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Fifteen years since , hinc quindecim an- 
nos. — Some years since, aliquot ante 
annis. — Two months since , ante duos 
menses; jam sunt or exacti sunt duo 
menses. — Long since , jampridem, jam- 
dudum, quondam. — Not long since, nu- 
per, paullo ante, liaud ita pridem .—ft 
very little while since, nuperrime. — How 
long since 7 quamdiu ? quam duduin ? 
quarn pridem ? 
SINCERE, sincerus, probus, verus, sim¬ 
plex, ingenuus, candidus; purus; 
castus. 
Sincerely, sincere, simpliciter, ingenue, 
integre, candide, haud ficte; sine fuco 
et fallaciis ; ex animo. 
Sincereness, Sincerity, sinceritas, pro- 
bitas, integritas, ingenuitas, simplici- 
tas ; religio ; candor. 
SINECURE, munus (luculentum atque) 
oinni labore vacuum. 
SINEW, nervus. — Money is the sinews 
of war, nervi belli pecunia.— A con¬ 
traction or shrinking of the sinews, ner¬ 
vorum contractio.— A distention of the 
sinews, nervorum distentio or intentio. 
— A little sinew, nervulus. 
Sinewy, nervosus. 
SING, cano ; canto, decanto, modulor. — 
A bird that can sing and won’t sing must 
be made to sing , peragat violenta potes- 
tas, quod tranquilla nequit.— To sing 
harmoniously, modulate canere. — piti¬ 
fully or sorrily, absurde or inepte ca¬ 
nere. — To sing to the flute, to a stringed 
instrument, ad tibiam, ad chordarum 
sonum cantare.— To play on the lyre 
and sing to it, psallo. — To sing ballads 
about the streets, in triviis carmina ca¬ 
nere, disperdere.— To sing before, prs- 
cino. — To sing between, intercino. — To 
sing as a nurse to a child, lallo. To 
siiig bass, gravis cantus partes susti- 
mere. — treble, acuta, or suirima voce 
•canere. — To sing often, cantito. — To 
sing apart with others, concino.— To 
make an end of singing, decanto. — To 
sing always in the same tune, eandem 
•cantilenain semper canere. — another 
tune, palinodiam canere; stilum in- 
vertere. — To sing a person’s praises , 
laudes alicujus carmine or canninibus 
celebrate.— Singing boys or choristers, 
pueri symphomaci. — A singing man, 
cantor, cantator. — A singing woman, 
cantrix, cantatrix. 
•Singer, cantor, cantator. — of the descant, 
incentor. . . 
Singing, cantio. — sioeet singing, har- 
monia.- 1 singing together in one tune, 
concentus, concentio. — A singing-mas¬ 
ter, musices professor. — A singing- 
place, odeum. 
SINGE, ustulo. — hogs, ustulando porcos 
depilare. 
SINGLE, simplex; singularis, umeus; 
singulus, Sen. — To lead or live a single 
life, vitam ccelibem agere.- ft single 
person, coelebs (see Celibacy)-, vir or 
femina conjugii expers. — A single- 
hearted person, homo probus, integer, 
sincerus. 
To Single out, seligo, secerno, excerpo. 
Singleness, simplicitas, sinceritas, in 
tegritas. . . 
Singly, singulatim, sigillatim, singilla- 
tim. , , 
SINGULAR ( belonging to one only), sin 
gularis, unicus, simplex: ( particular ), 
singularis, peculiaris : (rare, excellent), 
-singularis, egregius, exiinius, clarus, 
prieclarus, praistans : (odd), minis. 
The singular number, numerus singu 
laris. —"a singular person, mirum caput; 
homo qui in multis rebus ab aliorum 
more plane discedit. 
•Singularity, insolentia ; rerum a com 
muni usu abhorrentium affectatio. 
To Singularize, singula distinguere or 
recensere. 
Singularly, singulariter, unice, praci- 
pue, exquisite. 
SINISTER (unlucky), sinister, mall onn 
nis: (unlawful, unjust), iniquus, injus- 
tus, minime Justus, malevolus: (ab¬ 
surd), absurdus. 
Sinisteuly, inique, injuste ; nude vole ; 
absurde. 
SINK or sink down, v. sido, desido, con 
sido, subsido; labo, procumbo. — The 
earth sunk prodigiously, terra in miran- 
dam altitudinem depressa est. — To 
sink to the bottom, ad fundum subsidere, 
fundum petere. — To sink or fall in 
courage, animo labare or labascere. — 
His courage sinks, vanquished by a single 
word, how soon! labascit, victus uno 
verbo, quam cito 1 Ter. — To sink or 
penetrate into, penetro. —Mottling sinks 
more into my mind, nihil in animum 
magis penetrat. — To sink through (as 
liquor ), permano, permadefacio, perfluo. 
— To sink (act.) a ship, navem deprime- 
re, opprimere, mergere, demergere. —To 
sink of itself (as a ship when it has sprung 
aleak), sidere. — His ship, being struck 
by a bcalc, began to sink, navis rostro per- 
cussa ccepit sidere,*C. Nep. — To sink 
under its'own weight, mole suit ruere.— 
To sink one’s credit, fidem labefactare or 
imminuere. — To sink one’s principal 
money, sortem alienare. — To make to 
sink under the burden of, opprimo, obruo. 
— To sink, as paper, &c., imbibo.— To 
sink or destroy, perdo, disperdo. — To 
sink other people’s money, aliorum pecu- 
niam prodigere or in usus privatos con- 
vertere.— To sink or grow less, decres- 
cere, deminui, imminui. — To sink ire 
one’s fortune, fortunis imminui. — To 
sink one’s spirits, frangere. — Even 
cowards may boast after a victory ,* but 
bad success sinks the credit of the brave 
themselves, in victoria, vel ignavis glo- 
riari licet; advers® res etiam bonos de- 
trectant, Sail. — To sink or waste away 
by sickness, contabescere. 
Sink (drain), s. sentina, latrina; emissari 
um ; colluvies ; colluviarium, Vitr. — 
A common sink or common sewer, cloaca, 
cloaca publica. — The sink of a kitchen, 
wash-house, &c., lavatrina, latrina. —A 
sink-hole, ostium cloacale. 
Sinking ire one’s worldly circumstances, or 
a decayed fortune, fortuna inclinata, for¬ 
tunes adesie ; opes accisie or piene ex¬ 
hausts. — The sinking or falling in of 
the ground, as in earthquakes, labes agri. 
SINOPLE, SINOPER, terra Pontica; Si- 
nopis.— Ofsinopcr, Sinopicus. 
SINUOUS, sinuosus. 
Sinuosity, rei sinuoss qualitas. 
SIP, v. sorbillo ; gusto, degusto. 
Sip, s. sorbillum, sorbitio. 
Sipping, sorbitio. 
SIR (in address), domine.-1 (As the 
title of a knight, it is rendered by eques, 
and placed "after the Christian and sur¬ 
name, as, sir John Barnard, Johannes 
Barnard, eques. 
SIRE, pater, genitor. — Like sire like son, 
mali corvi malum ovum. 
SIREN, Siren. 
SIRRAH (when used as an interjection of 
calling to), heus tu : (when as a word of 
reproach), stulte, improbe, nequissime. 
SISTER, soror; soror germana (it may be 
only by the same father). —A little sister, 
sororcula. — A husband’s sister, glos.— 
A sister’s child, filius or filia sororis.— 
Of a sister, Sisterly, sororius. 
Sisterhood (duty of a sister), sororis offi- 
cium: (society of women), feminarum 
sodalitium. 
SIT, sedeo (the state; for the act, see To 
Seat one’s self). — To sit by, assideo; 
accubo (recline by ).— He sat by me at 
table, propter me accubuit (reclined). — 
To sit down ( seat one’s self), consido. — 
To sit down before a town, ad oppidum 
consistere, oppidum obsidere.— To sit 
or cling fast , adhaereo. ■—- To sit close at 
work, operi diligenter incumbere, assi- 
dere.— To sit as a hen, ovis incubare. 
— To sit round about, circumsideo. — 
To sit together, consideo. — To sit in 
the sun, apricor. — To sit still, quiesco: 
(do nothing), nihil agere, vitam otiosam 
degere. — To sit up or watch, vigilo. — 
He sits up till day-light, ad ipsum mane 
vigilat. — To sit up later than one’s usiial 
hour, printer consuetudinem nocte vigi- 
lare. — To sit up talking good part of 
the night, sermonem in multam noctem 
producere, Cic .— To sit upon, insideo. 
— To sit upon life and death, de capite 
alicujus quierere. — / with two others sat 
upon the trial of a friend for life and death, 
super amici capite judex cum duobus 
aliis fui, Oel.l. — They are now sitting 
upon me for life and death, meo nunc 
hunt capiti comitia. — To sit upright in 
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one’s bed, in lecto residere. — Ho ui 
does the wind sit 1 unde flat ventus ? — 
To continue sitting, persedeo. — The coat 
sits well, vestis bene sedet.— The shoes, 
calcei ad pedes apti sunt. 
Sitter, sessor. — with another, consessor, 
assessor. 
Sitting (state of being seated), sessio. — 
at table, accubatio, “accubitus. — A sil¬ 
ting by, assessio.- 1 sitting (as a com¬ 
missioner), consessio, assessio; conses- 
sus. — Of or belonging to sitting, sessilis. 
SITE, situs. 
Situate, Situated, situs, positus, collo- 
catus. — To be situate near, adjaceo. 
Situation, situs, positio, positura, sedes. 
— They were secured against an enemy, 
not only by their walls, arms, and number 
of men, but much more by the rough situa¬ 
tion of the place, muniti adversu s hostes 
non mcenibus roodo, et armis atque 
viris, verum etiam multo magis loco- 
rum asperitate. Sail. — You have de¬ 
scribed the situation of countries and 
places, tu sedem regionum, locorum 
aperuisti, Cic. 
SIX, sex ; seni.— The six at cards or sice 
point at dice, senio. — Six times, sexies. 
— To yield six for one, sena reddere. —. 
Of six, senarius. — Six-fold (in quantity), 
sexies tantum, quam quantum, etc. — 
The space of six years, sexennium. — 
Six score, centum et viginti. — Six hun¬ 
dred, sexcenti. — Six hundred times, sex- 
centies. — The six hundredth, sexcen- 
tesimus. — Six thousand, sex millia, sex¬ 
ies mille. — The six thousandth, sexies 
millesimus. 
Sixteen, sexdecim. — Sixteen times, sex- 
decies. — The sixteenth, decimus sextus. 
Sixth, sextus. — For the sixth time, sex- 
tum. — The sixth part, the sixth, (pars) 
sexta. — The sixth part of an as or two 
ounces, gextans. 
Sixty, sexaginta ; sexageni, decies sem. 
— Of sixty, sexagenarius. — Sixty times, 
sexagies. — The sixtieth, sexagesimus. 
SIZE (bigness), moles, magnitudo: (meas¬ 
ure), mensura, modus. — To take the 
size of, inetior, admetior, dimetior.-- 
IT ( for smearing), aqua, cui glutinum 
admistum est. 
To Size (smear over with size), glutine e 
corii segminibus facto illinere. — To 
size or wax thread, filum cerare or ince- 
rare. . 
Sizable, just® molis or magnitudinis. 
Sizer or servitor , serviens. 
Sizy, glutinosus. 
SKAIN of thread, fili volumen or glomus; 
filum in pilam convolutum. 
SKATE (fish), squatina, raia levis.-■ 
IT Skates, sole® ferratie. . 
To Skate, soleis ferratis per glaciem 
transcurrere. 
SKEAN (knife), culter. . . 
SKELETON, compages ossium.— Hew 
a mere skeleton, vix ossibus ha;ret. 
SKEPTIC. See Sceptic. 
SKETCH, s. adumbratio ; exemplar. 
To Sketch, imperfecte describere, deli 
neare ; adumbrare. 
SKEWER, festuca. 
To Skewer up meat, CExnem festucis col- 
SKDFF, c.ymba, scapha.- ft little skiff, 
cymbula, scaphula. 
SKILL, SKILFULNESS, ars, pentia ; 
prudentia; scientia. — I mil try my skill, 
experiar quid possim. — His skill is alike 
in both, par est in utriusque facultate. 
_ We have got skill by experience, usu 
periti sumus. 
Skilful, Skilled, pentus, expertus, gna- 
rus, callidus, callens, doctus ; prudens; 
sciens, scitus. — Hermes skilful in all 
sorts of arms, Hermes omnibus eruditus 
armis,' Mart. - Skilful in iM.ingemose 
nequam. - Skilful in the law, juris peri- 
_ To be skilful, calleo, intelligo. 
Skilfully, perite, erudite, gnare, callide, 
docte. 
Skilless, imperitus. oo 
SKILLET, ahenuin minus ; authepsa. 
SKIM, despumo; spumam eximere. 
To skim milk, lactis florem eximere or 
colligere.-IT To skim or pass lightly 
over, Aeviter aliquid perstringere. 
Skimmer, cochlearis genus ad liqnores 
despumandos aocommodatum. 
SKIN, cutis, pellis. — He is nothing but 
