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4692. Sit mihi quod nunc est: etiam minus; et mihi vivam Quod superest ævi, si quid superesse volunt Di. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 107. O may I yet possess

The goods I have, or, if Heaven pleases, less!

Let the few years that fate may grant me still

Be all my own, not held at other's will.-Conington.

4693. Sit modus lasso maris, et viarum Militiæque. (L.) Hor. C. 2, 6, 7.—I would have an end of weary wandering by sea and land and military service.

4694. Sit piger ad pænas princeps, ad præmia velox.

(L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 2, 123.

Kings should be slow to punish, swift to praise.-Ed. 4695. Sit sine labe decus. (L.)—Let my honour be without stain. Earl of Eldon.

4696. Sit tibi terra levis, abbrev. s.t.t.l. (L.)—May earth lie light upon thee. Common funeral inscription.

4697. Sit tua cura sequi: me duce tutus eris. (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 58.-You have only to follow: under my guidance you will be safe.

4698. Sit venia verbis. (L.)-Pardon the words, or the expression. 4699. Sive pium vis hoc, sive hoc muliebre vocari,

Confiteor misero molle cor esse mihi.

(L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 3, 31.

Whether 'tis friendship, or a woman's part,
One way or t'other, I've a tender heart.-Ed.

4700. Sive quod in tenebris numerosos ponere gressus,
Quodque legas nulli carmina scribere, idem est
Excitat auditor studium: laudataque virtus
Crescit, et immensum gloria calcar habet.

(L.) Ov. Ep. 4, 2, 33.

With circling footsteps in the dark to расе,
Or write what no one listens to, 's the same:
Hearers inspire, talents expand with praise,
A wondrous stimulus, the thought of fame.-Ed.

4701. Si veut le roi, si veut la loi.

the king, so wills the law.

(Fr.) Law Term.-So wills

4702. Si vox est, canta; si mollia brachia, salta. (L.) Ov. A. A. 1, 595.-If you've got a voice, sing; if you have supple arms, dance! Do all you can to make yourself agreeable.

(Gr.)

Pind. Pyth. 8, 136.—A

4703. Σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωποι.

shadow's dream are men.

4704. Socci et cothurni musicam. (L.) Aus. Ep. 10, 43.-Comic and dramatic poetry.

4705. Socordiam eorum inridere libet, qui præsenti potentia credunt exstingui posse etiam sequentis ævi memoriam. Nam contra punitis ingeniis gliscit auctoritas: neque aliud externi reges, aut qui eadem sævitia usi sunt, nisi dedecus sibi atque illis gloriam peperere. (L.) Tac. A. 4, 35.-It is difficult not to smile at the folly of those, who by an act of arbitrary power imagine it possible to crush out the investigations of future generations. On the contrary genius thrives under oppression, and all that foreign tyrants, or such as have adopted their barbarous policy have effected, has been to procure obloquy for themselves, and to enhance the fame of the author whom they proscribed.

4706. Socrates quidem quum rogaretur cujatem se esse diceret, Mundanum, inquit. Totius enim mundi se incolam et civem arbitrabatur. (L.) Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108.— When Socrates was asked what countryman he was, Of the world, said he; for he considered himself an inhabitant and citizen of the universe.

4707. Sogno d'infermi, e fola di romanzi. (It.) Petrarch. Trionf. d'Amor. 4, 66.-A sick man's dream, a fable of romance. Description of human life. Nonentities, unrealities, res vanissima.

4708. Soi-disant. (Fr.)-Self-styled.

4709. Sola Deo salus. (L.)-Safety is from God alone. Motto of Lord Rokeby. (2.) Sola juvat virtus.-Virtue alone assists. Motto of Lord Blantyre.

4710. Solamen miseris, socios habuisse malorum :

Solamen miserum sed tamen istud idem. (L.) Dion. Cato-It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is but poor comfort after all. Cf. Seneca, Consol. ad Marc. 12, 5, Malevoli solatii genus est turba miserorum.-A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort; and ἰσομοιρία τῶν κακῶν ἔχουσα τινα ὅμως τὸ μετὰ πολλῶν κόυφισιν. (Gr.) Thucyd. 7, 75.-A fellowship in misfortune having nevertheless to a certain extent a certain alleviation.

4711. Sola nobilitas virtus. (L.)-Virtue is the only nobility. Motto of the Duke of Abercorn.

4712. Sola salus servire Deo, sunt cætera fraudes. (L.)—Salvation is alone found in the service of God, other ways are deceitful. Inscription over a fire-place in the old palace of the Dukes of Lancaster, at Enfield, Middlesex. Four first words are the motto of Earl of Rosse.

4713. Sola virtus invicta. (L.) Virtue alone is invincible. M. of the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Howard of Glossop. 4714. Soldats! si les cornettes vous manquent, vous trouverez toujours mon panache blanc au chemin de l'honneur et de la gloire. (Fr.)—Soldiers! if you cannot hear the bugles, you will always see my white plume in the path of honour and glory! Speech of Henry IV. at Ivry.

4715. Solebamus consumere longa loquendo

Tempora, sermonem deficiente die. (L.) Ov. T. 5, 13, 28. We used to spend long hours in talk, daylight failing before our conversation came to an end.

4716. Solem quis dicere falsum Audeat? (L.) Virg. G. 1, 463. Who will dare to call the sun a deceiver? Applied by Theophile Gautier to the art of photography.

4717. Soli cantare periti Arcades. (L.) Virg. E. 10, 32.—The Arcadians alone are skilled in song.

4718. Soli Deo Gloria. (L.)-To God alone be glory. Glovers' and Skinners' Company. (2.) Soli Deo Honor et Gloria. -To God alone be honour and glory. Company.

4719. Solis nosse Deos et cæli numina vobis,

Aut solis nescire datum.

The Druids.

Leathersellers'

(L.) Lucan. 1, 452.

To understand the Gods and things of heaven,

To you alone by revelation's given;

Or else to be alone in ignorance.-Ed.

4720. Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant. (L.) Tac. Agr. 30. -They make a solitude and they call it peace.

4721. Sollicitant alii remis freta cæca, ruuntque
In ferrum: penetrant aulas, et limina regum.

(L.) Virg. G. 2, 503.

Some to the seas, and some to camps resort,
And some with impudence invade the court.-Dryden.

4722. Sol, mi, re, fa.

(It.)-Motto with arms granted (temp.

Elizabeth) to Dr John Bull, the reputed author of God
Save the Queen.

4723. Sol occubuit nox nulla secuta est. (L.) Giraldus?—The
sun went down, but no night ensued. A flattering

eulogium upon the heir to the throne on the demise of
the sovereign. According to Camden the line referred
to the accession of Richard I.

4724. Solo cedit, quicquid solo plantatur. (L.) Law Max.-
What is planted in the ground goes with the land. The
purchaser of land takes all timber, etc., standing upon it.

4725. Solo Deo salus. (L.)-Salvation in God alone. 4726. Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne

Peccet ad extremum ridendus, et ilia ducat.

(L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8.

Give rest in time to that old horse, for fear

At last he founder 'mid the general jeer.-Conington.

4727. Solvit ad diem. (L.) Law Term.-He paid to the day. Plea to a prosecution for debt.

4728. Solvitur ambulando. walking.

(L.) The difficulty is solved by

Said of the Achilles and Tortoise puzzle, in which though accord-
ing to mathematics A. is never able to pass the T. in the race, the
apparent impossibility is solved by allowing the two competitors
to make the trial. The phrase is thus used of any fallacy or un-
founded notion, which can be disproved by putting the matter to
a practical test.

4729. Solvuntur risu tabulæ ; tu missus abibis.

(L.) Hor. S. 2, 1, 86.

O, then a laugh will cut the matter short:

The case breaks down, defendant leaves the court.-Conington.
Solvuntur risu tabula is said of any question which only
succeeds in raising general laughter, and is so dismissed.
The matter or case is "laughed out of court."

4730. Σώματα πόλλα τρέφειν, καὶ δώματα πόλλ' ἀνεγείρειν
Ατραπὸς εἰς πενίην ἐστὶν ἐτοιμοτάτη.

eis

Anßepale 10,119

(Gr.)?-Το feed many mouths and to build many houses is the surest road

to poverty.

4731. Somnia terrores magicos miracula sagas

Nocturnos lemures portentaque Thessala rides?

(L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 208.

Can you make sport of portents, gipsy crones,
Hobgoblins, dreams, raw head and bloody bones ?—Conington.

4732. Somnum humanum quievi. I slept like a human being.

4733. Somnus agrestium

(L.) App. 9, p. 218, 14.I had a mortal good sleep.

Lenis virorum non humiles domos

Fastidit, umbrosamque ripam. (L.) Hor. C. 3, 1, 21.
Sleep knows no pride,

It scorns not cots of village hinds,

Nor shadow-trembling river side.-Conington.

4734. Σοφὴν δὲ μισῶ· Μὴ γὰρ ἔν γ' ἐμοῖς δόμοις

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Εἴη φρονοῦσα πλεῖον ἢ γυναῖκα χρήν. (Gr.) Eurip.
I hate a clever woman. Let there be no woman in my
house that knows more than a woman should.

4735. Sorex suo perit indicio. (L.) Prov.-The mouse perishes by disclosing his retreat. His revelations proved his ruin. Don't speak to your own undoing.

4736. Sors tua mortalis; non est mortale quod optas.

Plus etiam quam quod superis contingere fas sit,

Nescius affectas.

(L.) Ov. M. 2, 56.

Mortal thy lot, but more than mortal may

Is that thou covetest: e'en the celestials

Dare not to handle with impunity

What thou aspirest to in ignorance.—Ed.

Speech of Apollo to Phaethon, on the petition of the latter to guide the chariot of the sun.

4737. Sortes Virgili, or Virgilianæ. (L.) Lampr. Alex. Sever. 14, 5.-Virgilian oracles, or chances.

Divination of one's fortune ascertained by the words first lit upon at the opening of some book (Virgil or other) selected for the purpose. Charles I. is said to have opened the Æneid at Bk. 2, line 557. The Gospels were also frequently used for this purpose.

4738. Sortilegis egeant dubii, semperque futuris

Casibus ancipites: me non oracula certum

Sed mors certa facit: pavido fortique cadendum est.
(L.) Lucan. 9, 581.

Let those oppressed with constant doubts and fears
About their fate, consult the soothsayers:

To me no seer save death th' assurance gave;

All men must fall, the coward and the brave.-Ed.

4739. Sospetto licenzia fede. (It.) Prov.-Suspicion renders belief optional. If you have a suspicion of a person's veracity, you must use your own judgment as to the truth of his statements.

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