Dictionary of Latin Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, and Mottos, Classical and Mediaeval: Including Law Terms and Phrases. With a Selection of Greek Quotations |
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... Applied to persons who assume two or more names ; as A , alias B. It also means a second writ , issued after a first writ has been issued to no pur- pose . Alibi .- " Elsewhere . " Law Term . When a person accused of an offence ...
... Applied to persons who assume two or more names ; as A , alias B. It also means a second writ , issued after a first writ has been issued to no pur- pose . Alibi .- " Elsewhere . " Law Term . When a person accused of an offence ...
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... applied to Cambridge . -Alta sedent civilis vulněra dextræ . LUCAN . " The wounds inflicted by civil war are deeply seated . " Altěrá manu fert lõpĭdem , altěrá panem ostentat . PLAUT.- " In one hand he carries a stone , while in the ...
... applied to Cambridge . -Alta sedent civilis vulněra dextræ . LUCAN . " The wounds inflicted by civil war are deeply seated . " Altěrá manu fert lõpĭdem , altěrá panem ostentat . PLAUT.- " In one hand he carries a stone , while in the ...
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... applied to vice and refined dissoluteness , but they were used by Horace as a censure upon what we should now call " the march of pro- gress . Aude aliquid brevibus Gyăris et carcere dignum Si vis esse aliquis . Probitas laudātur et ...
... applied to vice and refined dissoluteness , but they were used by Horace as a censure upon what we should now call " the march of pro- gress . Aude aliquid brevibus Gyăris et carcere dignum Si vis esse aliquis . Probitas laudātur et ...
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... applied to a blockhead . Caput mundi .- " The head of the world . " The designa- tion of ancient Rome in the days of her splendour . It is still applied , by Roman Catholics , to modern Rome , as the see of the head of their religion ...
... applied to a blockhead . Caput mundi .- " The head of the world . " The designa- tion of ancient Rome in the days of her splendour . It is still applied , by Roman Catholics , to modern Rome , as the see of the head of their religion ...
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... applied to a conceited scribbler , such for instance as Zoilus , the sour critic of Homer . Cedunt grammatici , vincuntur rhetores . Juv .- " The gram- marians give way , the rhetoricians are vanquished . ” Celsa graviore casu Decidunt ...
... applied to a conceited scribbler , such for instance as Zoilus , the sour critic of Homer . Cedunt grammatici , vincuntur rhetores . Juv .- " The gram- marians give way , the rhetoricians are vanquished . ” Celsa graviore casu Decidunt ...
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Æsop amici amor atque Cæsar Cato dæmon death Deus dicere Earl enim erit etiam evil facit fortune fuit gods habet hæc HESIOD homines Homo honour inter ipse Julius Cæsar Law Max Law Term live LUCAN magis malè mali malum manus MART maxim mihi mind Motto of Lord Multa multis natūra Nemo neque nihil nisi nulla nunc nunquam omnes omnia omnibus omnis OVID person PHED PLAUT PLINY PLINY the Elder PLINY the Younger poet potest Prov proverb quæ quam quid quidem quis quod quoque rebus rerum Roman sæpe satis semel semper sibi sine sunt TACIT tamen tempus thee things thou tibi verba VIRG virtue vita vitæ vult wise words wretched γὰρ δὲ καὶ οὐ τὰ τὸ τῶν
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