CHAPTER XV. LATIN PHRASES, AND TRANSLATIONS. Ab initio. From the beginning. Ad finem esto fidelis. Be faithful to the end. cacoethes loquendi — scribendi. rage for talking--scribbling. A Caput mortuum. The worthless re Cede Deo. Submit to God. Let arms yield Aim at a sure pen. Data. Things given or granted. Delectando pariterque monendo. By Delenda est Carthago. Carthage must Deo favente-juvante-volente. With Desunt cætera. The remainder is want- Deum cole, Patria serva. tector. Worship God is our pro Dilige amicos. Love your friends. It is sweet and glorious to die for Dum vivimus vivamus. Let us live while we live. Causus belli. The cause or reason for Est modus in rebus. There is a medi war. um in all things. Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur. Guilt attaches to a judge when the guilty are suffered to escape. Jure divino-humano. By divineby human law. Labor omnia vincit. Labor conquers everything. Lapsus lingua. A slip of the tongue. Lex talionis. The law of retaliation. Locum tenens. A deputy or substitute. Magna est veritas, et prævalebit. The truth is powerful, and will prevail. Materiem superabat opus. The workmanship surpassed the materials. Medio tutissimus ibis. A medium course will be the safest. Memento mori. Remember death. Mens sibi conscia recti. A mind conscious of rectitude. Mirabile dictu. Wonderful to tell. Necessitas non habet leges. Necessity has no law. Nem. con. An abbreviation of nemine contradicente. Without dissent or opposition. Ne plus ultra. Nothing beyond-the utmost point. Ne quid nimis. Too much of one in vain. Noscitur ex sociis. He is known by his companions. Nota bene (N. B.) Mark well. way or in passing. Onus probandi. The weight of proof; the burden of proving. O si sic omnia! Oh that he had always done, or spoken thus! O tempora, O mores! Oh the times, oh the manners! Otium cum dignitate. Ease with dignity. Palmam qui meruit ferat. Let him who has won bear the palm. Pari passu. By a similar gradation. Par nobile fratrum. A noble pair of brothers. Particeps criminis. Passim. An accomplice. Per fas et nefas. Through right and By itself. Poeta nascitur non fit. Nature, not study, must form a poet. Prima facie. On the first view or appearance. Prima viæ. The first passages; the upper part of the intestinal canal. Primum mobile. The main spring; the first impulse. Principiis obsta. Oppose the first appearance of evil. Pro aris et focis. For our altars and firesides. Reductio ad absurdum. A reducing | Suum cuique. to an absurdity. Re infecta. end. Without attaining his Requiescat in pace. May he rest in peace. Res angusta domi. Narrow circumstances at home. Respice finem. Look to the end. his own. Tabula rasa. Let every man have A smoothed tablet. Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in ittis. The times change, and we change with them. Toties quoties. As often as. Sic itur ad astra. Such is the way to Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I con immortality. Sic passim. So everywhere. Sic transit gloria mundi. Thus the glory of the world passes away. Sine die. To an indefinite time. Sine qua non. An indispensable con dition. Status quo ante bellum. The state in which both parties were before the war. Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re. Gentle in the manner, but vigorous in the deed. Sub silentio. In silence. quered. Vis inertia. For or property of inanimate matter. Versus (v.) Against. Vice versa. changed. The terms of cases being Vi et armis. By main force. Viva voce. By or with the living or loud voice. CALIFORNIA, constitution of.. CAVEAT, specification for.. CERTIFICATE, of partnership (error in caption).. of cash, application for land.......... of citizenship.... of clerk, to official character and signature of approval of bond, and oath.. of sheriff, of sale.. CHINESE... CITIES CITIZENSHIP, certificate of.. |