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fumum ei ope*, strtpitumqur Romcr, The smoke, the show, 



the rattle, of the town <Ko 

 {undue officw. Having discharged his dutn 



of office. 



ma ministrat, Kagepr<> uses any 



weapon in a rage. 



furor (oquendi, A rage for speaking. 

 furor pofticu*, Po. 

 furor scribfndi, A rage fur writing. 

 gallice. In French. 

 gaudedm'i* igitur. Therefore, I. t burden 



of a Mara: 



gaudet tentdmim virtus, Virtue rejoices in temptat ion. 

 genius loci. The genius or presiding spirit of the place. 

 urns togata. Applied first to Koinan cm/ens, us 



the toga, the garment of peace; hence, civilians 



glaukas fu Athenas, Owls to Athens. The owl was 

 sacred to Minerva, the guardian divinity of Athens; 

 hence. c abundant, so that the proverb -- 



to carry coals to ^^ 



glossa diple, A double tongue. 



gloria in exctlsi* Deo, Glory to God in the highest. 



gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father. 



gnothi Sfauton. Know thyself. A precept inscribed in 

 gold letters over the portico of the temple at Delphi. 

 Its authorship has been ascribed to Pythagoras, to 

 several of the wise men of Greece, and to Phemonoe, 

 a mythical (Ireek poetess. According to Juvenal, 

 this precept descended from heaven. 



gradu diverso, via una, The same road by different steps. 



gradus ad Parnasium, A step to Parnassus; aid in writ- 

 ing I^itin poetry; a work on Latin verse-making con- 

 taining rules and examples. 



gratia placendi. For the sake of pleasing. 



gratis dictum, Mere assertion. 



graviora manent. Greater afflictions are in store; the 

 worst is yet to come. 



graviora qucedam aunt remedia periculis. Some remedies 

 are worse than the disease. 

 :lcirn. A venal throng. 



gutta carat lapidem, non vi, sed scepe cadendo, The drop 

 hollows out the stone by frequent dropping, not by 

 force; constant persistence gains the end. 



hand longis interrailis. At frequent intervals. 



he gloss' omomoch', he de phren anomotos, My tongue has 

 sworn, but my mind is unsworn; I have said it, but 

 don't mean to do it. 



hi-luo librurum, A devourer of books; a bookworm. 



heu pietas! heu prisca fides, Alas ! for piety ' Alas ! for 

 our ancient faith. 



hiatus ralde deflendus, A gap or deficiency greatly to be 

 deplored; words employed to mark a blank in a work, 

 but often used of persons whose performances fall 

 short of their promises. 



Ate et ublque. Here and everywhere. 



hie jacet. Here lies; SEPULTUS, buried. 



hie labor, hie opus est. Here is labor, here is toil. 



hie sepultus. Here flies] buried 



hinc ulcB lacrimce, Hence these tears; this is the cause of 

 the trouble. 



hodie. mihi, eras tibi, It is my lot to-day, yours to-morrow. 

 line often found in old epitaphs.) 



hoi polloi. The many, the common people. 



homo foetus ad unguem, Usually quoted thus, though the 

 proper form is ad unguer \ foetus homo, A highly pol- 

 accomplished man. (The expression is bor- 

 rowed from the practice in sculptors, who, in modeling, 

 give the finishing touch with the nail; or from joiners, 

 who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the nail.) 



homo multdrum llterdrum, A man of many letters; a man 

 of extensive learning. 



homo solus aut deus out dcemon, A man to live alone must 

 be either a god or devil. 



homo sum; humdni nihil a me alienum puto, I am a man ; 

 and I consider nothing that concerns mankind a mat- 

 ter of indifference to me. 



hon hoi theoi philousin apothneskei neos, A fragment from 

 Menander; He whom the gods love dies young. 



hondres mutant mores, Honors change manners. 



honos habet onus, Hon9r is burdened with responsibility. 



horce canonica, Canonical hours; prescribed times for 

 prayers. 



horresco refer 'ens, I shudder as I tell the story. 



hortus siccus, A dry garden; a collection of dried plants; 

 an herbarium. 



hos ego versiculos fed, tulit alter hondres (Virgil, on the 

 occasion when some verses he had written on the shows 

 at Rome were unjustly claimed by Bathyllus, who 

 was rewarded for them), I wrote these lines, another 

 has borne away the honor. 



humdnum est errdre. To err is human. 



hunc tu caveto, Beware of him. 



id genus omne. All that class. (A contemptuous expres- 

 sion for the dregs of the population.) 

 noram. usat legem, Ignorance is no plea 



against the law. 



>l>tichi. Ignorance of the point in dispute; the 

 logical fallac\ of animnjr t<> the wrong point. 

 noti nnllti fn/n</<>. There is no desire for that which is 

 Unknown; our wants are increased by knowledge. 

 uttnn i>cr if/notiuH, (To explain) a tiling not under- 

 stood by one still less understood. 



Hid* nidli'irnm. An Iliad of woes; a host of evils. (From 

 the fact that the aegO of I'roy lasted ten years ' 



imitati'trrs, xrrnim piciift. ^'e imitators; a servile herd. 



imrnlicaliil<- minus. An incurable wound; an irrepar- 

 able injury. 



imo pectore. From the bottom of one's heart . 



impart marlf, Wiih une(|ual military strength. 



impedimenta. Luggage; the bauLiatie of an army. 



ptrium in imperio, A government existing within 

 another. (Said of a power set up against constituted 

 authority.) 



implicite, By implication. 



impos animi, Of weak mind. 



in actu, In the very act; in reality. 



in adernum. For ever. 



in articulo mortis. At the point of death. 



in camera, In the judge's chamber; in secret. 



in capite, In chief. 



in caelo quies, There is rest in heaven. 



incredulus odi, Being incredulous, I cannot endure it. 



in curia, In court. 



inde irce, Hence this resentment. 



in dubio, In doubt. 



in cequilibrio. In equilibrium. 



in esse, In being. 



in extenso. At length. 



in extremis, In very bad circumstances; at the point of 

 death. 



infandum, regina, jubes renovare doldrem, You command 

 me, O Queen, to revive unspeakable grief. 



in flagrante delicto, In the commission of the act. 



in forma pauperis. As a poor man. 



infra dig., infra dignitatem, Beneath one's dignity. 



in futuro, In future, henceforth. 



in hoc siqno vinces, In this sign thou shalt conquer. 

 (The motto is said to have been adopted by Con- 

 stantine after his vision of a cross in the heavens 

 just before his decisive battle with Maxentius, A. D. 

 312.) 



in llmine, On the threshold; preliminarily. 



in loco, In the place; upon the spot; in the place of. 



in loco parentis. In the place of a parent. 



in medias res, In the very midst of the business. 



in memoriom, In memory of. 



in nomine, In the name of. 



in nubibus, In the clouds; hence, undefined, uncertain, 

 vague. 



in nuce, In a nutshell. 



in omnia pardtus, Prepared for all thiiiRS. 



inopem cdpia fecit, Abundance has made him poor. 



in pace, In peace. 



in. perpetuam rei memoriam, In everlasting remembrance 

 of the event. 



in perpetuum, For ever. 



in plena, In full. 



in posse, In possible existence. 



in proprid persona, In one's own person. 



in puris ndturdlibus, In a state of nature; stark naked. 



in re. In the matter of. 



in rerum ndturd, In the nature of things. 



in scecula sceculorum, For ever. 



inscltia est \ adversum stimulum calces. It is mere folly to 

 kick against the .-spur. 



in situ, In its proper position. 



in statu quo, In its former state. 



in suspenso, In suspense. 



in te, Domine, sperdvi (Ps. xxxi, Vulg.), In thee, O Lord, 

 have 1 put my trust. 



inter alia, Among other things. 



inter arma leges silent, In the time of war the laws are 

 silent. 



inter canem et lupum, Between the dog and the wolf; 

 twilight. 



interdum vulgus rectum videt, Sometimes the raBble see 

 what is right. 



inter nos, Between ourselves. 



inter pocula, At one's cups. 



in terrorem, In terror; as a warning. 



inter se, Amongst themselves. 



inter spem et metum, Between hoj>e and fear. 

 in totidem verbis. In so many words. 



in toto, In the whole; entirely. 



intra muros, Within the walls. 



