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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



ne Ode malit, ted contra audentior ltd. Do not yield to mis- 

 fortunes; OD the contrary, go more boldly to meet 

 them. 



nfctasitat non habet Ugem, Necessity knows no law. 



nee mora, nee requiet. Neither delay, nor rest; without 



nee pluribu* impar. No unequal match for many. The 

 motto assumed by Louis XIV. when he planned the 

 subjugation of Europe. 



nte preoe, nee pretio. Neither by entreaty nor bribery; 

 neither by paying nor praying. 



nee eir fat ett omnia. We are not allowed to know all 



IMC temere, nee timide. Neither rashly nor timidly. 



nefatti diet. Days on which Judgment could not be pro- 

 nounced nor public assemblies be held; hence, unlucky 

 days. 



ne fronti crede. Don't trust to appearances. 



nemine contrddiernte, No one contradicting. 



nemine dittentiente. No one dissenting. 



nemo fuit reptnte turpistimus. No man becomes a villain 

 all at once. 



nemo me impune lacessil. No one provokes me with 

 impunity. The motto of the Order of the Thistle. 



nemo mortdlium omnibus horis sapit. No man is wise at 

 all times; the wisest may make mistakes. 



Uit sapU, No man is sufficiently wise of 



ne (non) plut ultra. Nothing further; the uttermost 

 point; perfection. 



ne puero gladium. Do not entrust a sword to a boy. 



ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat. Lest the State suffer 

 any injury. The injunction given to the Dictator 

 when invested with supreme authority. 



nrri belli pecunia. Money is the sinews of war. 



ne tutor ultra crepidam, The shoemaker should not go 

 beyond his last. (A Latin version of a rebuke said to 

 have been addressed by Apelles to a shoemaker who 

 pointed out some errors in the painting of a slipper 

 in one of the artist's works, and then began to criticise 

 other parts of the picture.) 



ne tentet, out perfice, Do not attempt, or carry it out 

 thoroughly. 



nihil tetigU quod non ornavit, He touched nothing with- 

 out embellishing it. 



nil admlrdri. To be astonished at nothing. - 



nil contcire tibi, nulld paUescere culpa, To be conscious 

 of no fault, to turn pale at no accusation. 



nil detperandum. There is no cause for despair; never 

 despair. 



nil m*i cruet. Nothing but by the cross; no reward 

 without suffering. 



nimium ne crede colori, Do not trust too much to your 

 good looks. 



ni*i Dominus, frustra (Ps. cxxvii, 1. Vulg.~), Unless the 

 Lord is with us, our labor is vain. 



nUor in advergum, 1 strive against opposition. 



ndbilitat tola est atque unica virtus, Virtue is the true and 

 only nobility. 



nolent volent. Whether willing or not. 



noli me tangere, Touch me not. 



non culvis homini contingit adlre Corinthum, It is not 

 every man's lot to go to Corinth (the headquarters of 

 luxury and refinement) ; hence, = it is not every man's 

 good fortune to be able to see great cities. 



non deftciente crumend, While the money lasts. 



non ett invent us, He is not found. 



non iffndra mali, miserit succurrere disco, Not unacquaint- 

 ed with misfortune, I learn to succor the wretched. 



non libet. It does not please me. 



non multa, ted multum. Not many things, but much. 



non ndbit tolum ndti sumus. We are not born for ourselves 

 alone. 



non omne licitum honestum, Every lawful act is not 

 necessarily honorable. 



non omnia pottumut omnes. We cannot, all of us, do 

 everything. 



non pattibui cequit. Not with equal steps. (Sometimes 

 applied to a person who has been outstripped by 

 another in the race for fame, wealth, etc.) 



non quit, ted quid, Not who, but what; measures, not 

 men. 



non tequitur. It does not follow; an unwarranted con- 

 clusion. 



non tibi, ted patrup. Not for himself, but for his native 

 land. 



non turn qudlis eram, I am not what I once was. 



nosce teipsum, Know thyself. 



noscitur e sotiis, A man is known by the company he 

 keeps. 



nota bene (N. B.), Mark well. 



novus homo (lit., a new man), A mushroom, an upstart. 



nudit verbis, In plain words. 



nulla diet sine lined, No day without a line, i. e.. without 



something done. 

 nulli secundut. Second to none. 

 mine out nunquam. Now or never. 

 ntuiquam minus sdlut quam cum solus. Never lese alone 



than when alone. 

 obiit, He (or she) died. 

 obiter dictum, A thing said incidentally; an unofficial 



expression of opinion. 

 obscurum per obscurius. Explaining an obscurity by 



something still more obscure. 

 oderint dum metuant, Let them hate so long as they fear. 



(A favorite saying of Caligula). 

 odi profanum vulgus, et arceo, I hate the vulgar rabble, 



and drive them away. 



odium theologium. The hatred of theologians. 

 officina gentium. The workshop of the world. 

 o fortundtos nimium, sua si bona ndrint, O more than 



happy, if they only knew their advantages. 

 ohe/ iam satis, Ohl there is now enough. 

 omne ignotum pro magnifico, Everything unknown is 



taken for magnificent. 

 omnem movere lapidem, To turn every stone; to make 



every exertion. 

 omne simile est dissimile, Every like is unlike; if there 



were not unlikeness there would be identity. 

 omne solum forti patria est, Every land is a brave man's 



home. 

 omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci, He has pained 



every point who has mixed the useful and the agree- 

 able. 

 omnia ad Dei gloriam (1 Cor. x. 31. Vulg.), All things for 



the glory of God. 



omnia mors aquat, Death levels all distinctions. 

 omnia mutantur, nos et mutdmur in illis, All things are 



subject to change and we change with them. 

 omnia vincit amor, nos et ceddmus amori, Love conquers 



all things, let us too yield to love. 

 omnia vincit labor. Labor conquers all things. 

 omnia amans dmens, Every lover is demented. 

 operce pretium est, It is worth while. 

 ora et labora, Pray and work. 

 ora pro nobis, Pray for us. 

 ordte pro animd, Pray for the soul (of). 

 orator fit, poeta nascitur, The orator is made; the poet is 



born. 



ore rotunda, With loud resounding voice. 

 o tempora, o mores, Alas for the times and the manners. 

 otiosa sedulitas. Laborious trifling. 

 otium cum dignitate, Ease with dignity. 

 otium sine dignitate, Ease without dignity. 

 pace, By leave of; with the consent of. 

 pace tud, By your leave. 

 pacta conventa, The conditions agreed on. 

 pallida mors cequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas \ regum- 



que turres, Pale Death, with impartial foot, knocks at 



the cottages of the poor and the palaces of kings. 

 palmam qui meruit ferat, Let him bear the palm who has 



deserved it. 

 par negotiis neque supra, Equal to, but not above his 



business. 



par nobile fratrum, A noble pair of brothers; a well- 

 matched pair. 



pars pro toto, The part for the whole. 

 particeps crlminis, A partaker in the crime; an acces- 

 sory. 

 parturient monies, nascitur ridiculus mus. The mountain 



is in labpr; a ridicukms mouse will be born. 

 parva componere magnis, To compare small things with 



great ones. 



pater familias. The father of the family. 

 pater nosier. Our father. 

 paler patriot, The father of his country. A title bestowed 



by the Roman Senate on Caesar Octavianus Augustus. 

 pathemata mathemata. One learns by suffering. 

 patres conscripti, The Conscript Fathers; the Roman 



Senate. (Often jocularly applied to the members of 



a town council.) 

 patris gar esti pas'hin an pratte tis en, Every land where a 



man is successful is his native land. 

 pax orbis terrdrum. The sovereignty of the world. (A 



legend of frequent occurrence on Roman coins.) 

 pax Romdna, The Roman Empire. 

 pax vobiscum, Peace be with you. 

 peithein ddra kai theous logos, Gifts persuade even the 



gods, as the proverb says. 

 per, By, through, by means of. 



per ambages, By circuitous ways; with circumlocu- 

 tion. 



per angusta ad augusta, Through trial to triumph. 

 per aspera ad astra, Through rough ways to the stars; 



through suffering to renown. 

 per fas et nefas, Through right and wrong. 



