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DICTIONARY or
LATIN
QUOTATIONS,
PROVERBS, MAXIMS, AND MOTTOS, CLASSICAL
INCLUDING
AND
LAW
MEDIZEVAL,
TERMS
WITH
AND
PHRASES.
A SELECTION OF
GREEK
QUOTATIONS. EDITED
BY
Hats RILEY BA: LATE
OF
CLARE
HALL,
CAMBRIDGE,
LONDON: HENRY
G. BOHN,
YORK
STREET,
MDCCCLX.
COVENT
GARDEN.
DICTIONARY OF
LATIN QUOTATIONS, PROVERBS, AND PHRASES.
A bove majori discit arüre minor. Prov.— The young ox learns to plough from the older." See We sus, &c. A citpite ad caleem.—* From head to heel." From top to toe. A fonte puro pura défliit aqua. Prov.‘ From a clear spring clear water flows." A man is generally estimated by the company he keeps, as his habits are probably similar to those of his companions. A fortiori.—' From stronger reasoning." With much greater probability. lf a pound of gunpowder can blow up a house, a fortiori a hundredweight must be able to do it. A. fronte precipitiwn, a tergo lupus.— A precipice before, a wolf behind." Said of a person between the horns of a ; dilemma. A litére—“ From the side.*