BELLUM

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: BELLUM.

Habet et bellum suas leges. ~ Note: This saying shows up in the English verse emblems of Whitney.

Proelio victus, non bello. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 5.1.66.

Ex bello pax. ~ Note: You can see this motto illustrated in one of the emblems of Alciato.

Si vis pacem, para bellum. ~ Note: You can find a Wikipedia article dedicated to this saying.

Pax quaeritur bello. ~ Note: This was the motto of Oliver Cromwell.

Paratur pax bello. ~ Note: This saying is invoked by Cornelius Nepos in his Life of Epaminondas.

Bellum pacis est causa. ~ Note: Notice how the noun phrase, "pacis causa" is wrapped around the verb: pacis est causa.

Nulla salus bello. ~ Note: The words are from Vergil's Aeneid, 11: nulla salus bello, pacem te poscimus omnes, Turne.

In bello nec primus nec ultimus esto. ~ Note: Note the nec...nec construction, which is equivalent to the English "neither...nor..." As often, the proverb is urging us to take the middle ground, avoiding both extremes.

Pace belloque fidelis. ~ Note: Note the use of the ablatives to express the idea of time: Faithful in peace (time) and in war (time).

Paritur pax bello. ~ Note: Just as there are many proverbs that play on the paradox of life and death, so too there are many proverbs, like this one, which play on the paradoxical relationship between peace and war.

Alia ex aliis nascentur bella. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings; in other words, different wars have different causes. The saying can be found in Petrarch's epic poem, Africa, 2.

Solum bellum gignit pacem. ~ Note: Compare the paradoxical sayings about peace and war that you saw earlier: "Paratur pax bello" and "Si vis pacem, para bellum."

Post bellum auxilium. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.6.17.

Pacem cum inimicis, bellum cum vitiis. ~ Note: Note the parallel structure: pacem/bellum and hominibus/vitiis.

Dulce haud expertis est bellum. ~ Note: Here you have that war is not sweet, haud est bellum - but you can also choose instead to negate the adjective, as in this saying: Dulce bellum inexpertis.

Saepe sub nomine pacis bellum latet. ~ Note: You can find this idea invoked in Cicero's Philippics, 12.

Pax, pax! clamatur; sed pax per bella paratur. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 874.

Bellum se ipsum alet. ~ Note: Note the future tense: alet. For more about this military strategy, see the Wikipedia article.

Non licet bis in bello peccare. ~ Note: Here licet has an infinitive complement, peccare, but without a dative. You can also find this saying with the dative: Peccare bis bello cuiquam non licet, "no one is allowed..." This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.1.31.

Vidi sub sole nec velocium esse cursum nec fortium bellum. ~ Note: The words are from the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, 9.

E bello enim pax firmatur. ~ Note: Notice that enim needs to come in second position in its clause, but this does not mean that it is always the second word. The prepositional phrase "e bello" is treated as a single word unit, so enim follows that unit: e bello enim...

Pax potior bello. ~ Note: This is a motto of the Worchester family.

Acerba sunt bella fratrum. ~ Note: The previous saying was about the angry feelings, irae, between brothers, but now those feelings have become metaphorical wars: bella.

Ex bellis bella seruntur. ~ Note: This extends the idea of planting crops to the metaphorical dimension of war: wars are grown from the seeds of war.

Machinas post bellum affert. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.1.17.

Bello gladius, voluptas pace vulnerat. ~ Note: Note the parallelism: bello/pace and gladius/voluptas, with a chiastic inversion.

Eventus belli varii. ~ Note: Note that while the form "eventus" is ambiguous (the fourth declension nouns are often ambiguous!), the adjective varii gives you the clue you need: the eventus (plural) of war are varii.

Aequalitas haud parit bellum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 4.2.96.

In pace leo, in bello lepus. ~ Note: The rabbit was a proverbial coward in the ancient world, as you can see from the Aesop's fable about the rabbits and the frogs.

Gula plus occidit quam bellum. ~ Note: Note the parallel structure: Gula plus occidit quam bellum (occidit).

Dulce bellum inexpertis. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 4.1.1.

Est bellum bellum, cum culpat asellus asellum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 352.

Est longum bellum, non non, est estque duellum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 347.

Si videas fratres inter se bella gerentes, neutri confer opem, sed eorum corrige mentes. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1287.

Bellum saepe parit ferus exitiale Cupido. ~ Note: Bellum saepe parit ferus exitiale Cupido, / saepe manus itidem Bacchus ad arma vocat.

Bella famem, pestemque fames mortalibus affert. ~ Note: An epigram by Owen: Bella famem, pestemque fames mortalibus affert: / est igitur bellum peius utroque malum.