tMu8! BOETK.

-" Grant, Father, that my mind may climb to thy august 8 bode; grant that it may survey the source of good; grant that, when it has gained the light, I may fix my full gaze on thee!"

Da popiilo, da verba mihi; nne ftUCiuIl errem. OVID.-" Deceive the public, deceive me too; in my ignorance let me be mistaken."

Da, precor, ingi!nio prt1!mia digna "'BO. OVID.-" Grant, I pray, a reward worthy of my genius."

Da spatium tenuemque moram, mQ/e etmcta miniBtrtJt

Impetus.-- STA.T.

-" Allow time and a short delay, haste and violence mar everything."

Da f1miam lacrymiB.-" Grant pardon to these tears." --Dabit Devs hiB ~jinern. Vm&.-" God will grant

Digitized by Goog I e'

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an end to even these misfortunes." A phrase generally applied to public calamities, and the only real consolation that they will admit of.

--Damna minu« c01UtfUta fTWVmt. Juv.-" Misfortunea to which we are used aftect us less severely." To the same effect is our vulgar adage-" Eels become accustomed to skinning."

Damnant quod Mn intellfgwnt. 010.-" They condemn what they do not understand." They make up by positivenesa of assertion for lack of real knowledge.

DamnO,a lu.crea'iias. Law Term.-" A losing property." A property, the possession of which entails loss on the owner.

DamnO,a quid Mn immmuit dial HOR.-" What does not all-destructive time impair r "

--Damnii,a 8enem juvat alea, lvdit et kere«. Juv.-" If the destructive dice have pleasures for the father, his son will be a gamester." So our proverb, "Bad hen, bad eggs." See Millo gallina, &C.

Damnum ab8q1M injiiri4. Law Term.-" Loss without injury." That kind of loss which all persons are liable to, who are exposed to the competition of others in the aame bnsiness or :profession as themselves. Loss, in fact, by fair competition.

Damnum appellandum eat cum maM fam4 lucrum. SYR."That ought to be called a loss, which is gained by the sacrifice of character."

Dap_ea inemptte. HOR. and VmG.-" Dainties unbought."

The produce of the farm.

--Dapilnu ruprimi

Grata teBtiido JoviB.· HOR.

-"The shell so loved at the feasts of supreme Jove." Mercury framed the citkara, (the origin of the modem guitar,) by stretching strings across the shell of a tortoise; his music was in high requisition at the table of Jupiter.

-Dare jura 11UWitW. HOR.-" To lay down laws for husbands."

-Dare pondua idOnea jiHrIo. PERS.-" Things suited to gire weight to smoke." To impart value to that which 18 worthless.

Dat Dem immiti t:OmUil curia boW. PrQfJ.-" God gives


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short horns to the vicious ox." CC God sends a eurst cow short horns.' Much Ado About Nothing, net ii. sc, 1.

--Dat ifllinia fJerbQ,

Dat line menttl sonum.-- VIRG.

_cc He utters empty words, he utters sounds without meaning."

Dat fJbJiDm COf'tM, fJtlZat cens,irQ columhll8. Juv._cc He grants pardon to the ravens, but visits with heavy censure the doves." A line often used to silnlifv that the innocent man meets with injustice, while the guilty escape without censure.

--DQta tempOre prolUnt,

Et dtJta non tlpto tempOre fJiM nocent. OVID.

_cc Wine ¢ven at a J.>roper time, is useful; given at an improper time, it is inJurIOUS."

Date obOlum Belistif'io.-CC Give your mite to Belisarius."

It is ssid that this great general, when blind and aged, W88 neglected by the emperor Justinian, and obliged to beg for charity. The tale is however treated 88 a fiction by Gibbon.

--DQtur i!1nis, ttJmeui tJb mimicis peta«. PLAUT.-IC Fire is granted, even though you 88k it of your enemies." It W88 considered unlucky to refuse fire to anyone.

D(Jf)U8 su-m, fI~ CEafpus. TER.-" I am DBVU8, not <Edipus." I am a plain, simple man, not a conjuror. CEdipus W88 said to have solved the riddle of the Sphinx.

De alieno eorio liberalis. PrOfJ.-" Liberal of another man's leather."

De Qlieno larfitor, et lUi 'I'68trictUS. 010.-" A bestower of other men a property, but tenacious of his own." One who is liberal, but at the expense of others.

De it8tni umbr6 rJisceptiire. Prov.-" To dispute about an 88S'S shadow." To give one's attention to frivolous matters.

De ben« 688e. :lAw Term.-" As being well done for the present." A thing is done rk bene 688e, when it is done conrJitWnally ... and is to stand good till some time named, when the question of its being rightly or wrongly done will be determined. Depositions are often taken tk btJM use, the question 88 to whether they shall be used for the benefit of the party so taking them, being reserved for consideration at a future time.


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1J6 calceo.olltc'itUB, at pedem nihil curam. Proo.-U Anxious about the shoe, but careless about the foot." Said of those who are more thoughtful about outside appearances than the cultivation of the mind.

--De Juro ed ultima ferro.

--Fugere pudor, tJC1'Umquc,jiae8quc:

In quorum llUbiere locum fraudeequ«, dolique, InsididKJuc, et vis, et amor 8ceieratU8 habendi. OVID.

-" The last age was of hard iron.-Modesty, and truth, and honour took to flight; in place of which succeeded fraud, deceit, treachery, violence, and the cursed hankering for acquisition." The condition of man after the fall, according to heathen tradition.

De facto.-" From the thing done." Because it is so. An usurper holds a throne de facto, not by right, but might.

De fumo diBceptare. PrOtJ.-" To dispute about smoke."

To wrangle about trifles. See De asini, &c.

Defumo inflammam. Proo.s-" Out of the smoke into the ftmne." Quoted by Ammianus Marcellinus. Similar to our proverb, " Out of the frying-pan," &c.

De gudilnu non est disputandum.-" There is no disputing aoout tastes." Like our sar,ing, "What is one man's meat is another man's poison. '

De hoc multi multa, omne8 a17quid, nemo ,atiB._U Of this matter many 'people have said many things, ail something, no one enough."

De jlWe.-" From what is lawful," or "by law." Possession de jure is possession by right of law.

De lana coprin4.-" About goat's wool." About a worthless object.

De male qUtlJ8itiB We gaudet tertius Tuere e. -" A third heir seldom enjoys property dishonestly got." Hence the saying, " Badly got, badly gone." See male parta, &c.

De medietate lingtUIJ. Law Term.-" Of a moiety of Ian~." A jury empannelled to try a foreigner, when, at his request, one half of it is composed of foreigners, is

a jury de medietate lingUdJ. -

De menaico male meritlW, 'lui ei tlat quod eclat, aut quod bilJat, Nam et ilZud quod tlat p",.dit, et illi prodiicit tJitam tid

miBtJriam. PLA.UT.

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to drink; for he both loses that which he gives, and prolongs for the other a life of misery."

De mlnimi8 non curat lex. Legal Ma:cim.-" The law takes no notice of extreme trifles." The theft of a ~in, for instance.

De mi8sd ad mem;Mn.-" From mass to table, ' or, to freserve the jingle, "From mass to mess." A medireva saying, implying that the onl, active employment of the monks was to eat and say their prayers.

De mortui8 nil nm bonum.-" Of the dead be nothing said but what is good." Silence, at least, is a duty where we cannot praise the dead.

De motu prOfJrio.-" From his own impulse." " Of his own free will.'t

--De muleiB grantli8 4CertIfU erit. OVID.-" Out of many things a large heap is made."

IJe niMlo nihil, in nihllum nil pos8e reverti. PERs.-"From nothing there is nothing made, and no existing thing can be reduced to nothing." The doctrine of the Epicureans 88 to the eternity. of matter. See LucretiUll, B. i.I, 160-265.

De non apparentibus, et non e:ci8tentibUll, eadem est ratio. 000.-" The reasoning is the same as to things which do not appear, and those which do not exist."

De omnibus rebus, ct quibusdam alii8.-" About everything, and something more besides." Said ironically of a voluminous book, or of a speech in which numerous topics are discussed. The saying is said to have derived its origin from the circumstance that Smalgruenius first wrote a work entitled De omnlbw rebUB, and then another, De quilnJadam alii8. The same story has, however, been fathered on Thomas Aquinas.

--De paupertiite tacent811

PIUB poscent« ferent.-- HoB.

-" ThOBe who are silent as to their poverty will obtain more than he who begs." So the lion rewarded the modest traveller, and rebuffed the importunate robber. See Ph<cdrUIl' Fables, B. II. Fab. I.

De pilo, or defilo, perulet. PrOfJ.-" It hangs by a hair," or "br a thread." The risk, or danger, is imminent. Onginolly said in reference to the sword which Dionysius of Syracuse caused to be suspended over the head of the courtier Damocles.


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IJe fJUO Ubelli in celeberrimi8 loci8 prOPOfttmttw, Auic neperirtt ljuidem tacite concelitur. CIO.-"1'he man who is publicly arraigned is not allowed even to be ruined in quiet."

IJe .ned /wm,lIiB nulla cf.l1lctatio longa est. Adapted from J UVEIU . .L.-" When the life of a man is at stake, no delay can be too long." See Audi, nulla, &C.

IJebem oell« lj'IkB vtlimua. PLAUT.-" You ought to wish as we wish."

IJib'ile principium fM1ior forliina- 8equetur.-II Better fortune will succeed a weak beginning."

IJibllem facrio manu, IJeblleTn pede, cozd, IMbriC08 ljuate dentes,

Vita dum ~erest, bene eat.

A portion Of II fragment of MBCBNAS, (18 quote'] by Seneca. .:» Make me weak in the hands, weak in the feet and hi,Ps, dash out my failing teeth. So long as life remains 'tis well." The words of a man who clings to life at any cost.

IJebito jUBtitio!, or E debito juatitiaJ. Low Phraae.-" By debt of justice." By virtue of a claim justly established.

IJeceptio vi8U8.-" A deceiving of the sight." An illusion practised on the eye. "An ocular deception."

Decet qffectU8 ammi neque 8e nimium erigm nBC aubficb-tt 8",..,urfer. 010. - "We ought neither to allow the affections of the mind to become too much elated, nor yet abjectly depressed."

Decet patriom nobi8 cariOrem 6888 quam ft08metipB08. CIO."Our country ought to be dearer to us than ourselves." --IJeciu f'epetito placebit. HOR.-u Ten times repeated it will please." It will be encored again and again.

IJecip'tmvr ¥cie recti.- HOR.-" Weare deceived by an appearance of rectitude."

--Dec'{pit

Ff'OfI8 prim4 mult08; f'M'tI fMfI8 intell'tgit

Quod interiOre cond'tdit cura angUlo. PlLm>:a.

_u First appearances deceive many j the penetration of but few enables them to discern that which has been carefully concealed in the inmost corners of the heart."

DecOnIm ab Aon68to non poten 8eptM'iri. 010.-" Propriety cannot be separated frOm what is honourable."


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Detllcet pAihJ80pluem abjicrre an/mum. CIO.-" It is unbecoming in a philosopher to be dejected."

DedlciJrant bene nato: cu!p(/}. HOR.-" Vices disgrace what is naturally good."

DeatmUll pote8tiitem. Law Term.-" We have given power."

A writ, or commission, giving certain powers, for the purpose of speeding the business of the court.

Deeliscit an/mUll sero qucel el'fcl'!cit eliu. SEN.-" The mind is slow to unlearn what it has been long in learning." Impressions once made on the mind are not easily erased.

--Deelit lwnc contagia 16bem,

Et clabit in flure8.-- Juv.

-" Contagion has caused this plague-spot, and will extend it to many more."

Defectio fJ;rium ad()lescent~ fJitiis ejJicltur 8tepiUll quam seneotutis. 010.-" Loss of strength is more frequently the fault of youth than of old age."

Defenelit numlrtu junctteque umbonel"alange8. J uv.-" He is defended by their numbers, an the array of their serried shields."

Dejluit 'a:&U agitiitU8 kumor, Oonc'tclunt fJenti,jugiuntque flube8, Et minaz, (nam sic fJoluire,) ponto

Uncla recumbit. HOR.

-" The troubled surge falls down from the rocks, the winds cease, the clouds vanish, and the threatening waves, (for such is the will of the sons of Leda,) subside."

Deforme est de 8eip80 pt'teeliciire, falso pr(/}8ertim. 010.-" It 18 unseemly to talk of one's self, and more especially to state falsehoods."

DeformiUll nihil ut ardeliOn6 8ene. MART. -" There is nothing more unseemly than an aged busybody."

De/leMru anlm08 timor arguit.- VIRG.-" Fear shows an Ignoble mind."

Dei plena BUnt omnia. 010.-" All things are full of God."

See Sunt JOfJiB, &C.

-Delectando panterque monenclo. HOR.-" Pleasing as well as instructing." Having an eye both to the useful and the ornamental. See Omne tulit, &C.

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that is delegated cannot again be delegated." That is, by the person to whom it is delegated.

Delenda eat Oart1ui!!o.-" Carthage must be destroyed." A phrase with which Cato the Elder used to end all his speeches, to stimulate the people to the destruction of Carthage, which from its wealth and commerce he looked upon as the most dangerous enemy of Rome.

Deleo OfnMa dekinc ez animo tnulierea. TEB.-" From henceforth I blot out all women from my mind."

Deliberando atepe perit OCCW. SYB.-" The opportunity is often lost by deliberating." This may occur where we have to perform a duty in a given time.

IJeliberamIum eat diu quod atatuendtMn eat aemel. SYR."Time must be taken for deliberation, where we have to determine once for all."

Deliberare utilia, mora eat tutiaitma. SYB.-" To deliberate about useful things is the safest of all delay."

IJeliberat Roma, ferit Saguntum. Pr01J.-" Rome deliberates, Saguntum perishes." The Saguntines, the brave allies of Rome, perished while the Romans were deliberating how to save them. Too much deliberation is nearly as dangerous as too little. See Dum deliberamua, &c.

IJelicicB illftJidm atque iMlegantea. CATULL.-" Gross and TUlgar pleasures."

IJeZiramenta doctrin<B.-" The ravings of the learned." Such, for instance, as the question which was seriously argued among the schoolmen, how many angels could dance on the point oh. needle.

--IJelirant regea, plectuntur Ackitn. HOB.-" The kings play the madman, the Achreans (the people) are punished for it." When kings fight, it is at the expense of the blood and treasure of their subjects.

IJelf}kinum nattire doce«. Pr01J.-" You are teaching a dolphin how to swim." "You are teaching your grandam to BUck eggs."

Delpkinum aylrM app1,lIgit, jlucftbua oprum. HOR.-CC He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves." A description of the incongruities of a wretched painter. -IJemitN, teque Tigell'i,

Diacipularum inter jubeo plorare catMMM. HoB.

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_" You, Demetrius, and you, Tigellius, I bid lament among the forms of your female pupils." Addressed. to

frivolous authors. \

Demitto aur'tci1lM vt MiqtUB tnentU lUella. HOB.-" Like an ass of stubborn disposition, I drop my ears."

Denrque fI01I omn88 eiJdem mirantur amantque. Ho:a.-" All men, in fact, do not admire aud love the same things." No two men probably have the same tastes, any more tlian exactly similar bodies and features.

Deo dante nil noM invitlia, et fI01I dante, -nil rojZt:it labor. -" With the favour of God, envy cannot injure us; without that favour, all our labours are of no avail."

Deo faoente.-" With God's favour." Deo jUfJante.-" With God's help."

Deo opt'lmo madmo.-" To God, all good and all great."

The usual beginning of epitaphs in Roman Catholic countries, denoted by the initials, D. O. M.

Deo fJolente.-" God willing." Often denoted by the ini-

~ tials, D. V.

\: l(,·1. ... \." Deiirum cibm eat. Prov.-" 'Tis food fit for the gods."

:",,; 1Ao"!,,10- DepreruJi m/8erum eBt.- HOB.-" To be detected is a shock-

.' ~ , . mg thing."

:4 \ W Derelictio commli'lli8 utilitdtiB contra natiiram eat. CIO.-

~ \ "The abandonment of the common good is contrary to nature."

Q.. Deridet, 8ed non derideor.-" He laughs, but I am not laughed at." Said by a wise man, who will not take an affront.

DerifJaiifJtI potesta« non poteat esee major primititJ8. IAw Mazim.-" A power that is derived cannot be greater than that from which it is derived."

D88criptlU 88rtJarS fJic88, Opm,mque colore8,

Our ego, Bi nBfJU80 itLniiroque, poeta aalutor ? HOB.

-" If I am incapable 01, and ignorant how to observe the distinctions described, and the complexions of works of genius, why am I saluted with the name of' Poet'P"

DBBiJerantem quod 8aU8 eat, fleqU6 PumultuOsum 8011icitat mare,

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Non tJerbertitdJ grand'tfls vinBm,

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-" Him who desires but a competence, neither tbe tempestuous sea renders anxious, nor yet vineyards peited with bail, nor disappointments in his farm."

lJuigniitw unius est erclum alterit18. COKE.-" The mention of one condition implies the exclusion of another."

--Delitnant

ltfaledicere,fada ne n08cant sua. TER.

-" Let tbem cease to speak ill of others, lest they should happen to hear of their own doings."

Deif1l6 fata Deum flecti spertire precando. VIRG.-" Cease to hope that the decrees of the gods can be changed through your prayers."

Deitnit in piscem mulier form08a 8Uperne. HOR.-" A woman beautiful above, ends in the tail of a fish." A description of bad taste and incongruity of style.

Dutitiitus f)enm remos adh'fbe.-" -When the wind fails, ply your oars."

Duunt c<etlra.-" The rest is wanting." Words often placed at the end of an imperfect narrative.

Duunt i-rWpi<e -multa, avariti<e omnia. Prov.-" Poverty is in want of much, avarice of everything." 'Vith the one, a wish to gain money is natural, with the other, a disease.

Det ille f)eniam faclte, cui ve-nid est opus. SEN.-" He who needs pardon, should readily grant pardon."

Deteriiires omne8 8'Umus licenti-li. TER.-" Weare all of us the worse for too mucb licence." There_are spoilt children even among men.

DetestaruIo illo crim'tne, 8celera omnia complexa sunt, CIO."In that one detestable crime all wickedness is comprised."

Detra'k&e aI/quid alteri, et hominem hominis incommtido auum augire commoilum, 11U1gis est contra natiiram quam more, quam paupertas, quam dolor, quam cet/ra qua: p088Unt aut corpliri accidt"ire, aut rebus externis. Crc.-" '1'0 deprive another of anything, and for one man to increase his own advantage by the distress of another, is more repugnant to nature, than death, or poverty, or grief, or any other contingencies that can possibly befall our bodies, or afiect our external circumstances."

lJetur aliquana{} otium quie8que fessi«. SEN.-" Rest and repose should sometimes be granted to the wearv." The

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Dettw rulcMiOri.-cc Let it be given to the most beautiful."

The inscription on the golden apple, by adjudging which to the ~oddess Venus, Paris offended Juno ana Minerva, and ultimately caused the Trojan war.

--Deum namque ire per omnu

TerraBfj1UJ, tractUBfJue maris, cre1umtjue proj'utuJum. V IRG. -" For God; they say, pervades all lands, the tracts of sea, and the heaven profound." In these lines Virgil gives a broad outline of the Pantheistic philosophy.

Deus aet.-" May God grant." In the middle ages, grace at meat was so called, from the commencing words.

Deus eat morttiU jUfJtire mortiile-m, et MeC ad tBt81'fUJm 1loriam via. PLINY the Elder.-" For man to assist man IS to be a god; this is the path that leads to everlasting glory."

Deus est awmmum bonum.-" God is the supreme good." -DeUB hOJC jorla88e benign6

Reducet in 8edem tJice.- HOR.

-" God will, perhaps, by some propitious change, restore these matters to their former state."

B8U8 id ,,"It.-'' It is the will of God." The cry of the Crusaders at the siege of Jerusalem.

Deus miaeretitur nobia.-" God be merciful unto us." The beginning of the 67th Psalm.

--D8U8 nobis MeC {jtw fecit. V IRG.-" God has gpmted unto us this repose."

DeUB omnlbm ~uod 8at est aupped'ttat. - "God supplies enough to all.' Because God alone is properly the judge of what is enough.

Dextra8 dare.-" To give the right hands to each other."

An assurance of mutual friendship, or at least of security. because two right hands, when clasped, cannot conceal any weapon.

Dextro tempore. HOR.-" At a propitious time." At a

lucky moment. -

]A bene jecerunt, inapia me fJuodque pUBilli

Fin:cerunt an'imi, raro et P'!7auca loquenti8. HOR.

-" The gods have dealt kindly with me, since they hsye" : framed me of an humble and meek disposition, speaking but seldom and brielly."

]A bene fJertant, tene crwmenam. PLAUT.-" May the gods send luck-take the purse."


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--Di immoriales, obs~cro, aurum quid val.et. PLAUT." Immortal gods, I do beseech you, how powerful is gold!"

Di loneo« pedes hahent. Prov.-" The gods have feet made of wool." The judgments of Providence overtake us silently, and when we least expect them.

Di melius, quam fW8 monelimus talia quengtmm. OVID."May the gods forbid that I should. advise anyone to follow such a course."

Df, noim laOOribus omnia "eMunt. Pr01J.-" The gods sell us everything for our labours."

--Di n08 fjt«I8i pi1as MmZ1UJIJ Went. PLAUT.-" The gods treat us men like balls."

Df" qulbus imperium est animlirum, 'll.'f7lbrteque silentu, Bt OluuJ., et Phllgetlwn, loea Mete tacentia late; Sit mihi faa audita loqui! sit nUmlnB "estro

Panalre res altd terrd et ealiginB mereo«. VIRG.

-" Ye gods, to whom belongs the empire of the ghosts, and ye silent shades, and Chaos, and Phlegethon, places where silence reigns around in night! permit me to utter the secrets I have heard; may I by your divine will disclose things buried deep in the earth and darkness."

--m talem terris avertlte pestem. VIRG.-" Ye gods, avert from the earth such a scourge."

IX tibi dent annos! a te nam edera sumes ;

Sint modo mrliiti t.empiWa longa tue, OVID.

-" May the gods grant thee length of yean! All other blessings from thyself thou wilt derive, let only time be

granted for thy virtues."

Df, tibi sint faciles j et opis nullius egentem

.Fbrtiinam prtBBtent, disslmrlemque mete. OVID.

-" May the gods be propitious to thee; may they also grant thee a fate that needs the aid of no one, and quite unlike to mine."

Die mihi, cra8 istutI, Posthu1JUJ, fJUMldo Mtiet? MART."Tell, me, Posthumus, when will this to-morrow arrive P" Said to a procrastinating friend.

Die mihi, iii flaa tu leo, qUtJlis eris? MART.-" Tell me, if you were a lion, what sort of one would you beP" No man should speak too positively as to how he would conduct himself under a total change of circumstances and position.

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Dicam imigfUJ, recetUI adAuc

Indictum ore su« HOR.

-" I shall record a remarkable event, which is new as ~et, and unt:o~d by the lips of ~other."

D,cebam, Medtcare tU08 denste C(lfJlllos :

Tingilre quam p08sis,jam tibi nulla coma est. OVID.

-" I used to say-Do lea.ve off doctoring your hair; and now you have no hair left for you to dye."

--Dicenda, tacenda loeatu«. HOR.-" Speaking of things to be mentioned and to be kept silence upon." --Dicenda tacendaque calles? PERS.-" Dost thou understand when to speak, and when to hold thy tongue?"

Dicere qUfIJ puauit, scriUre jussit amor. OVID.-" What I was ashamed to say, love has commanded me to write."

Dicitur mer'ftd nox quoquc namid. HOR.-" The night too shall be celebrated in an appropriate lay."

Dictte IQ Pea«, et IQ bis dic/te PlZan; Dectdit in oasses pred« petita meos. OVID.

-" Sing Io.Peean, and 10 Prean twice sing, the prey that was sought has fallen into our toils." Ovid says this, having taught the men the arts of successful courtship. Art of Love, B. ii.

Dicltu, omni« in imbecillitiite est et gratia et carYtas. CIO." You affirm that all kindness and benevolence is founded in weakness."

Dic'ttur certe fJulgiiri quoilam proverbio; Qui me amat, amat et canem meum. ST. BERNARD.-" At all events there is a certain common proverb which says, Love me, love my dog."

--Dicta tibi est lex. HOR.-" The law has been laid down for you."

Dicto cellrius hostie absc'ldit caput,

Victorque rfdiit-- PRED.

-" Sooner than you could say it, he whipped off the head . of the enemy, and returned victorious."

Dictum de dicto.-" A report founded on hearsay."

Dictum sapienti sat est: PLAUT. and TER.-" A word to the wise is enough." A hint is enough for a sensible man •

. Dictus eram cuidom. siib/to venuse puella ;

Tu·rblda perversas induit ilia comas. OVID.

-" I was unexpectedly announced as having paid a visit


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to a certain lady; in her confusion she put on her wig the wrong side before."

Diem perd'tdi !-" I have lost a day!" The exclamation of the Emperor Titus, on finding at night that he had done nothing worthy of recollection during the day.

Dies arlimit IBgritudlnem. Prov.-" Time removes afBictions." Dies datu«. Law Term.-" A day given." The day appointed for appearing.

Dies dolOrem minuit.-" Time alleviates grief."

Dies ])omin/CUIl non est juridicus. Coo.-" Sunday is not a

day in law."

DiesfaUIJtus.-" A lucky day."

Dies infaUIJtUIJ.-" An unlucky day." Dies -irIB, diu illa,

&clum lowet in favilM Telte ])Qf)id cum saeu«

"The day of wrath, that dreadful day, The world in ashes all shall 11\1- This David and the Sibyl say."

These are the commencing lines of the Sequence used by the Romish Church in the Office of the Dead. The authorship of this hymn, which is of considerable heauty, does not seem to be positively known. It has been attributed to Thomas de Celano, a Minorite friar of the fourteenth century, but, more generally, to Frangipani, Cardinal Malabrancia.

--Diel, ni follor, adest, quem lemper acerbum,

Semper honoratlbm, sic ]);, voluiatiB, kabiJbo. VIRG.

-" The day, if I mistake not, is at hand, which I shall always account a day of sorrow, always a day to be honoured, such, ye gods, has been your will."

Dies non (the word juridicus being understood).-" No legal day." A day on which the courts are closed, and no law proceedings are going on, which is therefore called "110 day." Such days were by the Romans called" nefasti." Sunday is a dies non in law. See Dies Dominicus, &C.

Dies iii in obligatirin'{bus non pon7tur, prasente die deMtur.

Law Ma.xim.-" If a day for payment is not stated in a bond, the money is due on the day on which it is executed."

Dies lolemnel.-" Holidays." 02


DIF.

DijJic'tk C1J8totlitur ~uotl plur88 amant.-" That is preserved with difficulty which many covet."

DijJiclk elt, fiiteor, ,ed tendit in artiua virtu.. Ovrn.-" It is difficult, I confess; but true courage seeks obstacles."

DijJiclk elt longum 8ubrto iJepOnlrtJ amiirBm. CATULL.-" It is difficult to relinquish on a sudden a long cherished love."

DiJlicrle eat mutare an'{mum, et n gteid 88t pen'itua im'{tum mOribua, itl s1tbUo evelllre. CIO.-" It is difficult to alter the disposition, and, if there is anything deeply implanted in our nature, suddenly to root it out."

DijJic'tle eat plur'imum virtutem reverm, !lui lemper 8ecuntl8 fortund ait U8U8. AD HJ:RENN.-" It IS difficult for him to have a very high respect for virtue, who has enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity." It is doubted if the four Books on Rhetoric, dedicated to Herennius, are the com).>osition of Cicero.

Difficlle elt latiram non 8criMre-- Juv.-" It is hard to avoid writing satire." This was especially true in reference to the corrupt age in which Juvenallived.

DiJlicrle 88t temperare felicitdti, qud te non putu diu uaUrum.

TAOIT.-" It is difficult to enjoy with moderation the happiness, which we suppose we shall not long enjoy."

Difficrlem oportet aUf"Bm habere ad crimina. SYR.-" One should be slow in giving ear to accusations."

DijJicllia qUdJ f.ulchra. PrOfJ.-" The best things are worst to come by. '

Dijficrlia,facllil,jtlC'UfliJua, acerbull 88 idem i

Nec tecum po8l1um "ivere, nee ,ine teo MART.

-" Crabbed but kind, pleasant and sour together, I can. neither live with you nor yet without you."

Difficrlil, !ltVrUlua, laudtitor templJri8 actio HOR.-" Peevish, complaining, the praiser of by-gone times." A natural and not unamiable feature, if not carried to an extreme.

--Difficulter oontmetur apirltUB, Integritatia qui nncertlJ conaciua,

.A. noriiirum prlmltt.W inaolentiia. PlIED.

-" The mind is with difficulty restrained, which, conscious of unsullied integrity, is exposed to the insults of ~~ite!ul men."

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which have grown with our growth are with difficulty lopped sway."

--Diffugiunt, cadu OIl.". fleet} sieeiitis, amici

Ferre jugum parlter dolasi. HOR.

-" Friends too faithless to bear equally the yoke of ad. versity, when the casks are emptied to the very dregs, fly off in all directions."

Dignior ut vestro nulla puella ehoro. TxBULL. - " :No

maiden, (Muses,) is more worthy of your choir."

])ign_ laude virum MU8a vetat mori, HOR.-" The Muse lorbids the man who is worthy of praise to die."

])ignum patel14 opM'cillum.-" A cover worthy of the pot." What better could be expected of one coming of such a

stock P

--Dignum Bapiente, bonoqus ut. HOB.-" 'Tis worthy a wise man, ana a good."

Diu allter viBum-- VmG.-cc It haa seemed otherwise to the gods."

-DiiB proximru ilk eBt

Quem ratio, non ira movet, qui facta repentlen8

Oonitrlio punire poteBt- CLAUD.

-" He IS nearest to the gods, whom reason, not passion, influences; and who, weighing the circumstances, can inflict punishment with discretion."

DilatiOnu in lege Bunt OtliOB~. Law Ma.reim.-" Delays in

the law are odious." .

Diliglre parentu prima natiir~ le» est. VAL. MAx._cc To love one's parents is the first lsw of nature." .

lJillglmw omnia vera, itj ut folia, simplicia, cOflBtantia; fIOna, falBa, fallentia OtlTmus. CIO. -" We (naturally) love all qualities that are genuine, that is, that are faithful, frank, and C0118tant; such aa are vain, fickle, and deceitful, we abhor."

Dillgltur nemo, nin cut Fortuna secunaa ut,

Qum, .i_I intOftuit, prOXImo !l"lEqUfJ fugat. OVID.

_" No one is beloved, but the man to whom Fortune is favourable; soon as she thunders, she chases away all that are near."

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made a beginning, has half done." This is sometimes ~uoted "bene ctZpit." So our old proverb, " Well begun

18 half done." .

Dimrdium plus toto. Prov.-" The half is more than the whole." M.eaning that the half which we have with safety, is better than the whole when only to be obtained with danger. A translation from RESIOD.

Diruit, dJdijicat, muiat quadrata rotundie. HOR.-" He pulls down, he builds up again, he changes square for round." Descriptive of a restless love of change.

Disce aut discede.-" Learn or depart." A punning motto sometimes put up in school-rooms.

Disce docendus adhue, qU4J censet amiculus, vt Ii OdJcua iter monstrare velit; tamen aeptoe Ii quid

Et no« quod cure« proprium feciese loqudmur, HOR.

-" Hear what are the sentiments of your humble friend, who himself still requires teaching just as much as a blind man who undertakes to show the way; however, see if even I can advance anything which you may think it worth your while to adopt as your own."

Disce, pucr, virtutem e» me, V8rumqUC labOrem,

Fr>rtunam e:& aliia-- VIRG.

-" Learn, my son, valour and real exertion from me, good fortune from others." The words of ..Eneas to Iulus, when the former was about to engage Turnus in single combat.

Diaclpulua e8t priOria p08tlrir>r dies. SYR.-" The day that follows is the scholar of that which has gone before."

Discit enim c'ttiiu, mlmlnitquc libentiiu ilTud

Quod quia deridet quam quod probat et venerdtur. HOR. _co Each learns more readily, and retains more willingly, that which causes laughter than that which merits his approbation and respect." The poet here censures that love of scandal which prevails unfortunately among all grades and classes.

Disc'ttejuatitiam monrti et mm temnere div08. VIRG.-" Learn justice from my advice, and not to despise the gods." The words of one who spoke from bitter experience, and when repentance was too late.

Discrepant facta cum dicm. CIO.-" The facts differ from the statement."


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--DUjecti membra poettB. HOB.-" The limbs of the dismembered poet."

IM:Jlce com,oiiiam pacem, ser« crimlna belli. VIHG.-" Cast aside tbis patched-up peace, sow the evils of war." The address of Juno to the Fury Alecto, when prompting her to "let slip the dogs of war."

Diutmik est, pecfinitc cleb'tti8 ee gratitB. CIO.-" There is a difference between the owing of money and of gratitude:'

Diesoloe lrigtu, ligna 8Uper loco Large repOnens, atque benigniU8 Deprom« quadrimum SabinA,

o Thaliarcke, merum dijjtd. HOB.

-" Dispel the cold, by heaping logs in plenty on the hearth, and bountifully pour, 0 Thaliarchus, the wine of four years old from the Sabine jar."

Di8tat opU8 f108trum j 8ed jOnt'ibu8 erit ab ;"clem j

Arlia et ingltwtB cultor uterque BUmU8. OVID.

-" Our pursuits are different; but they arise from the same source, and each of us is the cultivator of a liberal art."

Di8trllkit anrmum libriJrum multitiid-o. SEN.-" A multitude of books distracts the mind." A hint to dilettanti students.

Di8trictVII en&i8 cui 8emper impia Oervice pentlet, non SiciJ.ltB dapC8 Dulcem elaberiibunt 8aparem, Non amum citJtlirtBque cantU8

&mnum rediicent. HOB.

-" Sicilian dainties will not force a delicious relish for the man over whose im;pious neck ever hangs the naked sword; the songs of birds and of the lyre "ill not restore his sleep."

Dinring_tI8. Law Phrtl8e.-" You may distrain." A writ issued to the sheriff, commanding him to distrain.

DiverlNm fiitio tJltium pope majUB-- HOB.-" To this vice there is an opposite vice, almost the greater of the two."

DWu agri8, MVC8 piiB'Ui& in fam/ire nummi&. HOR.-" Rich in lands, rich in money placed out a.t interest."

-DiVC8 amiCU8

&ep6 decem vitii8 itl8tructior, odit et lwrret. HOR.

-" Your rich friend who has many a. time been initiated into ten times 88 many vices 88 you have, hates and abo


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hors you (for yours)." He sees the mote in your eye, and takes no thought of the beam in his own.

Dive. aut lniqUWI est, aut iniqui 1uere8., PrOfJ.-u A ricb man is either a knave, or the heir of a knave." As illiberal

as the English adage: .

" It is a SRyll;tg, common more than civil,

The son IS blest, whose sire is at the devil."

DWu erMli tludum, fecerwnt f1I8 trio nudum, Aka, rnM, VtmUS, per q'U<lJ -factus egmus.

_u I was rich of late; three things have made me poor, gaming, wine, and women; through these have I been brought to want." Leonine rhymes of the middle ages.

--Dive. qui fieri wlt, .

Et citO wlt fieri-- J uv.

_u The man who is anxious to become rich, is anxious to become 80 with all speed."

Di'liiae et nnpba.-" Divide and rule." Not a Christian precept, but one which has been often acted upon by successful politicians.

--Divisum sic breo« fiet opus. MART.-" Thus divided, the work will become short." All difficulties are to be surmounted by method.

Di1i'ltittJ grandea Mmrni aunt, fJi"be parce

.JJ:qUQ ilnlmo-- LUCR.

.:» It is great wealth to a man, to live frugally, with a contented mind."

Div'(tittJ rnrum fitciwnt.-" Moner makes the man." It is fortunate that this is not umversally the case, and that people are 8ometif1l88 estimated for other qualities. See Et fl_tmUS et proaV08, &c.

Dirntiiirum acquiBitio magni labOriB, pos8e8sio magni timOriB, MIIiBsio magni tklDriB._U The gaining of wealth is awork of great labour; the poeseesion, a source of great apprehension; the 1088, a cause of great grief."

Dirntiarum et formtlJ gloria jlu:&a atque frltglliB; rnrtUB clara tetern.aque habetur. SALL.-" The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and unsubstantial; virtue is brilliant and everlasting."

Dizmt e muleis illfquiB, Quid virus in angues

Acljrci8! et rabrtlm tratliB ooil« luptIJ! OVID.

_u One of the multitude may say, Why add venom to the


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llerpent? . And why deliver the sheepfold to the ravening wolf? "

IMb-o quid si forte jociisius, hoc miAi juriB

Dum "hid clahis-- HOB.

-" If perchance I shell speak a little jocosely, you will kindly allow me that privilege."

-Doc'ilu imitandiB

PuryTlnu et pravia omne8 BWnUS-- Juv.

-" We are' all apt ecbolsra in learning that which is base

and depraved." .

1Jocti non 80lum vivi atq'U8 prf1!8ente8 atruli0808 dicendi tJ'I'1Idiunt, atque docent; 8ed hoc etiam P08t mortem 11UJ'IIimentia Uterarum aB8equuntur. CIO.-" Learned men not only teach and instruct others desirous to learn during their life, and while they are still with UB, but, even after death, they do the same br the records of literature which they leave behind them.'

Doc" ratiOnem artis intelrtgwnt, intlocti "olupttitem. QUINT. -" Learned men understand the principles of art, the unlearned have a J;lerception of the pleasure only."

Doctrina eat ingeni1. naturale quodtlam pabUlum. Cra."Learning ia as it were the natural food of the mind."

Doctrina 8ed vim promikJet inaltam, Bectique cultUJI pectOra robOrant:

Utcunque difecere more8,

DitllcOrant bene nata CUpf1!. HOB.

-" But learning improves the innate force, and good discipline confirms the mind; whenever morals are deficient, vices disgrace what is naturally good."

Dolendi modus, timtmdi non autem. PLINY the Younger."To grief there ia a limit, not 80 to fear."

Doli non doli aunt, niRi aBtu colas. PLAUT.-" Fraud ceases to be 8 fraud, if not artfully planned." The intention with which an action is done gives it its real weight and importance.

D6lium fJOltJrtur. Proo.-" A cask is soon set a rolling." A weak man is easily turned from hill purpose.

DoUJr decre8cit, ubi quo creacat non habet. Sn.-" Grief decreases, when it has nothing to make it increase."

DolOrem aut e:&timucb-e vlnientem, aut non ferr« prtBBentem, hwptl eat. CIO.-" To be terrified at an approaching evil,


DOL-DON.

or not to be able to bear up against it when present, is disgraceful.' ,

--Dolus an fJirtuB, quis in Mate 'l'e'luirat? VI1lG.-" ,Tho inquires in an enemy whether it was stratagem or valour?"

Dolus ""8litU'!' in generii7:tbUJJ. Law Max.-" Fraud employs generalities."

Domi manere confJenit felic'tbua.-" Those who are happy at home ought to remain there."

Domi mamit, lanam fecit.-" She stayed at home and spun her wool." An epitaph upon an exemplary wife.

Dom; puer sa sola discere poteet 'lU<JJ ipsi prt£cipientu'l': in 8clwlll etiMn 'lU<JJ tiliis. QUINT.-" A boy can only learn at home those things which are taught him individually; at school, he can learn br what is taught to others."

D?Jm'lfUJ, exauili.-" Lord, listen to my prayer."

DomlnilJllll, a p088e88Wne ccepiese dicitu'l'. Law It:[ari;m."Right is said to have had its beginning in possession." Length of possession is sufficient to give a legal title.

D:im'lnUJJ fJObiacum.-" The Lord be with you."

DlJmlt<B natu'I't£.-" Of a tame nature." See Fer(JJ natU'!'(JJ. DomUJJ amica domUJJ opi'tma.-" The house of a friend is the

best of houses."

DomUJJ procerum.-" The house of peers." Often written Domc proe.

DomUJJ ItUlI eat tmicu~U6 tutisslmwm 'l'efi~um. COD."Every man's house 18 his safest refuge.' "Every man's house is his castle."

Dona p'l'(JJ8entis ctJj's lmiUJJ kor(JJ, st

Linque 8evera. . HOR.

-" With cheerfulness enjoy the blessings of the present hour, and banish sad thoughts."

Donatio 'mortis causo,. Law Term.-" A gift made in apprehension of death." A death-bed disposition of property, when a person delivers his personal goods to another to keep, in case of his decease.

Done« eras Bimple:J:, iln'imwm cum corpOre amiivi;

Nwnc mentis vitio 'lmsa figura tua est. OVID.

.:» So long as you were disinterested I loved both your mind and your person; now, to me, your appearance is affected by this blemish on your disposition." .


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DO'1I.ec erie feli:c multos numerabis amicOB ,.

TempOra si fumnt niib'ila, Bolus erie. OVID.

-" 80 long as you are prosperous you will reckon many friends; if the times become cloudy, you will be alone."

--Donu-m e:ritiiile MinervdJ. VIRG.-" The fatal gift of :Minerva." The wooden horse, by means of which the Greeks gained possession of Troy.

Dormiunt aliCJuando leges, nunquam moriuntur. COKE.-"The law sometimes sleeps, it never dies." It is not so much the law that sleeps, as those who ought to put it in force; often from a sense- of the impolicy of asserting their legal rights to the very letter.

--D08 est '1IIlIfI1'4 parentwn

VirtU$- HOB.

-" The virtue of one's parents is a great dowry."

Duiibus anchOris nitltur.-" She is held by two anchors."

So our saying, "He has two strings to his bow."

Dubiam saliitem qui dat ajJlictis, '!Iegat. SEN.-" He who gives to the afRicted a dubious support, denies it." Such support is deprived of its grace, if not of its efficacy.

Due me, Parens, celsique dominator poli, Quccunque placuit; nulla parendi 11W'1'a est ;

.A.dmm imp'ger. SEN.

_" Conduct me, Parent of all, and ruler over the lofty heavens, wherever it pleases thee; in obeying thee I make no delay; I am ever ready at thy command."

Duces tecwn. Law Term. - "Bring with you." A writ which commands a person to appear in court on a certain day, and bring with him certain writings or evidences.

--Duc'l.mus autem

HOB quoquefelices, qui,ferre incommlJda flitdJ,

Nec jactare jugum, flitd didiclre magistrd. J uv.

-" We consider those men happy, who, from their experience in life, have learned to bear its inconveniences -without struggling against the yoke."

-Duci8 ingeniwn, res

.A.tlfJer8dJ nudiire solent, celare 8ecundaJ. HOB.

-" Disasters are wont to reveal the abilities of a general, good fortune to conceal them." Hence the most conBUmmate abilities of a general are shown in a masterly retreat.


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Ducunt f70ientem fata, fWlentem trahunt. -" Fate leads the willing, and the unwilling drags." From the Greek of Cleanthes, in Seneca, Epistle 107.

Dulce tlomum.-" Sweet home." A Latin song is thus called, which is sung at Winchester College, on the evening preceding the Whitsun holidays.

Dulce ut dei1plre in loco. HOR.-" It is pleasant to play the fool on the proper occasion." Astliere is "a time for everything," there is a time for merriment and relaaation.

Dulce ell mr8m. 8lJcioI Mbttuse tlolOris.-" It is a comfort for the wretched to have companions in their sorrow."

Dulce et decOrum ell pro patria mono HOR.-" It is sweet and glorious to die for one's country."

Dulcu moriens reminisc'ttur ArgOl. "VIRG.-" And, as he dies, his thoughts revert to his dear Argos."

Dulc'tbw ell fJef'biB alliciendru amof'.-" Love must be allured with kind words."

Duleior est .fructus post multo pericUlo tluctuI.-" The fruit is sweetest that is gained after many perils." A Leonine proverb quoted by Rabelais, " Stolen fruit is the sweetest." -Dulcique Iinlm08 novitate tenebo. OVID.-" And I will enthral your mind with the charms of novelty."

DulcU amof' palM, dulce tJidi!re IJUOI.':'_" Sweet is the love of one's country, sweet to behold one's kindred."

Dulcis inexperlis cultura potentill tunic;;

Ezperlru mltuit-- HOR.

_Ie Worship of the great is pleasant to those who are inexperienced in the world, but he who has gained experience dreads dependence."

DUm .AurOra fu!jet, mDfIln aaoleBcenttJ8, fowu coillgrte." Take my advice, my young friends, and gather flowers while the morning shines." Employ the hours of sunshine, for "when the night cometh, no man can work."

Dum bene rJif7tJ8 ager; dum rami ponclW8 nutaIIt,

.Aftrat in cal4tlw f'U8tlca dona puer. . OVID.

_Ie While the country is bountifully rich, while the branches are bending beneath their load, let the boy bring your country presents in his basket."

Dum caput infBBtat, labor omnia mtJf1lbra molutat.-" While the head aches, weariness oppre88es all the limbs."


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Dum curllJ amblgua', aum ape, incerla futiiri. V IRG. - "While I am immersed in doubtful care, with uncertain hopes of the future."

Dum delibertimus quando in.cipiendum, incipffre jam ,erum fit.

QUlNT.-" While we are deliberating when to begin, it becomes too late to begin." See Deliberat, &C.

Dum fata fuglmus, fata ,tulti incurrimue. BucHANAN."While we fly from our fate, like fools we rush on to it."

Dum fata ,inunt 'fJivlte lI1Jti. SEN.-" So long as the Fates permit, live in cheerfulness."

Dum jlammal J01Ji8 et ,On'itus imittitur Olympi. VIRG."While he imitates the flames of Jove, and the lightnings of Olympus."

Dum in aubio CIt anImUS, paulo momenta hue illuo impell'ttur.

TER.-" While the mind is in suspense, it is swayed by a slight impulse one way or the other."

Dum lego, QI,entior. CIc.-" 'Vhilst I read, I assent."

The exclamation of Cicero, while reading Plato's reasoning on the immortality of the soul.

Dum lieet, in rebus jucunail 'Vi'fJe beiitus,

r.ve memOf' quam BiB tBUi brevill. HOR.

-" While you have the power, live contented' with bappy circumstances, live mindful how short is life." See DUm tmmnU8, &c.

--Dum IoqUOf', 'h0f'(J fugit. Ovm.-" While I am speak-

ing, time flies."

Dum fie ob malefacta pffream, pam IIJItlmo. PLAUT.-" So I . do not die for my misdeeds, I care but little."

Dum potflit "iltta gemrtum 'Virtute repressit. OVID.-" So long as he is able, he suppresses his groans with his wonted fortitude." Said of Hercules when he has put on the fatal garment sent him by his wife.

--Dum recItal incrp1.t elSe t1l1l8. liART.-" As you recite it, it begins to be your own." See Mutato nomine, &c.

Dum se bene gClserit.-" So lon~ as he conducts himself well." "During good behaviour." The tenure upon which some official situations are held.

Dum si'llfluli pugnan,t, universi 'Vincuntur. TACIT.-" While each is fighting separately, the whole are conquered." The Britons, 'being divided among themselves by the jealousies of their petty nations, and having no centre of action,


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were more easily conquered by the Romans than if they had acted in concert.

Dum 8piro, tpero.-" While I breathe I hope."

Dum tacent, clamant. CIC.-" While silent, they cry aloud."

Their silence is expressive of their smothered discontent.

Dum virel annique ainunt, tolerate laborea:

Jam veniet tactto curva senecta pede. OVID.

-" While strength and yearsl'ermit, endure labour; soon will bowed old age come on with silent foot."

Dum vitant ItuUi. vitia, in contriiria currunt. HOR.-"While fools are for avoiding one fault, they run into the opposite one."

Dum viv'tmus, vivtimU8. From an ancient inscripfWn in

GnuTER, p. 609.-" While we live, let us live." Let UB enjoy life, for existence without enjoyment is not living. This was the maxim of the Epicureans. See Dum lieet, &c.

Dum vivit, Mm'fnem noveNs; ubi mortuus est, quielca8.

PLAUT.-" While he is alive, you may know a. person; when he is dead, keep yourself quiet."

Dummodo mordta recte veniat, dotata eet latis. PLAUT." So long as a. woman comes with good principles, she is sufficiently portioned."

l Dummhdo lit dioee, barbilrus iple placet. OVID. - "If he

u' tf~ eJ:t- be only rich, a very barbarian is pleasing."

, I( J."' ... Duobu« modis, id est aut fraude aut vi, fit injiiria- /raUB

,./(lJf#1;C'td- quasi vulpeculaJ, vis lesni« videtur-utrumquo ab MmlntJ

:T,.l'~tt O-«4A_)Jalienisaimum est. CIC.-" Injury is done by two methods, . , . ... . either by deceit or by violence; deceit appears to be the

" attribute of the" fox, violence of the lion; both of them most foreign to man."

Duos qui sequitur lepbre« neutrum capito Proo=-" He who follows two hares catches neither.' So our saying, "Between two stools," &c.

Duplex omnino est jocandi genus: unum illiberiile, petillans, jlagitiosum, obscamum ; alt/rum, I'legans, urbiinum, ingeniosum,facetum. CIC.-" Thcre are two sorts of pleasantry ; the one ungentlemanly, wanton, flagitious, obscene; the other elegant, courteous, ingenious, and facetious."

--Dura

Eaerce impitria, et ramos compescc fluente«, V IRG.


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