Stylo inverso -- With the back of the pen. Jus commune -- The common or customary law. A calumniating disposition (literally tooth). Decipit / Frons prima multos -- First appearances deceive many. Functus officio -- Having discharged his duties and resigned. Assertion without proof. Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un indiscret ami; / Mieux vaudroit un sage ennemi -- Nothing more dangerous than an imprudent friend; a prudent enemy would be better. Alma mater -- A benign mother; applied to one's university, also to the "all-nourishing" earth. Contextual translation of "veritas mendacium" into English. Un peu d'encens brul rajuste bien des choses. -- No one can escape death. Sit tibi terra levis -- May earth lie light upon thee. Auto-da-f -- An act of faith; a name applied to certain proceedings of the Inquisition connected with the burning of heretics. from these (writers) history was propelled to, this eloquence must be kept distinct from (the one of) these ones, from them (Peripatetics) orators came about, at this point I am afraid to answer (him) with banter, ab his qui erant philosopho Tauro iunctiores, from those who were close to the phylosopher Taurus, acueram me ad exagitandam hanc eius legationem, I made myself able to criticize his message, rebel, insentitive to this kind of studies, habitum hunc vestis isto squalore permuto, eam misere amat propter eam haec turba evenit, collis nascebatur adversus huic et contrarius, hae leges primo rudibus hominum animis simplices erant, hae manus propest prope est ut dicam ipsae locuntur, haec cura animalibus inest cunctis nec inseritur sed innascitur, hae artes ut sit consummatus orator iuvabunt, eadem sacerdos Veneria haec siquid amplius scit, accusant ii, qui in fortunas huius invaserunt, those usurping the possessions of this man are the accusers, ob haec beneficia quibus illi obstupescunt, e quibus haec populum spectat, at illa larem, angiporta haec certum est consectarier (= consectari), ceteros ex his incommodis pecunia se liberasse, cogitare coeperunt nihilo minus hunc everti bonis posse, epistulam hanc convicio efflagitarunt codicilli tui, ubi haec atque talia dissertavere (= dissertaverunt), vacuum esse istac ted aetate his decebat noxiis, haec corpora neque dissolvi plagis extrinsecus icta possunt, for (to clarify) the nature and the meaning of this noun, ad hoc vivit ad hoc vigilat ad hoc lucubrat, this is why he lives, this is why he stays awake, he thinks of this at night. Biden sacram sanctionem impetrasse Chinese conatibus pati. Argumentum ad crumenam -- An appeal to self-interest. Read the whole if you wish to know the whole. an tu haec ita confundis et perturbas ut ? Grammar speaks; dialectics teaches us truth; rhetoric gives colouring to our speech; music sings; arithmetic reckons; geometry measures; astronomy teaches us the stars. Ars longa, vita brevis -- Art is long, life is short. Transeat in exemplum -- Let it stand as a precedent, or an example. The voice of the people is the voice of God. Sub judice lis est -- The question is undecided. Ales volat propriis -- A bird flies to its own. Sturm-und Drang-Periode -- The storm-and-stress period. There is no false doctrine which contains not a mixture of truth. Pari passu -- With equal steps or pace; neck and neck. Parasiticam cnam qurit -- He seeks the meal of a parasite or hanger-on. Male secum agit ger, medicum qui hredem facit. Gaudet tentamine virtus -- Virtue rejoices in being put to the test. We use cookies to enhance your experience. To be in great straits (literally to pull the devil by the tail). Frustra fit per plura, quod fieri potest per pauciora -- It is vain to do by many agencies what may be done by few. Don't throw yourself in the way of a hungry man. Quod cito fit, cito perit -- What is done quickly does not last long. Tempus omnia revelat -- Time reveals all things. Abstineto a fabis -- Having nothing to do with elections (literally Abstain from beans, the ballot at Athens having been by beans). Juris utriusque doctor -- Doctor of both laws, civil and canon. A very small spark has often kindled a great conflagration. Ab urbe condita (A.U.C.) Natura nihil agit frustra -- Nature does nothing in vain. Locus penitenti -- Place for repentance. (On the bust of Franklin.). The wounded gladiator forswears fighting, and yet, forgetful of his former wound, he takes up arms again. Errare humanum est -- It is human to err. Riches are coveted to minister to our pleasures. Peccavi -- I have sinned. Vox populi, vox Dei -- The voice of the people is the voice of God. Rex non potest fallere nec falli -- The king cannot deceive or be deceived. Magnum est argumentum in utroque fuisse moderatum. Oui et Non sont bien courts dire, mais avant que de les dire, il y faut penser long-temps -- "Yes" and "no" are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them. Caret initio et fine -- It has neither beginning nor end. Ist's Gottes Werk, so wird's besteh'n / Ist's Menschenwerk, wird's untergeh'n -- If it be God's work, it will stand; if man's, it will perish. Interdum stultus bene loquitur -- Sometimes a fool speaks reasonably. Tecum habita -- Live with yourself; keep within your means. Editiones expurgat -- Editions with objectionable passages eliminated. In clo quies -- There is rest in heaven. Deo dante nil nocet invidia, et non dante, nil proficit labor. Nullum est malum majus, quam non posse ferre malum -- There is no greater misfortune than not to be able to endure misfortune. ab his fontibus profluxi ad hominum famam, starting from these beginnings I reached glory, aut (hunc) nunc cogitare aut molitum aliquando aliquid putas, adeo atroces in has rogationes nostras cohortati sunt, ad hunc se confestim a Pulione omnis multitudo convertit, the whole mass of enemies immediately turns against him, forgetting Pullo, habeat ergo huius tanti facti testimonium, ad huius libri institutum illa nihil pertinent, they (= definitions) have no relationship with the object of this work, ad hunc interficiundum (= interficiendum) talem iniit rationem, ad eum postridie mane vadebam, cum haec scripsi, I wrote this letter to you the morning after, before going to him, ad hanc rationem extremam necessariam devenio, to resort to this extreme and necessary measure, that the high commend of the war was entrusted to this man, ad hanc urbem quam e suis faucibus ereptam esse luget, towards this city that he deplores was taken away from his clutches, ad haec extrema et inimicissima iura decurrebas, you resorted to these extreme and hateful legal means, ad leniendam invidiam intercessit his verbis, for the purpose of diminishing hate he spoke these words, I guarantee (to you) that the entire book corresponds to this essay, hae litterae hoc quantum est ex Sicilia frumenti hornotini exaraverunt, a quo haec omnis, quae est de vita et de moribus, philosophia manavit, (Socrates) from whom all this phylosophy pertinent to tradition and behaviour comes from, ad naturam saeculorum ac respectum immensi huius aevi, compared to the real duration of centuries and considering this immense period, ad eam sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, what pushed them to that decision, aside from the other grounds, was the following reason, an haec inter se iungi copularique possint, ad Brutum nostrum hos libros alteros quinque mitto, to dedicate this series of of books to the friend Brutus, aequius huic Turnum fuerat se opponere morti, ad hanc notionem nihil video quod potius accommodem, quam , from this notion I dont see a better conclusion than , ad reliquos labores etiam hanc molestiam adsumo, bona huic omnia utenda ac possidenda tradiderat, ad hanc (regulam) omnem vitam tuam exaequa, ad haec extrema iura tam cupide decurrebas, ut , you hurried to resort to this extreme law with so much fervour that , ad huius vitae studium meditati illi sunt qui feruntur labores tui, to this kind of life your efforts have been directed, accidit huic ut inconsideratior in secunda quam in adversa esset fortuna, he happened to show himself reckless in good rather than in bad luck, accedendum huc ; Venus haec volo adroget te, hae disciplinae si sibi consentaneae velint esse, avidum hominem ad has discendi epulas recepi, ad haec visa auditaque clamor ingens oritur, to this performance, to this words, screams rise, altius his nihil est; haec sunt fastigia mundi, hae meae tibi ineptiae fateor enim ferendae sunt, amissis sacris paternis in haec adoptiva venisti, ad referendam gratiam fides non cessat hanc pervellamus, ab his complures de improviso vulnerati proelio excedebant, many (of ours), suddenly injured by them, abandoned the fight, iam hunc non ausim praeterire quin consistam et conloquar, Catilinam huic urbi ferro flammaque minitantem, cape hoc flabellum ventulum huic sic facito, ceterae species in haec tria incident genera, classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit, callidum quendam hunc et nulla in re tironem, ubi ea causa, quam ob rem haec faciunt, erit adempta. Quality: A sardonic laugh; a forced ironical laugh. Woe (i.e., extermination) to the conquered! The inmost recesses of the mind; the secrets of the heart. Alb gallin filius -- The son of a white hen. More majorum -- After the manner of our ancestors. Vir sapiens forti melior -- A wise man is better than a strong. Status quo, or Statu quo, or In statu quo -- The state in which a matter was. Legatus a latere -- An extraordinary Papal ambassador. Arbiter bibendi -- The master of the feast (literally the judge of the drinking). Usque adeone / Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter? Vis comica -- Comic power, or a talent for comedy. This story begins with Jove or Zeus, scouring the lands surveying the affairs of men. [Greek: opse then aleousi myloi, aleousi de lepta]. The younger men for labours, i.e., the heavier burdens. Rex non potest peccare -- The king can do no wrong. Ludere cum sacris -- To trifle with sacred things. Ingeniorum cos mulatio -- Rivalry is the whetstone of talent. 0 likes. Caput mortuum -- The worthless remains; a ninny. Brave as lions in peace, timid as deer in war. Ultimatum -- A final proposition or condition. Terminus ad quem -- The point of destination. I am what you will be, I was what you are. Desunt ctera -- The remainder is wanting. Last Update: 2022-03-09 Quod scripsi, scripsi -- What I have written, I have written. Hoc erat in more majorum -- This was the custom of our forefathers. Warrants of imprisonment under royal seal, liberally issued in France before the Revolution. ponderat; As. Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en veut pas voir / Doit se tenir tout seul et casser son miroir -- The world is full of madmen, and he who would not see one must keep himself quite alone and break his looking-glass. A lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction. Res in cardine est -- The affair is at a crisis (literally on the hinge). Obiter cantare -- To sing as one goes along; to sing by the way. Gratia naturam vincit -- Grace overcomes Nature. In old English law. Pythagoras) said it. Enough is as good as a feast (literally what suffices is enough). He who knows not how to dissemble, knows not how to live. Mult terricolis lingu, clestibus una -- The inhabitants of earth have many tongues, those of heaven have but one. Abeunt studia in mores -- Pursuits assiduously prosecuted become habits. We only suffer what other mortals do. Melioribus auspiciis -- Under more favourable auspices. Elucet maxime animi excellentia magnitudoque in despiciendis opibus -- Excellence and greatness of soul are most conspicuously displayed in contempt of riches. Gram. Male secum agit ger, medicum qui hredem facit -- A sick man acts foolishly for himself who makes his doctor his heir. Gently if you can; if not, by some means or other. Sine cortica natare -- To swim without bladders. Quapropter eiusdem procurandae moralis viget obligatio, quatenus consequi comprobetur finem suum proprium, nempe nutritionem et imbibitionem aegroti; qua quidem . [Greek: Anr ho pheugn kai palin machsetai], Animus homini, quicquid sibi imperat, obtinet. Spe Faunorum voces exaudit, / Spe vis form deorum -- Voices of Fauns are often heard, and shapes of gods often seen. De mortuis nil nisi bonum (or bene) -- Let nothing be said of the dead but what is favourable. Mira qudam in cognoscendo suavitas et delectatio. Les amis, ces parents que l'on se fait soi-mme -- Friends, those relations that we make ourselves. Verba ligant homines, taurorum cornua funes -- Words bind men, cords the horns of bulls. We sons are heirs no less to diseases than to estates. Actum est de republic -- It is all over with the republic. MAGISTRI ORDINIS PRDICATORUM. Dies non -- A day when there is no court. Deus ex machina -- A mechanical instead of a rational or spiritual explanation (literally a god mechanically introduced). Vox audita perit, litera scripta manet -- The word that is heard perishes, the letter that is written remains. Stultitiam simulare loco, sapientia summa est -- To affect folly on an occasion is consummate wisdom. The horse is not the progeny of the slow-paced ass. Asinus in unguento -- An ass among perfumes, i.e., things he cannot appreciate. Maintain peace with men, war with their vices. Dii majorum gentium -- The twelve gods of the highest order. He laughs with reason who laughs the last. Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo -- Vigorous and resolute in deed, gentle in manner. Wherever there is a display of art, truth seems to us to be wanting. Fortuna parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit. He knows not on which foot to dance (he is at his wit's end). 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