INDEX TO LATIN QUOTATIONS 407 



Verba is fa sunt senum otiosorum : those 

 are the words of old men who 

 have nothing to do. 194. 



Verba sapientum tanquam aculei, etc. : 

 the words of the wise are as 

 goads and as nails driven deep 

 in. 219. 



Verbera, sed audi : strike, but hear 

 me. 375. 



Verborum minutiis rerum franglt pon- 

 dera\ he breaks up the weight 

 of the matter by his verbal 

 subtleties. 193. 



Vere magnum, habere, etc. : it is true 

 greatness to have in one the 

 frailty of a man and the security 

 of a god. 322. 



Veriorfama e domesticis emanat : the 

 truer report comes from those 

 who know them at home. 358. 



Versatile ingenium : a versatile mind. 

 364. 



Verum haec et omnia mala, etc. : but 

 these, and all evils, will disap- 

 pear when wealth is no longer 

 honoured, and when the magis- 

 tracies and other objects of 

 general ambition are not pro- 

 curable by money. 182. 



Vespasianus mutatus in melius : alone, 

 of all the emperors Vespasian 

 changed for the better. 



Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati : 

 he preferred his old wife to im- 

 mortality. E. viii. 



Via deserta et interclusa : a way that 

 has been abandoned and shut up. 



.307- 



Victor que volentes, etc.: Moving in 

 conquest onward, at his will, To 

 willing peoples he gives laws, 

 and shapes Through worthiest 

 deeds on earth his course to 

 heaven. 224. 



Videmus nunc per speculum in aenig- 

 mate, etc.: now we see through 

 a glass darkly, but then face to 

 face. 382. 



Video meliora, proboque, etc.: I see 

 the better course and approve of 

 it, But I follow the worse. 314. 



Vidi cunctos viventes qui, etc. : I saw 

 all theliving which walk under the 

 sun, with the second child that 

 shall stand up in his stead. 350. 



Vidisti virum v eke em ? etc. : seest 

 thou a man that is quick in his 

 business ? He shall stand before 

 kings : he shall not be among 

 mean men. 350. 



Vincenda est omnis natura ferendo: 

 all nature may be overcome by 

 suffering. 335. 



Vino tortus et ira : tortured by wine 

 and anger. 358. 



Vinum daemonum : the wine of 

 demons. E. i. 341. 



Vir pauper calumnians pauperes 9 etc. : 

 a poor man that beareth witness 

 against the poor is like a sweep- 

 ing rain which leaveth no food. 



. 35I \ 



Vir sapiens si cum stulto contenderit, 



etc.: a wise man if he contendeth 

 with a foolish man, whether he 

 rage or laugh, shall find no rest. 



349- 

 Vis unita fortior \ strength in union 



is the stronger. C. 155. 

 Vita brevis, ars knga : life is short 



and art is long. 263. 

 Vita sine proposito, etc. : life without 



an object is tiresome and aimless. 



. 32 7' 

 Vituli labiorum : calves of the lips. 



Vox ad licitum : correct speech. 219. 

 Vox ad placitum : conventional 

 speech. 2 1 9. 



