The inert property or resisting power of matter. Let him be deceived who chooses to be deceived. Desideratum -- A thing desired, but regretfully wanting. Live within your means (literally harvest). Qustio vexata -- A vexed, i.e., much debated, question. Tertium quid -- A third something, produced by the union or interaction of two opposites. Litera canina -- The canine letter (the letter R). Fortuna parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit. Interest reipublic ut quisque re sua bene utatur -- It is for the interest of the state that every one make a good use of his property. To be in great straits (literally to pull the devil by the tail). Deo dante nil nocet invidia, et non dante, nil proficit labor. In the night is counsel; take a night to think over it; sleep upon it. Ultimum moriens -- The last to die or disappear. We judge of the size of the statue of Hercules by the foot. Multo plures satietas quam fames perdidit viros -- Many more die of surfeit than of hunger. Fit scelus indulgens per nubila scula virtus -- In times of trouble leniency becomes crime. It is doing what we ought to do, and not merely doing what we may do, that is the ground of praise. A sick man acts foolishly for himself who makes his doctor his heir. Interest reipublic ut quisque re sua bene utatur. Said to no purpose; irrelevant to the question at issue. Infra dignitatem -- Beneath one's dignity. Nothing is ever long which never ceases to please. Wherever there is a display of art, truth seems to us to be wanting. [Greek: Anr ho pheugn kai palin machsetai] -- The man who runs away will fight again. Ridere in stomacho -- To laugh inwardly, i.e., in one's sleeve. Latin Dictionary: the best Latin dictionary with a conjugator and a Latin declension tool available online for free! Difficilius est sarcire concordiam quam rumpere -- It is more difficult to restore harmony than sow dissension. Hic finis fandi -- Here let the conversation end. Proprio motu -- Of his own motion; spontaneously. Maximus in minimis -- Very great in very little things. Hold him the best prophet who forms the best conjectures. 872-873. Antonius id molitur id pugnat ut haec omnia perturbet evertat, causam siccitatis hanc ponit, quod obduruerit constricta tellus, laboremus ne hanc temporis pernicissimi celeritatem relicti demum intellegamus, alternanda sunt solitudo et frequentia; illa nobis faciet hominum desiderium haec nostri, ante consulem haec dicentem corvus voce clara occinuit, qua in re praetereo illud quod mihi maximo argumento ad huius innocentiam poterat esse, adiecta huic parti regio Paeoniae, qua ab occasu praeter Axium amnem porrigitur, centum doctum (= doctorum) hominum consilia sola haec devincit dea, centum et viginti anni ab interitu Ciceronis in hunc diem colliguntur, ambit hunc ambulatio pressis varieque tonsis viridibus inclusa, Balatro suspendens omnia naso haec est condicio vivendi aiebat, aliisne artibus hunc Dionem instituit Plato aliis Isocrates Timotheum, ad hunc propter iustitiam prudentiamque summam totius belli deferor, to this (man), due to his supreme fairness and wisdom, was entrusted the high command of the war, ad hanc enervatam muliebremque sententiam satis docilem se Epicurus praebuit, he showed to be quite yielding to this soft and feminine opinion, ob haec, quibus maiora nec sperare nec optare ab dis immortalibus poteramus, cave Catoni anteponas Socratem: huius facta, illius dicta laudantur, tabula aenea inventa est conscripta litteris verbisque Graecis hanc sententia, brevi spatio interiecto vix ut his rebus administrandis tempus daretur. Sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant. Mens invicta manet -- The mind remains unsubdued. I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world. Casus belli -- A cause for war; originally, fortune of war. Levia perpessi sumus, / Si flenda patimur. Hoc erat in more majorum -- This was the custom of our forefathers. A little incense offered puts many things to rights. What more discreditable than to estimate the life of a wise man from the talk of a fool? Adscriptus gleb -- Attached to the soil. Industri nil impossibile -- Nothing is impossible to industry. Absit omen -- May the omen augur no evil. Quod semper, quod ubique, et quod ab omnibus -- What has been always, been everywhere, and been by all believed. "Yes" and "no" are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them. Canis in prsepi -- The dog in the manger (that would not let the ox eat the hay which he could not eat himself). Except that you were not with me, in other respects I was happy. [Greek: Anr ho pheugn kai palin machsetai], Animus homini, quicquid sibi imperat, obtinet. Sat pulchra, si sat bona -- Fair enough, if good enough. Licuit, semperque licebit / Parcere personis, dicere de vitiis -- It has ever been, and ever will be, lawful to spare the individual but to censure the vice. Alter remus aquas, alter mihi radat arenas. De hoc multi multa, omnes aliquid, nemo satis -- Of this many have said many things, all something, no one enough. Magna Charta -- The Great Charter (obtained from King John in 1215). o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit ! The arms of Ceres, i.e., implements connected with the preparation of corn and bread. Virtue rejoices in being put to the test. Interdum stultus bene loquitur -- Sometimes a fool speaks reasonably. -- What has a blind man to do with a mirror? Compendia dispendia -- Short cuts are roundabout ways. It does not follow; an unwarranted inference. Qualis avis, talis cantus; qualis vir, talis oratio. Ad calamitatem quilibet rumor valet -- When a disaster happens, every report confirming it obtains ready credence. Diviti virum faciunt -- Riches make the man. See that the commonwealth suffer no detriment. Locus sigili -- The place for the seal; pointed out in documents by the letters L.S. Ex quo et bono -- In justice and equity. -- What more discreditable than to estimate the life of a wise man from the talk of a fool? Facile princeps -- The admitted chief; with ease at the top. Ex vultibus hominum mores colligere -- To construe men's characters by their looks. Arbiter elegantiarum -- The arbitrator of elegances; the master of the ceremonies. hello Salve. Argumentum ad judicium -- An appeal to common sense. Ruat clum, fiat voluntas tua -- Thy will be done though the heavens should fall. It smells of the lamp, or midnight study. Universus mundus exercet histrioniam -- All the world practises the player's art. Ditissimus agris -- An extensive landed proprietor. Sub specie ternitatis -- In the form of eternity, i.e., as a particular manifestation of a universal law. Coram non judice -- Before one who is not a judge. Famine, pestilence, and war are the destruction of a people. Pavore carent qui nihil commiserunt; at pnam semper ob oculos versari putant qui peccarunt -- The innocent are free from fear; but the guilty have always the dread of punishment before their eyes. DOCUMENTA II. Durante beneplacito -- During good pleasure. She stood a sorrow-stricken mother, weeping by the Cross where her son hung dying. Plato is my friend, but truth is my divinity (literally more a friend). Dulce est miseris socios habuisse doloris. Amore sitis uniti -- Be ye united in love. Arcana imperii -- State, or government, secrets. Extra ecclesiam nulla salus -- Outside the Church there is no safety. De omni re scibile et quibusdam aliis -- On everything knowable and some other matters. The mills of the gods grind slow, but they grind small. Une grande me est au-dessus de l'injustice, de la douleur, de la moquerie; et elle seroit invulnrable si elle ne souffroit par la compassion. Si vis pacem, para bellum -- If you wish for peace, be ready for war. usque ad nos etiam mendacium per manus traditum perveniret, in pulcherrimis versibus metrisque servatum. Testimonies are to be weighed, not counted. Majus et minus non variant speciem -- Greater and less don't change the nature of a thing. Je ne changerois pas mon rpos pour tous les trsors du monde. Gratia naturam vincit -- Grace overcomes Nature. The inhabitants of earth have many tongues, those of heaven have but one. Vox audita perit, litera scripta manet -- The word that is heard perishes, the letter that is written remains. Gens togata -- The nation with the toga, i.e., the Roman. In foro conscienti -- Before the tribunal of conscience. If it be God's work, it will stand; if man's, it will perish. 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. It is so the glory of the world passes away. A great soul is proof against injustice, pain, and mockery; and it would be invulnerable if it were not open to compassion. Contemni est gravius stultiti quam percuti. Don't be what you are not, but resolutely be what you can. Custos rotulorum -- The keeper of the rolls. The place in which; the place previously occupied. Quality: In vino veritas -- There is truth in wine; that is, the truth comes out under its influence. Requiescat in pace -- Let him rest in peace. On respecte un moulin, on vole une province! Une grande me est au-dessus de l'injustice, de la douleur, de la moquerie; et elle seroit invulnrable si elle ne souffroit par la compassion -- A great soul is proof against injustice, pain, and mockery; and it would be invulnerable if it were not open to compassion. Necessity is the mother of invention (literally the arts). Let it stand as a precedent, or an example. Imperium in imperio -- A government within a government. Gradus ad Parnassum -- A help to the composition of classic poetry. "Eripuit clo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis" -- He snatched the lightning from heaven and the sceptre from tyrants. Aperte mala cum est mulier, tum demum est bona. Ex nihilo nihil fit -- Nothing produces nothing. Hac mercede placet -- I accept the terms. Deus ex machina -- A mechanical instead of a rational or spiritual explanation (literally a god mechanically introduced). Just caus facilis est defensio -- The defence of a just cause is easy. A prudent man may, on occasion, change his opinion, but a fool changes as often as the moon. The day of wrath, that day shall dissolve the world in ashes, as David and the Sibyl say. Relata refero -- I tell the story as it was told to me. Hodie mihi, cras tibi -- My turn to-day, yours to-morrow. Every one inquires if he is rich; no one asks if he is good. Le refus des louanges est souvent un dsir d'tre lou deux fois. Fortunatus' purse -- A purse which supplies you with all you wish. Clarum et venerabile nomen -- An illustrious and honoured name. A posteriori -- From the effect to the cause; by induction. Natus sum; esuriebam, qurebam; nunc repletas requiesco -- I was born; I felt hungry, and sought for food; now that I am satiated, I lay me down to rest. Mira qudam in cognoscendo suavitas et delectatio. Me miseram, quod amor non est medicabilis herbis! It is common to man to pardon all his own faults. Said of a graduate passing from one university to another. Sturm-und Drang-Periode -- The storm-and-stress period. Sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant -- Boys are boys, and boys occupy themselves with boyish things. Un peu d'encens brul rajuste bien des choses. Locus penitenti -- Place for repentance. Functus officio -- Having discharged his duties and resigned. Ore tenus -- Merely from the mouth; oral. Plus in posse quam in actu -- More in possibility than actuality. Let these be your studies by night and by day. Mutum est pictura poema -- A picture is a poem without words. Ad eundem -- To the same degree. Filius terr -- A son of the earth; one low-born. Grave nihil est homini quod fert necessitas -- No burden is really heavy to a man which necessity lays on him. Adulation is ever the attendant on great wealth. Contra bonos mores -- Against good morals. Satis superque est -- Enough, and more than enough. Pecuniam perdidisti: fortasse illa te perderet manens -- You have lost your money; perhaps, if you had kept it, it would have lost you. -- How near to guilt a man may approach without being guilty! In rerum natura -- In the nature of things. Committunt multi eadem diverso crimina fato, / Ille crucem sceleris pretium tulerit, hic diadema -- How different the fate of men who commit the same crimes! A prose-poem ostensibly addressed to God, written c.398-400, soon after the author had become Bishop of Hippo and when some critics were anxious about his Manichaean past.The title means both 'confessing' in the biblical sense of praising God, and also avowal of faults; there is an undercurrent of self-vindication and pervasive anti-Manichaean polemic. Fortuna parvis momentis magnas rerum commutationes efficit -- Fortune in brief moments works great changes in our affairs. No ruler can sin so long as he is a ruler. Ignobile vulgus -- The base-born multitude. Ingratis servire nefas -- To serve the ungrateful is an offence to the gods. Laudant quod non intelligunt -- They praise what they don't understand. Ad perditam securim manubrium adjicere -- To throw the helve after the hatchet, i.e., to give up in despair. Curiosa felicitas -- Studied felicity of thought or of style. Pater noster -- Our father; the Lord's prayer. Qui bene conjiciet, hunc vatem perhibeto optimum. e campo in cavam hanc viam demittimus equos, centesima lux est haec ab interitu P. Clodii et altera, qua in discrimine fuerunt, an ulla post hunc diem essent, Cerberus haec ingens latratu regna personat, vomere exercent collis atque horum asperrima pascunt, ob malefacta haec tantidem emptam postulat sibi tradier, vos fortasse, quod vos lex commonet, id in hoc loco quaeretis, certo haec mulier aut insana aut ebria est, aptius hae capiant vadimonia garrula cerae, adsiduitatis et operarum harum cotidianarum putat esse consulatum, namque ipsorum naves ad hunc modum factae armataeque erant, dabant hae feriae tibi oportunam facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras, bacaliam appellant hanc (laurum) quae vulgatissima est bacarumque fertilissima, apud Philonem harum causarum cognitio exercitatioque celebratur, ad hanc scribendi operam omne studium curamque convertimus, we turn all interest and preoccupation to this occupation of writing, Brundisii omne certamen vertitur huius primi temporis, habes legis prooemium; enim haec appellat Plato, adversus haec imperator Romanus in hanc fere sententiam respondit, haberes magnum adiutorem, hunc hominem velles si tradere, ceu vero non tenebris noctium gaudia haec auferentibus, haec ratio ut imperet illi parti animi quae oboedire debet id videndum est viro, arbitrum me statuebat non modo huius rei sed totius consulatus sui, haec fama civitates nonnullas ab eius amicitia avertebat, fac huius odii tanti ac tam universi periculum, cito sanum facies hominem hac cura, expertum hoc est, P. 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