ANIMUS

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: ANIMUS.

Bonum habe animum. ~ Note: This good advice shows up in Plautus's play, Captivi.

Bono animo esto. ~ Note: Here you see the future imperative esto used with an ablative predicate, the so-called "ablative of description" or "ablative of quality." In English we might say: Keep a positive attitude!

Animo et corpore. ~ Note: You can find this phrase used in the Latin legal maxim, referring both to intention (animo) and action (corpore): Nulla possessio adquiri nisi animo et corpore potest.

Forti animo esto. ~ Note: The phrase "forti animo" is in the ablative and is being used descriptively in the predicative with the future imperative esto; we might say in English "Be brave in spirit!" or "Have a brave heart!"

Nihil non potest fortis animus. ~ Note: Note that here the double negative does make a positive: There is nothing a brave heart cannot do = a brave heart can do anything.

Unus amicorum animus. ~ Note: The genitive expresses the idea of possession: There is one mind of friends = Friends have one mind.

Consilio et animo. ~ Note: This is the motto of the Maitland family. The word "consilio" here has the meaning of a plan or strategy. To succeed, you need both a plan and courage!

Opus est te animo valere, ut corpore possis. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Animum Fortuna sequitur. ~ Note: The noun animus here is being used to stand for the person who has that animus: Fortune follows (i.e. favors, supports, goes to) the person with courage, bravery, willpower, etc.

Omnia fert aetas, animum quoque. ~ Note: The word "fert" has the sense of "bearing away, carrying off," referring to the way that with old age, one's mind can "go" as we say in English ("his mind is gone").

Amori finem tempus, non animus facit. ~ Note: You put an end to something in the dative: amori finem facit. This is one of the sayings of Publilius Syrus. Note that animus here needs to mean something like mind or willpower - you cannot just decide to stop loving.

Nosce te; nosce animum tuum. ~ Note: You can find this advice in Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, 1.

Parva leves capiunt animos. ~ Note: Here parva, "little things," has a quite negative sense, little in the sense of being of little value, frivolous, etc.

Dolor animi multo gravior est quam corporis. ~ Note: The word multo expresses the degree of difference: multo gravior, "much more serious."

Animus facit nobilem. ~ Note: In other words: it is not your name, but your mind, your heart, your spirit - animus - that makes you noble.

Animum rege. ~ Note: You can find this sentiment expressed in Horace's Epistles, 1.2.

Dux atque imperator vitae mortalium animus est. ~ Note: The words are from Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum.

Quod procul ab oculis, procul ab animo. ~ Note: This is a variation on the previous saying, this time with "animus" instead of "cor" - although both cor and animus can be rendered as "mind" in English if you want.

Vina parant animos. ~ Note: You can also find this variant saying: Dant animos vina.

Animum debes mutare, non caelum. ~ Note: In other words, if you try to run away from your problems (changing your sky overhead), you won't accomplish anything: this proverb urges you to change your attitude instead. The saying is inspired by a line from a line in one of Horace's epistles, 1.11: caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.

Animus quod perdidit optat. ~ Note: Here is the full form from Petronius's Satyricon (from the lines of verse recited by Circe): Animus quod perdidit optat, atque in praeterita se totus imagine versat.

Aequo animo poenam qui meruere ferunt. ~ Note: The words are from one of Ovid's elegies, 2.7. Note that the form meruere is the third-person plural perfect, equivalent to the form meruerunt. If you scan the line, you will see it is a pentameter. Here is the complete couplet: Atque ego peccati vellem mihi conscius essem! / aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferunt.

Sua quisque exempla debet aequo animo pati. ~ Note: The verb debet takes a complementary infinitive, pati, and that infinitive in turn takes its own object: sua exempla. The words are Phaedrus's moral for the fable of the fox and the crane.

Aequo animo esto. ~ Note: Here you see an ablative phrase, aequo animo, being used in the predicate (this is sometimes called the "ablative of quality"). In English you might say, "Be level-headed."

Oratio vultus animi est. ~ Note: Note that oratio is the subject, while the noun phrase "vultus animi" provides the predicate - you cannot see this face, but you can hear it!

Oratio cibus est animi. ~ Note: In this saying, oratio has the specific sense of "prayer," rather than "speech" in general.

Oratio mores animi sequitur. ~ Note: Although sequitur has a passive form, it is a deponent verb which can take a direct object as here: mores sequitur.

Sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis: / sermo datur cunctis, animi sapientia paucis.

Voluptate animi nulla potest esse maior. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Vultus imago animi. ~ Note: You can find this sentiment expressed in Cicero's De Oratore, 3.

Oratio imago animi. ~ Note: This expresses the same idea as the previous saying, but this time with the metaphor of "imago" rather than "vultus."

Labore corpus, discendo animum exerceas. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Bona, imperante animo bono, est pecunia. ~ Note: The phrase "imperante animo bono" is an ablative absolute, here providing a hypothetical condition: Money is good, provided that a strong mind is in charge. This is one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Non peccent oculi, si oculis animus imperet. ~ Note: Note the subjunctives, peccent and imperet, which make this a speculative hypothetical situation: if (only) the mind could rule the eyes...

Animo imperato, ne tibi animus imperet. ~ Note: Be careful with animo imperato: it might look like an ablative absolute, but it is not. The word imperato is a future imperative, and it takes a dative complement: animo. The unambiguous "tibi" in the second part of the saying gives you a clue about that; animo could be ablative or dative, but tibi has to be dative. As often, the parallel structure of a proverb provides a guide to its meaning. This is one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

In oculis animus habitat. ~ Note: The words are from Pliny's Natural History, 11.

Animus vereri qui scit, scit tuto ingredi. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings attributed to Publilius Syrus.

Adest prudenti animus. ~ Note: This is a motto of the Hamilton family.

Corpus vas animi. ~ Note: To help remember the meaning of the word "vas" you can think of it in terms of English "vase," a vessel or pot for flowers: the body is the flowerpot of the soul. :-)

Animo imperabit sapiens, stultus serviet. ~ Note: Note the parallel structure: imperabit/serviet, sapiens/stultus, with a chiastic inversion. The verbs are future tense, and they both take a dative complement: animo.

Nihil est animo velocius. ~ Note: Here you have the neuter comparative form of velox, velocius: nihil velocius, nothing is faster...

Impedit ira animum ne possit cernere verum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Iratus de re incerta contendere noli: / impedit ira animum, ne possis cernere verum.

Patientia animi occultas divitias habet. ~ Note: This is another one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Quod fors feret, feremus aequo animo. ~ Note: Note the future tense forms: feret, feremus. The words come from Terence's Phormio.

Sis animo magnus, sis moribus agnus. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1267.

Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Animum prudentia firmat. ~ Note: This is a motto of the Brisbane family.

Deus animum conclusit in corpore. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Liber medicina animi. ~ Note: The Latin word animus is notoriously difficult to translate into English, but with the word "book" involved, perhaps mind is the best choice: A book is medicine for the mind.

Corpus hoc est mortale, animi vero motus sempiterni. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Cultura animi philosophia est. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

De animo nubila pelle tuo. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings found in the fragments of Petronius.

Lupus pilum mutat, non animum. ~ Note: Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 3.3.19: Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.

Sapientia sanitas animi. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Animo ventrique imperare debet, qui frugi esse vult. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Despice divitias, si vis animo esse beatus. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Despice divitias, si vis animo esse beatus; / quas qui suspiciunt, mendicant semper avari.

Non laeta extollant animum, non tristia frangant. ~ Note: This is a saying by Joachim Camerarius; his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Tu, si animo regeris, rex es; si corpore, servus. ~ Note: This is a saying by Joachim Camerarius; his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Labitur ex animo benefactum, iniuria durat. ~ Note: This is a saying by Joachim Camerarius; his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Aequo ferendum animo, feret quodcumque sors. ~ Note: This is a saying by Janus Anysius (Giovanni Aniso); his sayings were sometimes published together with the ancient sayings of Publilius Syrus.

Philosophia medetur animis, sollicitudines detrahit, cupiditatibus liberat, pellit timores. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Sine philosophia fieri non potest ut sanus sit animus. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Intra lunam nihil est non mortale et caducum, praeter animos hominum, Deorum munere datos. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Tria sunt genera bonorum: maxima, animi; secunda, corporis; externa, tertia. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

In animis hominum multae sunt latebrae, et multi recessus. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Civem ab hoste non natura ac loco, sed animo factisque distinguimus. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Duplex est vis animorum: una pars in appetitu posita, altera in ratione. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Ardua res, vicisse alios: victoria maior est animi fluctus composuisse sui. ~ Note: From Mantuanus: Ardua res, vicisse alios: victoria maior / est, animi fluctus composuisse sui.

Animus hominis est anima scripti. ~ Note: You can find this phrase in Black's Law Dictionary. It refers to the principle that the effect of a piece of writing derives from the intention of the writer.

Rebus in adversis animum submittere noli. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Rebus in adversis animum submittere noli: / spem retine; spes una hominem nec morte relinquit.

Instrue praeceptis animum, ne discere cessa. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Instrue praeceptis animum, ne discere cessa; / nam sine doctrina vita est quasi mortis imago.

Forti animo ferto, cum sis damnatus inique. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Forti animo ferto, cum sis damnatus inique: / nemo diu gaudet, qui iudice vincit iniquo.

In re mala, animo si bono utare, adiuvat. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.4.68.

Non omnia eveniunt, quae in animo statueris. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.1.19.

Animo aegrotanti medicus est oratio. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.1.100.

Haec duo non animum possunt intrare sub unum: vanus amor mundi, verus amorque dei. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 485.

Bonus animus laesus gravius multo irascitur. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Animo dolenti nil oportet credere. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings attributed to Publilius Syrus.