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nil-: STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



aurea mediocritas. The golden mean. 



out C<r**r out nullus. Either Grsar or nobody; either in 

 the first place or nowhere. 



out vintere out mori. To conquer or die; death or vic- 

 tory. 



aurilium ab aUo. Help from on high. 



a verbi* ad verbera. From words to blows. 



aolto rirrt hondrt. He flourishes on the honors of his 



'l It t*t"* l< *!">. 



beat* memdriee. Of blessed memory. 



6rf!a/ Horrida bella. War! horrid war. 



bella matribus drtrstdta. War. so detested by mothers. 



bfllum intfrntclnum, A war of extermination. 



btne orAsse est brnf studuisst. To have studied well is to 



have prayed well. 

 bit dot qui cito dot. He gives twice who gives quickly or 



opportunely. 

 bis prccdre in bello non licet, One must not blunder twice 



in war. 



bit putri tenet. Old men are twice boy*. 

 bond fide. In good faith. 

 bona fides. Good faith. 

 6rrr manu (With a short hand), Offhand, extempore, 



summarily, 

 brrru e**e labdro obscurus fio. If I labor to be brief, I 



become obscure. 

 cadit qittrstio. The question falls to the ground; there is 



no discussion. 



etrca eft inridia. Envy is blind. 

 ctrttra desunt. The rest is wanting. 

 cattri* paribus. Other things being equal. 

 Candida Pax, White-robed Peace. 



cantdbit vacuus cpram latrdne viator. The penniless trav- 

 eler will sing in the presence of the highwayman; a 



man who has nothing has nothing to lose. 

 canidtf Domino, Sine unto the .Lord. (The opening 



words of many Psalms. Vulgate.) 

 carpe diem. Usually explained, according to popular ideas 



of Epicurean philosophy, as Enjoy the present day; 



but capable of higher interpretation Seize the 



present opportunity; improve time. 

 cdsus belli, A cause justifying war; a ground of war. 

 causa sine qua non. An indispensable cause. 

 cfdant arma toga. Let arms yield to the gown ; let violence 



give place to law. 



chremat' aner. Money makes the man. 

 circuitus verborum, A circumlocution. 

 circulus in probando, A circle in the proof; the fallacy of 



using the conclusion as one of the premisses; a vicious 



circle. 



cldrior e tenebris. Brighter from obscurity. 

 cldrum et venerdbile nomen, An illustrious and venerable 



name. 



coqito, ergo sum, I think, therefore I exist. 

 comitas inter gentes. Comity between nations. 

 commune bonum, A common good. 

 communibus annis, On the annual average ; one year with 



another. 



communi consensu. By common consent. 

 conduio sine qua non. An indispensable condition. 

 eonjunctis mribus. With united powers. 

 consensus facit legem. Consent makes the law i.e., if 



two persons make an agreement in good faith and with 



full knowledge, the law will insist on its being carried 



out. 



consUip et animis. By wisdom and courage. 

 consilio et prudentid, By wisdom and prudence. 

 constantia et virtute. By constancy ana virtue. 

 consuetudo pro lege servdtur, Custom is held as law. 



(The English common law is based on immemorial 



usage.) 



contra bonos mores, Contrary to good morals. 

 cdpia verbdrum, A plentiful supply of words; flow of 



language. 



rnram noois. In our presence. 

 coram non judice. Before a person who is not a judge; 



not before the proper tribunal. 

 crambe repetUd, Cabbage warmed up the second time; 



hence used proverbially for any tedious repetition of a 



truism, an old story, etc. 

 crtdat Judceus Apella, Let the (superstitious) Jew Apella 



believe it; tell that to the marines. 

 crede quod habes, et habes, Believe that you have it, and 



you have it. 

 credo, quia absurdum, (Corrupted from a passage in Ter- 



tullian), I believe it, because it is absurd. 

 credula res amor est. Love is ready to believe. 

 crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crescit, The 



love of money grows as our wealth increases. 

 crescit eundo. It increases as it goes. 

 crescit sub pondere virtus, Virtue increases under every 



oppression. 

 cretd an carbone notandam, To be marked with chalk or 



charcoal. (The Romans marked lucky days with 



white, and unlucky ones with black.) 

 crux, A cross, a difficulty, a stumbling-block, a puzzle; 



e. g., crux criticdrum, crux mathematicdrum, crux medi- 



corum. The puz/le of critics, mathematicians, physi- 

 cians. 

 cucullus non facit monachum. The cowl does not make 



the monk; Don't trust to appearances. 

 cui bonof (A maxim of Cassius, quoted by Cicero), For 



whose advantage? Generally used, however, as-- 



What is the good of it? 



cut Fortune ipsa cedit, To whom Fortune herself yields. 

 culpam paena premii comes, Punishment follows hard on 



crime, 

 cum grdno, cum grdno salts, With a grain of salt; with 



some allowance or modification, 

 cum prlvilegio. With privilege, 

 cum tacent, clamant, Although they keep silence, they 



cry aloud; their silence is more expressive than 



words. 

 curiosa felicitas, Nice felicity of expression (applied by 



Petronius Arbiter, cxviii, 5, to the writings of Horace); 



happy knack. 



currente calamo, With a running pen ; offhand. 

 da locum melioribus, Give place to your betters. 

 damnant quod non intelligunt. They condemn what they 



do not understand. 

 dare pondus fumo, To give weight to smoke; to impart 



value to that which is worthless; to attach importance 



to trifles. 



data et accepta. Expenses and receipts. 

 date obolum Belisdrio, Give an obolus to Belisarius. It 



is said that this general, when old and blind. \v:is 



neglected by Justinian, and obliged to beg. Gibbon 



treats the story as a fable. 

 Ddvus sum, non (Edipus, I am Davus, not (Edipus. 



I am no conjurer; I am a bad hand at riddles. 

 deceptio vlsus, An optical illusion. 

 decori decus addit avito, He adds honor to the ancestral 



honors. 



de die in diem, From day to day. 

 de gustibus non est disputandum, There is no disputing 



about tastes. 



Dei gratia, By the grace of God. 

 de jure, By the law; by right. 

 de land caprlna, About goat's wool, hence about any 



worthless object. 

 delenda eat Carthago, Carthage must be utterly destroyed. 



(A phrase with which Cato the Elder urged the Roman 



people to the destruction of Carthage, which he looked 



on as a dangerous rival to Rome.) 

 de minimis non curat lex, The law does not concern 



itself with trifles. 

 de mortuis nil nisi bonum, Let nothing be said of the 



dead but what is g9od. 

 de nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti, From nothing 



nothing is made, and nothing that exists can be 



reduced to nothing. (The doctrine of the eternity of 



matter.) 

 de novo, Anew. 

 de omnibus rebus, et quibusdam aliis, About everything, 



and something more besides. Applied ironically to an 



immature literary production, in which very many 



subjects are treated. 

 Deo adjuvante, non timendum, With the help of God, 



there is nothing to be afraid of. 

 Deo duce, With God for a leader. 

 Deo favente, With the favor of God. 

 Deo grdtias, Thanks be to God. [D. G.] 

 Deo juvante, With the help of God. 

 Deo monente, God giving warning. 

 Deo, non fortund, From God, not from Chance. 

 Deo volente, God willing. 

 de profundis, Out of the depths. (The first words of 



Ps. cxxix Vulg.) 

 desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne, A woman, 



beautiful above, has a fish's tail. (A description of 



an incongruous style.) 

 dis krambe thanatos, Cabbage, twice over, is death; 



repetition is tedious. 

 dii majorum gentium, The gods of the superior houses; 



the twelve superior gods. 

 dii pendtes, Household gods. 

 disjecta membra, Scattered remains. 

 docendo discimus, We learn by teaching. 

 Dominus vdbiscum, The Lord be with you. (The words 



in which the priest blesses the people in the Roman 



Church.) 



domus et placens \ uxor, Home and the good wife. 

 do ut des, I give that you may give; the principle of 



reciprocity. 

 dramatis personce, The characters of the play. 



