BUT 
BUT 
BY 
thing (see Busy, above). — A busying 
one’s self with the poets, pertractatio poe- 
tarum. — To have the thoughts busied 
with a person, aliquem cogitare ; with 
something else, alias res agere. 
Busily, sedulo, gnaviter, strenue, acriter: 
sollicite : importune, moleste. 
Business, occupatio (engagement) ; opus 
(the work)-, negotium ; mercatura, merca- 
tio, (traffic)-, res (affair, concern)-, officium 
(one’s bounden business) ; munus ( office, 
post) ; studium ( eager application to some¬ 
thing)-, cura (care for something) : — it is 
the business (i. e. part) of one, est alicujus. 
— For business’ sake, negotii gratis. — 
Full of business, negotiosus, negotiorum 
plenus, negotiis implicatus ; to be so, oc- 
cupatissimum esse, multis negotiis (oc- 
cupationibus) implicitum (distentum) 
esse.— To do business, rem gerere (gen.)-, 
negotiari (as a lender of money and buyer- 
up of corn) ; mercaturam facere {as a 
large merchant). — To make a business 
of ‘something, factitare, exercere aliquid. 
— To do a good, bad business, bene, ma¬ 
le rem gerere. — To be connected in busi¬ 
ness with one, ratione cum aliquo con¬ 
juncture esse. — I have a business to set¬ 
tle with you, mihi est res tecum.— 
What business have you here ? quid tibi 
hie negotii est? — How is it with the 
business'! quo loco res est? ut res se 
liabet? — ’Tis my, your business, meuin, 
tuum est. — This is not my business, hoc 
non meum est, h® non me® sunt par¬ 
tes. — To mind his own business, suum 
negotium gereie ; res suas curare: oth¬ 
ers’ business, aliena negotia curare. — 
To find one business (fig.), negotium ali- 
cui facessere ; aliquem exercere. — To 
the business in hand! ad rem I — This is 
the true business of our lives, ad hoc pr®- 
cipue nati sumus. — I make it the busi¬ 
ness of my life to do good to others, id 
unum ago, ut quam plurimis bene fa- 
ciam. — This is the business of a life, hoc 
vitam nmnem desiderat. — He is the 
man to do your business, hunc ipsum re 
quirebas. — A man of business, homo 
ad res gerendas natus ; negotiis trac 
tandis idoneus. 
Busybody, homo importunus, molestus, 
curiosus ; ardelio, homo occupatus in 
otio, gratis anhelans, (see Phtedr. B. II, 
51. 
BUT (in more exact definition, in limitation, 
or in opposition), sed (direct opposition) ; 
at, and more strongly at enim, at vero, 
(but however, but indeed ,* also but it may 
fie said); verum, vero, (meanwhile, how¬ 
ever ; vero also makes a lively transition, 
ast is poetic) ; autem ; verum enim-ve 
ro (express or decided opposition, but in¬ 
deed) ; atqui (but however, but now, e 
in the minor premise of a syllogism) It 
is to be observed that autem and vero 
stand after one or more words, the rest at 
the beginning of the sentence. — But yet, 
but however, at, attamen, verum tamen 
—. But if, sin, sin autem, si vero ; but if 
not, si non, si minus, si aliter. — JVat 
only--, but also , non modo — sed etiam 
pv verum etiam ; non solum — sed 
etiam ; non tantum — sed etiam. -- To 
be praised with a but, cum exceptione 
laudari. — Without an if or but, sine ull& 
rnora, haud cunctanter, libentissime. — 
But on the contrary , at contra, at enim 
vero. — But rather , imo, imo vero, imo 
enim vero. — It is sometimes not expressed 
in Latin, e. g. this is thy office, but not 
mine, hoc tuum est, non meum. 
But, in the sense of Except, prater ; pra- 
terquam ; excepto (-&, -is); nisi. — I 
saw nobody but him, prater ilium vidi 
neminem. — JVo one is wise but the good 
man, nemo sapiens est, nisi bonus. 
Nothin" but, nihil aliud, nisi (that and 
nothing else)-, nihil aliud quam (i .e.equiv¬ 
alent to that). — This happens to none but 
a wise man, soli hoc contingit sapient]. 
_ I saw no one but you , te unum vidi. 
Nothin" could bring them into one united 
people but law, coalescere in populi unius 
corpus, nulla re praterquam legibus, 
poterant. — The last but one, proximus a 
postremo. —There is nobody here but I, 
solus hie sum. — What, but ! quid ali¬ 
ud nisi or quam ? — All but, tantum 
But, in the sense of Only, modo tantum, 
solum, tantummodo, nonnisi, duntaxat, 
solus, unus. — 1 saw but you, te unum 
vidi. — I did but hear these things, not see 
them, h®c audivi tantum, non vidi. — I 
will speak, do you but hear, loquar, mo¬ 
do audi. — If but, dummodo ; dum (with 
suly.). —Do but let him, sine modo. — 
Do but stay, mane modo. — But too 
often, s®pius justo ; nimium s®pe. — 
There were but two ways (two in all), 
erant omnino itinera duo.—Tim have but 
the name of virtue in your mouth, nomen 
tantum virtutis usurpas. — He came but 
to-day, hodie primum venit. — But a 
while ago, non ita pridem, nuper admo- 
dum . — He is but twenty years old, non 
amplius viginti annos natus est. — It 
wanted but little, that, &c., tantum non, 
etc.; non multum abfuit, quin, etc. 
But that (except that, if not), ni, nisi ; 
quod nisi. — But. that I fear my father, 
ni rnetuam patrem. — And but that he 
was ashamed to confess, et nisi erubesce- 
ret fateri. —■ IT After a negative, quin, 
qui non ; in this use, we often drop that. 
— No day almost , but (that) he comes to my 
house, dies fere nullus est, quin domum 
meam veniat, or quo domum raeam non 
veniat. — There is none but is afraid of 
you, nemo est qui te non metuat. — 
There is none but. may complain, nemo est, 
quin conqueri possit. — There is no doubt 
l/ut (that), &c., non est dubium, quin 
(with suhj.). — I have no fear but I shall 
write you letters enough, non vereor, ne 
non scribendo te expleam.- None but 
(i. e. who did not), nulltis quin, nemo 
qui non. — None but knows, nemo est, 
qui nesciat. - IT Not but that, non 
quin, non quia non, with a subj. ; fol¬ 
lowed in the subseqv.ent clause by sed quod 
or sed quia with the indie., or by sed ut 
with the subj. 
But, after cannot, non possum non (with 
injin.); facere non possum or merely 
non possum, quin, etc.; fieri non potest, 
ut non or quin, etc. 
But for (i.e. were it not for, had it not been 
for) some person or thing, nisi or ni ali- 
quis or aliquid esset, fuisset; (absque 
aliquo or aliqna re esset is used by comic 
writers). — The bridge would have afford¬ 
ed a way to the enemy, but for one man, 
Horat.ius Codes, pons iter hostibns de- 
dit, ni unus vir fuisset, H. C.,(only in 
comedy should we find absque uno vim, 
Horatio Coclite, esset). — I would, but 
for hurting him, vellem, ni foret ei 
damnum. 
BUTCHER, lanius, seldom lanio; (at a 
siu. r -.!ice), popa (who struck the beast), 
cultrarius (who cut his throat.) : macella- 
rius (meat-seller) : fig. homo sanguinari- 
us. 
To Butcher, prop., ctedere, jugulare ; 
mactare (at a sacrifice): fig., trucidare, 
concidere; obtruncare. 
Butcherly, sanguinarius, sanguinem si- 
tieus, s®vus, ferus. 
Butchery, fig. c®des ; trucidatio.- 
IT (where beasts are butchered), laniena. 
Butcher’s-broom, ruscus. 
BUT-END (of a gun), manubrium. 
BUTLER, cellarius, promtis, condus 
promus ; minister or ministrator (vi 
ni). 
BUTT, scopus ; meta, finis.- IT To 
make a butt of one, aliquem ludibrio ha¬ 
bere ; putare sibi aliquem pro ridiculo 
et delectamento. — To be one’s butt, lu¬ 
dibrio esse alicui. - IT (blow), ic¬ 
tus. 
To Butt, cornu ferire, cornu petere ; (of 
a ram), arietare in aliquem. — Butting, 
qui cornu petit, petulcus. 
BUTT (cask), dolium, labrum. 
BUTTER, butyrum. — To make butter, 
butyrum facere. — Bread and butter, pa- 
nis butyro illitus. 
To Butter, butyro illinere aliquid. 
Buttery, cella promptuaria, promptuari- 
um ; cella penaria (where provisions are 
laid up). 
Butterfly, papilio. — Fig. a merebutter- 
fiy in love, desuitor amoris. 
BUTTOCKS, nates, dunes, lumbi. 
BUTTON, orbiculus (fiat), globulus ( glob¬ 
ular). — Button-hole, fissura. 
To Button, globulorum, etc., ope junge- 
re. 
BUTTRESS, anteris, erisrna. 
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BUXOM, obsequens, obsequiosus, obedf 
eus ; (gay, brisk), hilaris, alacer, l*tus 
(wanton, jolly), lascivus. 
BUY, etnere, redimere, (prop, andfig .; al¬ 
so to bribe ); tnercari, emercari, (prop, 
andfig.) ; nundinari (also to buy by a 
bribe). — To buy at auction, emere in 
auctione ; (of public revenues), redime¬ 
re. — To buy a bargain, bene or recte 
emere. — To have a mind to buy, emptu- 
rire. — Fond of buying, emax ; a love of 
buying, emacitas. — A buying, emptio. 
— To buy and sell, mercari, mercaturam 
facere, nundinari. — To buy up (buy to¬ 
gether), coemere; (that others may not 
get it), prffiinercari; — to buy up com (in 
order to make it dear), comprimere fru- 
mentum. — To buy off (bribe), corrum- 
pere ; (clear by a bribe), pecuriia. a sup- 
pi icio liberal®. — To let himself bebought, 
pecuniam accipere. 
Buyer, emptor, emens; manceps ; propo- 
la (who buys to sell again). - d buyer up 
or together, qui aliquid coemit.— A buyer 
up of corn (to make it dearer), qui fru- 
mentum comprimit; dardanarius. — 
Buyer and seller, emens et vendens. 
BUZZ, susurrare ; bombum facere (of 
bees) ; murmurare. 
Buzz, subst. susurrus ; bombus ; mur¬ 
mur. 
BY, of place (near, hard by), ad, apud, 
juxta, prope, propter, sub ; sub manura, 
ad manure, pr® manibus. — Theislands 
which are near by Sicily, insul® qu®sunt 
propter Siciliam. — To seat one’s self by 
a person or thing, propter aliquem or ali- 
qnid considere. — To have gardens by 
the Tiber, ad Tiberim habere hortos. — 
A cave is by, propter est spelunca que- 
dain.- dlsb by verbs; e. g. to stand, sit 
by one, alien! astare, assidere :— to go by 
one’s side, lateri alicujus adhmrere ; la- 
tus alicujus tegere.-IT (present). — 
To be by, adesse, coram adesse. — When 
I am by, not by, me pnesente, coram me 
me absente.-IT (along), secundum; 
prater. — To keep by the land (in sailing), 
oram, terrain legere. -IT (past), pra¬ 
ter. — To go by, praterire (a place, lo¬ 
cum). -IT By sea and land, terib ma¬ 
nque. — They came by sea, navibus ad- 
vecti sunt; by land, pedibus hue iter fe- 
cerunt.-IT By the way, in viH, in 
itinere ; per viam ; in transitu, trans- 
iens, prateriens, (alsofig.) ; quasi pr*- 
teriens (fig.) ; obiter (fig.). — To touch 
by the way, in transitu or leviter aliquid 
attingere. - IT By the way of, per 
(through) ; or with the ablat. of the name 
of a town, e. g. he went by Laodicea, Lao- 
diceS. iter feeit. 
By, of time, in the sense of at. — By 
night, noctu, nocte. — By day, die, in- 
terdiu. — So, by moonlight, lacente lu- 
n&, ad lunam.-IT (as soon as, not la¬ 
ter than), intra ; ante.— By the year’s 
end, intra annum. — By this time, jam. 
_ By the time Rome had been built three 
hundred- years, trecentis annis post ur- 
bem conditam exactis. — By that time / 
shall have arrived, jam adero. — He was 
there by day-break, cum diluculo adve- 
nit. — By the time he ended his speech, 
oratione vixdum finite. 
By, implying succession, is often made by 
an adverb in -tim ; also by quot. Year 
by year, month by month, day by day, quot 
annis, quot mensibus, quot diebus ; or 
omnibus annis, etc. — Man by man, vtri- 
tim. — Town by town, village by village, 
oppidatim, vicatim. — Step by step, gra- 
datim. — By little and little, paullatim. 
— To fall at their feet, one by one, ad om¬ 
nium pedes sigiilatim accrdere. — By 
the pound, ad libram. — To pay one try 
the hour, certam mercedem in singular 
horas dare alicui. — By ones, twos, &c., 
singuli, bini, etc. 
By one’s self (i.e. unassisted) , per se; perse 
ipse ; perse solus.-IT (alone), solus, 
(apart), seorsum, separation — By l,se J 
(in and for itself), per se mewing W 
thing by itself, si rem ipsam spectas. 
By (denoting a means), by means of, p 
(especially of persons)-, also by the ablat. j 
the thina or of the gerund ; sometimes - 
particip ! utens or usus with ablat. ; ais 
e, ex. — To ask a thing of some one by 
letter, aliquid ab aliquo per literas P 
re. — To avenge one’s wrongs by means 
