8 OTHER ABBREVIATIONS, SIGNS, ETC. OTHER ABBREVIATIONS, SIGNS, ETC. Log. T., Logical Term. Loq. (Loquitur), Says. Med., Mediæval or Medical. Op., Work, works. Opp., Opposed to. P., Portuguese. Poet., Poetical. Præf., Preface. Prol., Prologue. Prov., Proverb, Proverbial,-ly. Qu., Quoted by. Q.v., Which see. S., Spanish. Sc., Namely. Sub., Understand,-stood. S.v., Under the word. T., Term. Tr., Translation, -ed by. Trop., Figuratively. U.s. w., Etcetera. Ut supra, As above. It., Italian. K.T.A., Etcetera. L., Latin. † signifies date of death. ? occurring after a quotation means that author, or passage (or both), are uncertain. See p. i. at the bottom, and p. viii. and note. The first words of a quotation beginning with the end of a line of poetry are, in order to save space, frequently run on to the second line, and the commencement of the latter indicated by a capital letter, e.g., No. 16: Ab ovo Usque ad mala, which, correctly written, would run: So, also, No. 1385: En sa maison Le dos au feu, le ventre à table, is, to print it at length: Quotations not found in their alphabetical place should be looked for in the Index. DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. 1. A aucuns les biens viennent en dormant. (Fr.) Prov.Good fortune comes to people while they are asleep. 2. Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia. (L.) Law Max.-The abuse of anything is no argument against its proper use. 3. Ab actu ad posse valet illatio. (L.)-From what has taken place we may infer what will happen. The uniformity of nature furnishes a ground of induction, upon which we may conclude that a similar condition of things being given, what has happened once will happen again. In the same way a man's habits afford presumption for the recurrence of certain eventualities in his life." A. B. left the turf for the stock exchange; it is likely that he will speculate on the one as he did on the other, ab actu ad posse, etc. 4. Ab alio expectes alteri quod feceris. (L.) P. Syr. ap. Sen. Ep. 94. As you have done to others, expect others to do to you. Cf. Vulg. Luc. 6, 31. 5. A barbe de fol on apprend à raire. (Fr.) Prov.—Men learn to shave by beginning on the beard of a fool. Similar to Fiat experimentum, etc., q.v. 6. A ben conoscer la natura dei popoli, convien esser principe, ed a conoscer ben quella dei principi convien esser popolare. (It.) Mach. To be well acquainted with the dispositions of a people, one should be a prince; and to know well the disposition of a prince, one should be one of the people. 7. Abends wird der Faule fleissig. (G.) Prov.-At evening the idle man is busy. 8. Abeunt studia in mores. (L.)-Pursuits grow into habits. One can by habit get absorbed in what was at first most distasteful. 9. Abi hinc in malam crucem! (L.) Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 163. -Go and be hanged! (2.) Abi in malam rem! Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 7.—Go to the deuce! 10. Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit. (L.) Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1.— He has departed, retreated, escaped, broken away. Said of Catiline's flight from the senate on the discovery of his conspiracy. A good description of any one absconding. 11. Abi, ludis me, credo. (L.) Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 32.-Of with you, you are fooling me, I guess. 12. Ab initio. (L.)—From the beginning. Anything which has been irregularly done must be begun ab initio, afresh, as though nothing had been done in the matter. 13. Ab inopia ad virtutem obsepta est via. (L.) Prov.Poverty obstructs the road to virtue. It is so easy to be good when one is well off. 14. Abnormis sapiens crassaque Minerva. (L.) Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 3. Of plain good sense, untutored in the school. Full of mother-wit. A shrewd sensible fellow. 15. A bon chat bon rat. (Fr.) Prov.-A good rat for a good cat. Opponents should be well matched. Set a thief to catch a thief. An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper. 16. Ab ovo Usque ad mala. (L.) Hor. S. 1, 3, 6.-From eggs to apples. From the beginning to the end: eggs and apples being respectively the first and last courses at a Roman dinner. The phrase applies to any topic, or speaker, monopolising the whole of the conversation at dinner from soup to dessert, or at any other time. 17. Abracadabra. Ancient cabalistic word of Persian origin, said to contain the name of Mithras the sun-god. A paper written with the letters of the spell, so as to form an inverted pyramid, was anciently worn as an amulet against fevers and ague, viz. :— |