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AVickod, Iniquitous, Nefarious. It is wicked 

 to deprive another of his property unlawfully, under 

 any circumstances; but it is iniquitous if it be done by 

 fraud and circumvention; and nefarious if it involves 

 any breach of trust. 



To Will. Wish. We can will nothing but what we 

 can effect ; we may wish for many things which lie above 

 our reach. 



Wisdom, Prudence. Wisdom directs all matters 

 present or to come; prudence, which acts by foresight, 

 directs what is to come. Rules of conduct are framed 

 by wisdom, and it is the part of prudence to apply these 

 rules to the business of life. 



\\nml.-r. UlrftCfe, M;.r\el. Prodigy. >lons(,. r . 

 Wonders are natural; miracles are supernatural. The 

 whole creation is full of wonders; the Bible contains 

 unt of the miracles which happened in those day's. 

 Wonders are real; marvels are often fictitious; prodigies 

 are extravagant and imaginary; monsters are violations 

 of the laws of nature. The production of a tree from a 

 grain of seed is a wonder; but the production of a calf 

 with two heads is a monster. 



Work, Labor, Toll, Drudgery, Task. Every 

 member of society must work for his support, if he is not 

 in independent circumstances: the poor are obliged to 

 labor for their daily subsistence; some are compelled to 



toil incessantly for the pittance which they earn: drudg- 

 ery falls to the lot of those who are the lowest in* society. 

 A man wishes to complete his work; he is desirous of 

 resting from his labor; he seeks for a respite from his 

 toil; he submits to drudgery. Task is a work imposed 

 by others, and is. consequently, more or less burden- 

 some. 



W riter. Author. Writer refers us to the act of writ- 

 ing; author to the act of inventing. There are. there- 

 fore, many writers, who are not authors; but there is 

 no author of books who may not be termed a writer: 

 compilers and contributors to periodical works are 

 properly writers, though not always entitled to the name 

 of authors. Poets and historians are properly termed 

 authors rather than writers. 



Youthful, Juvenile, Puerile. Youthful signifies 

 full of youth, or in the complete state of youth: juvenile 

 signifies the same; but puerile signifies literally boyish. 



i Hence the first two terms are taken in an indifferent 



sense; but the latter in a bad sense, or at least always 

 in the sense of what is suitable to a boy only: thus we 



! speak of youthful vigor, youthful employments, juvenile 

 performances, juvenile years, and the like: but puerile 



: objections, puerile conduct, and the like. We export 

 nothing from a youth but what is juvenile; we are sur- 

 prised and dissatisfied to see what is puerile in a man. 



WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE CLASSIC AND 

 MODERN LANGUAGES 



GREEK AND LATIN 

 ah extra. From without. 

 ab incundbilis. F>nm the cradle. 

 ab initio. From the beginning. 

 ab origine. From the origin or commencement. 



From the egg; from the very beginning. 

 ab ovo tuque ad mala (lit., from the egg to the apples, a 



term borrowed from Roman banquets, which began 



with eggs and ended with fruit), From beginning to 



end; from first to last. 

 absent harres ndn erit (The absent one will not be the heir), 



Out of sight, out of mind. 



absit invidia. Let there be no ill-will; envy apart. 

 ab uno disce omnes (From one example judge of the 



rest). From a single instance infer the whole. 

 ab urbe conditd. From the building of the city, i.e., 



Rome. [A. U. CJ 



a eapite ad calcem. From head to heel. 

 a cruet talus. Salvation by or from the cross. 

 ad arbitrium. At will, at pleasure. 

 ad calendar grcccas, At the Greek calends, i. e., never. 



The Greeks had no calends. 



ad captandum vulffus. To attract or please the rabble. 

 a Deo et rege. From God and the king. 

 ad extremum. To the extreme; at last. 

 ad austum. To one's t:i 

 ad hominum. Personal; to the individual. 

 a die. From that day. 

 ad internecidnem. To extermination. 

 ad libitum. At pleasure. 

 ad modum. In the manner of. 

 ad multos anno*, For many years. 

 ad nauseam. So as to disgust or nauseate. 

 ad poire*. Gathered to his fathers: <!... I. 

 ad rem. To the purpose; to the point. 

 adscripts glebce, attached to the soil. 

 odium. I am present: I am here. 

 ad summum. To the highest point or amount. 



juem, TO a nicety, exactly. 

 ml unum omnet. To a man. 



ad utrumqut par at u*. Prepared for either event or case. 

 ad vlvum. Like life: to the life. 

 avrftcit mtdtndo, It becomes worse from the remedies 



erm>lve.|. 



aqudbilitrr ct diliaentrr. Equably and diligentlv. 

 atquo animo. With a calm mind. 

 ettatis tutr. Of his or her age. 

 a fortii'iri. For the stronger reason. 



/ offi*. Do what you are doing; a' 

 neas. 



alrrr ;' . feed the fl.-t 



illui kumon, alloi onanto ' t<nl. . there reap 



Km. I or nciiiKti mother. 

 . Another self. 



milar. 



/ amicu*. A friend is .-mother self. 

 altrrum ttintum. At* much 

 amantinm Inf amdris intrgrntin. I over*' quarrels are the 



renewing of 

 o maximi* ad minima. From the greatest to the least. 



amlcus humdni generis, A friend of the human race. 



amlcus usque ad aras, A friend even to the altar (of sacri- 

 fice), i. e., To the last extremity. 



amor pa/rue, Love of ^country; patriotism. 



ananffka a" oude them machontai ((.Jr.), Not even the 

 gods can fight against necessity. 



andn'm epiphanon pasa ge taphot, (Gr.), All the world is 

 a burial-place for illustrious men. 



aner ho pheugon kai palin mathcsetai (Gr.), The man 

 who flies shall fight again. (A line said to have been 

 written by Demosthenes as an excuse for his running 

 away and leaving his shield behind him at the battle 

 of Cheronspa, 338 B. C.) 



anguis in herbd. A snake in the grass; a false friend; an 

 unforeseen danger. 



animo et fide. Courageously and faithfully. 



anno cddtis suae. In the year of his or her age, 



anno Christi, In the year of Christ. [A. C.J 



anno humance salutis. In the year of man's redemption. 

 [A. H. S.] 



anno salutis. In the year of redemption. [A. S.J 



anno urbis conditce. In the year from the time the city 

 i. e., Rome was built. 



an n i/ mirabilis, A year of wonders. (Often applied in 

 English History to the year 1666, noteworthy for the 

 war with the Dutch, the Plague, and the Gr. 

 of London. See Dryden's poem "Annus Mirabilis.") 



ante helium, Hefore the war. 



ante lucem. Before daybreak. 



ante meridiem. Before noon. 



a posse ad esse, From possibility to reality. 



a posteriori. From what follows. 



a priori, From what goes before. 



aptestot jnthos (Gr.), A cask that will never fill; an endlew* 

 job. The allusion is to the Danaldes. who. for the mur- 

 der of their husbands, were condemned to draw water 

 in sieves. 



arbiter ilegantidrum, A judge or authority in matters of 

 taste. 



arcdna carlestia. Celestial secrete. 



arcdno imperii. State secret*. 



ardentia verba. Words that burn. 



aroumentum ad crumtnam (An argument to the purse), 

 Ai 



Iff 



An appeal to one's interests. 



ad invidiam (An argument to envy). An 

 appeal to low rnTtrTT 

 aryumfntum ad indicium. An argument appealing to the 



iru/inum. The argument of the cudgel; an 



arSSSn mn H!Sor(Qr.). Water is the chief of the elements, 

 i.e.. as being the origin f all things. In tbeTbeogony 

 of Hesiod. Ooeanus and Thetis are regarded as the 

 parentu of all the dritiea who presided over Nature. 



an rtt cflarr artrm. True nrt is to conceal art. 



ars tonga, rtta 6rrri. Art is long, life is short. 

 , Master of art*. 



a*inu* adlyram (lit., an ass at the lyre). An awkward 



at tnrs fum Irtuia. But hope is not yet crushed. 

 audi alttram parUm. Hear the other side. 



