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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Lares et penates. Household gods. 



V argent. Money, or silver. 



Laudator temporis acti.A. praiser of time past. 



Laus Deo. Praise to God. 



Laus propria sordet. Praise of one's own self denies. 



Le beau monde. The fashionable world. 



Le bon temps viendra. The good time will come. 



Le grand ceuvre. The great work ; the philosopher's 

 stone. 



Lepas. Precedence in place or rank. 



Le savoir-faire. The knowledge how to act ; address. 



Letout ensemble. All together. 



Lege. Read. 



Leges legum. The law of laws. 



Lesemajc3te. High treason. 



L'etoile du nord. The north star. 



Lettre de cachet. A sealed letter ; a royal warrant. 



Levari facias. That you cause to be levied ; a writ of 

 execution. 



Levee. A morning visit or reception. 



Lex loci. The law of the place. 



Lex magna est, et prcevalebit. The law is great, and 

 will prevail. 



Lex non scripta. The unwritten or common law. 



Lex scripta. Statute law. 



Lex talionis. The law of retaliation. ( 



Lex terrce, lexpatrue. The law of the land. 



L'homme propose, et IHeu- dispose. Man proposes and 

 God disposes. 



Libretto. A little book or pamphlet. 



Licentia vatttm. A poetical license. 



Lingua Franca. The mixed language spoken by Euro- 

 peans in the East. 



Liqueur. A cordial. 



Lis litetn generat. Strife begets strife. 



Lfe subjudice.A case not yet decided. 



Lite pendente. During the trial. 



Litera scripta manct. The written letter remains. 



Literati. Men of letters or learning. 



Loco citato. In the place cited. 



Locoparentis. In the place of the parent. 



Locum, tenetis. One who holds a place for another. 



Locus sirjilli (L. S.).- -The place of the seal. 



Longo intervallo. At a great distance. 



Ludere cum sacris. To trifle with sacred things. 



Lusus naturae. A sport or freak of nature. 



Macte virtute. Proceed in virtue. 



Mademoiselle. A young unmarried lady. 



Magna Charta.The great charter of England. 



Magna civitas, magna-solitudo. A great city is a great 

 desert. 



Magna est veritas, et prcevalcbit.The truth is great, 

 and will prevail. 



Magni nominis umbra. The shadow of a great name. 



Magnum opus. A. great work. 



Magnus Apollo. Great Apollo; one of high authority. 



Maison de viUe. The town house. 



Maitre d' hotel. An hotel keeper; a house steward. 



Major-domo (Ital. maior-domo). One who has the man- 

 agement of a household. 



Malilflde.In bad faith ; treacherouslv. 



Mai apropos. Out of time ; unbecoming. 



Malaria. Noxious exhalations. 



Malgre. In spite of. 



Malum in se. Bad in itself. 



Mandamus. Wecommand; a peremptory writ to com- 

 pel obedience. 



Manege. A. riding school. 



Mania a potu. Madness caused by drunkenness. 



Manuforti. With a strong hand. 



Mardi gras. Shrove Tuesday. 



Mare clausum. A closed sea; a bay. 



Materfamilias.Tlte mother of a family. 



Materia tnedica. Substances used in the healing art. 



Matinee. A morning party. 



Mauvais gotit. Bad taste. 



Mauvais twjet.A. worthless fellow. 



Mauvalse honte. False modesty; bashfulness. 



Ma ,i i/num. The greatest. 



Maximus in minimis. Very great in trifling things. 



Mejudice. I being judge; in my own opinion. 



Mcii'io tutiisimvswts. A medium course will be salVst. 



Mrdifnticinc J'n'jiv. In contemplation of flight. 



Mcinrii.fo i,,, >>!. Remember death. 



Mc>iiriihi/i(i. Things to be remembered. 



Memoriter. By rote. 



Menage. Household . 



Mens sana in corpore sano. A sound mind in a sound 

 body. 



Mens sibi conscia recti. A mind conscious of rectitude. 



Menta et thoro. From bed and board. 



Merum sal. Pure salt ; genuine Attic wit. 



Meum et tuum. Mine and thine. 



Minimum. The least. 



MinutuK. Minute concerns ; trifles. 



Mirabile dlctu. Wonderful to be told. 



Mirabilia. Wonders. 



Mittimus. We send ; a warrant for the commitment of 

 an offender. 



Modus operandi. Manner of operation. 



M ontani semper liberi. Mountaineers are always free- 

 men. 



Morceau. A morsel. 



More suo.In his own way. 



Mot du gitet.A. watchword. 



Multum in parvo. Much in a small space. 



Mutanda. Things to be altered. 



Mutatis mutandis. The necessary changes being made. 



Mutato nom.ine.-The name being changed. 



Naivete. Ingenuousness ; simplicity. 



Ne cede mails. Yield not to misfortune. 



Ne exeat. Let him not depart. 



Ne plus ultra. Nothing further ; the uttermost point. 



Ne quid nimis. Not too much of anything; do noth- 

 ing to excess. 



Ne sutor ultra crepidam. Let not the shoemaker go 

 beyond his last. 



Ne tentes, aut perfice. Attempt not, or accompli-h 

 thoroughly. 



Nee pluribus impar. Not an unequal match for num- 

 bers. 



Nee scirefas est omnia. It is not permitted to know all 

 things. 



Necessitates non habet legem. Necessity has no law. 



Nee. Born. 



Nefasti dies. Days upon which no public business was 

 transacted; also, unlucky days. 



Nemine contradicente.TZo one contradicting. 



Nemine dissentiente. Without opposition or dissent. 



Nemo meimpune lacessit.$o one wounds me with .im- 

 punity. 



Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit. No one is wise 

 at all times. 



Nemorepentefuitturpissiniua.-'So man evi-r ln-camc a 

 villain at once. 



Nemo solus sapit. No one is wise alone. 



Niaiserie. Silliness. 



Nihil debet.He owes nothing ; a plea denying a debt. 



NiKil quod tetigit, non ornavit. Whatever he touched 

 he embellished. 



Nil admiran.To wonder at nothing. 



Nil desperandum. Never despair. 



Nimium ne crede colori. Trust not too much to looks. 



N'importe. It matters not. 



Nisi JDominusfrustra. Unless the Lord be with us, all 

 efforts are in vain. 



Noblesse oblige. Rank imposes obligation. 



Nolens volens. Willing or unwilling. 



Noli me tangere.Dont touch me. 



Nolle prosequi. Unwilling to proceed. 



Nolo episcopari. I am not willing to IK- made a bishop 

 (an old former way of declining a bishopric). 



Norn de guerre. An. assumed name. 



Nom de 'plume. A literary title. 



Nomen et omen. Name and omen; a name that is 

 ominous. 



Non compos mentis. Not of sound mind. 



Non deficient? criimend.lf the money does not fail. 



Non est disputandumlt is not to be disputed. 



.You p*f. inrentus. Not found. 



\ ,, r,hct.lt does not please me. 



Non mi ricordo.I don't remember. 



Non nobis solum.'Kot merely for ourselves. 



Non obstante. Notwithstanding. 



Non omnis moriar.l shall not wholly die. 



NonjKissihus d-fiiiis. Not with equal steps. 



Non sequitttr.h does not follow ; an unwarranted con- 

 clusion. 



Non sibi, sed omnibw. Not for itself , but for all. 



Nonchalance. Coolness ; easy indifference. 



Nonpareil. Peerless; a small printing type. 



Noscete ipsum. Know th\ sell. 



Noscitur ex sociis. He is known by his companions, 



Nota bene. Mark well. 



Nous vrrrons.Vi'e shall see. 



\iiriifi homo. A new man. 



Nudum pactum. An invalid agreement. 



Nulla crux, nulla corona. No cross, no crown. 



